Degrees

  • B.A. Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) – 1973
  • J.D. Southern Illinois University School of Law – 1977
  • LLM. Washington University School of Law – 1979

Practice Focus

Past President, Chicago Bar Association; Past President, Illinois State Bar Association (2001-2002); Past President, Appellate Lawyers Association of Illinois (1989-1990); First Editor-In-Chief of Appellate Law Review; Chair, Appellate Advocacy Committee, ABA Tort and Insurance Practice Section (1991-1992); Chair, Illinois Supreme Court Special Committee on Rule 23 (2003); Director, Federal Bar Association Board of Directors, Chicago Chapter (1998-Present); Board of Governors, Seventh Circuit Bar Association (2012-Present); Member, ABA Standing Committee on Amicus Briefs (2012-2014); Law Clerk, Chief Justice Joseph H. Goldenhersh, Illinois Supreme Court (1977-1979); Law Clerk, A.G. Webber III, Illinois Appellate Court (Fourth District) (1982)