The Honorable Arlander Keys (Ret.) |
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Hon. Arlander Keys (Ret.) has had nearly two decades of distinguished service as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Illinois. During his time on the bench, Judge Keys presided over thousands of civil and criminal matters in both the pretrial and trial stages of litigation. In civil matters, his focus was on the supervision of pretrial discovery, including ruling on motions to compel and motions to quash, and conducting settlement conferences in cases referred to him by district judges for settlement negotiations.
As a labor lawyer with the National Labor Relations Board and, later, as Regional Counsel for the Federal Labor Relations Authority, the Judge’s primary focus was on settling cases. Judge Keys is widely known for his persistence in and ability to bring parties together in a constructive dialogue. In this regard, he has conducted over 2,000 settlement conferences in nearly every area of law. |