Tyrone C. Fahner

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Tyrone C. "Ty" Fahner (born November 18, 1942) is an American lawyer and a former Illinois Attorney General. He is a Republican.

Early life and education

Fahner was born on November 18, 1942, in Detroit, Michigan.[1]

Fahner received his B.A. from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1965, his J.D. from the Wayne State University Law School in 1968, and his LL.M. from the Northwestern University School of Law in 1971.[1]

Career

In the early 1970s, Fahner became an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois, serving under then-U.S. Attorney James R. (Jim) Thompson.[2] Fahner was a lawyer with the law firm of Freeman, Rothe, Freeman & Salzman in Chicago from 1975 to 1977.[1]

Thompson was subsequently elected governor of Illinois and in 1977 selected Fahner to serve as his director of the Illinois Department of Law Enforcement, a post which Thompson retained until 1979.[2][1]

In 1980, Thompson appointed Fahner to serve as Illinois Attorney General, filling the vacancy created after Attorney General William J. (Bill) Scott was convicted of tax evasion.[2] Fahner ran for a full term as attorney general, but was defeated by Democratic candidate Neil F. Hartigan in the 1982 election.[2]

After leaving office in 1983, Fahner returned to private practice, joining the law firm Mayer Brown LLP as a partner.[2][3][1][4] Fahner served on the firm's management committee from 1985 to 2007, and was its co-chairman from 1998 to 2001 and its chairman from 2001 to 2007.[5]

Memberships and board service

In 1988, Ronald Reagan appointed Fahner to the Board of Foreign Scholarships, for a term ending in 1991.[1]

Fahner joined the board of trustees of the Shedd Aquarium in 2004, and became the chairman of the board in 2012.[4]

Fahner is president of the civic committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago.[6]

Personal life

Fahner is married to Anne Fahner.[7] The family lived in Evanston for many years until moving to Northfield in 2014.[7]

Notes

Legal offices
Preceded by Attorney General of Illinois
1980–1983
Succeeded by
Neil F. Hartigan