Robert J. Ruiz, Esq.

Robert is an attorney with over 35 years of experience in government and public interest law. His career includes service as Solicitor General for the State of Illinois, National President of the Hispanic National Bar Association as well as being a founding member and officer of the National Hispanic Prosecutors Association and the Illinois Association of Hispanic State Employees.

In education, Robert serves as a member of the Illinois Board of Higher Education. He has served on the Council on Legal Education Opportunity(CLEO), Chairman of the Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities, Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine and the Foundation for Podiatric Education. He has served on the University of Illinois Alumni Board, the DePaul College of Law Visiting Committee and the Committee on Continuing Education for the Law Institute of the American Bar Association, the Chicago Metro History Education Center and the USO of Illinois.

He is an alumni of the prestigious Leadership Greater Chicago Program. He is a graduate of the DePaul Law School and the University of Illinois Chicago