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fvars@millershakman.com
Mr. Vars has experience with cases of legal malpractice, municipal law, employment discrimination, racial discrimination, gun control law and contract disputes. His practice includes all aspects of civil litigation.
Education
- A.B., Princeton University-Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Public Policy, 1995.
Graduated summa cum laude
Phi Beta Kappa
University Center for Human Values Senior Thesis Prize
Rhodes Scholarship Finalist
- J.D., Yale Law School, 1999.
Essays Editor of The Yale Law Journal
Editor of the Yale Journal on Regulation
Experience
- Admitted to the Oregon Bar, 1999.
- Served as law clerk to the Hon. Bruce Marshall Selya, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1999-2000.
- Appointed fellow at the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law, 2000-2001.
- Practiced as an associate with this firm, July-December 2001.
- Served as law clerk to the Hon. Joan B. Gottschall, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2002.
- Admitted to the Illinois Bar, 2003.
- Practiced as an associate with this firm, 2003-present.
Selected Engagements
- Represented large law firms in defense of legal malpractice claims, stemming from both transactional and litigation malpractice.
- Represented a municipal corporation in connection with litigation involving government ethics and contract law issues.
- Represented a death row inmate in a federal habeas proceeding.
- Represented a large law firm and individual attorneys in litigation stemming from the attorneys' relocation from another firm.
Selected Publications
- “To Insure Prejudice: Racial Disparities in Taxicab Tipping,” Yale Law Journal, 2005. Written with Ian Ayres and Nasser Zakariya.
- “Determinants of Citations to Articles in Elite Law Reviews,” Journal of Legal Studies, 1999. Written with Ian Ayres.
- “When Does Private Discrimination Justify Public Affirmative Action?” Columbia Law Review, 1998. Written with Ian Ayres.
- “SAT Scores, Race and College Performance: New Evidence From Selective Colleges and Universities,” in The Black-White Test Score Gap, Christopher Jencks & Meredith Phillips, editors, 1998. Written with William G. Bowen.
- “Attitudes Toward Affirmative Action: Paradox or Paradigm?” in Race Versus Class: The New Affirmative Action Debate, Carol M. Swain,
editor, 1996.
Memberships
- Oregon Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Chicago Bar Association
- Seventh Circuit American Jury Project Commission
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