Jamaal R. Buchanan

Honors

The National Black Lawyers Top 100 - Illinois

Archbishop James P. Lyke African American Male Image Award 

American Jurisprudence Award for Capital Punishment

Professional Affiliations

American Bar Association

Chicago Bar Association

Cook County Bar Association

Illinois State Bar Association

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity

National Bar Association

Community Involvement

St. Ignatius College Prep Mock Trial Team, Assistant Coach

The Erica Hubbard Foundation, Board Member

Joel Hall Dancers & Center, Board Member

Project Syncere, Founding Board Member (Recording Secretary, 2015-2017)

Talent Managers Association (Recording Secretary, 2013-2014)

The Yellow Tractor Project, Board Member (Marketing Committee Chairman, 2015-2017)

Practice Areas

Clerkships

• Judicial Extern, Hon. W. Thomas Rosemond, Jr., Antitrust Division, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2000
• Judicial Extern, Hon. Lee Preston, State of Illinois Circuit Court of Cook County, 2001

Education

Vermont Law School, J.D., 2002

Bradley University, B.A., 1999

Bar & Court Admissions

• State of Illinois, 2011
• U.S. District Court for Northern District of Illinois, 2011