Practice Areas - Insurance Coverage
- Negligence Defense
- Medical Malpractice
- Insurance Defense
- Professional Liability
- Employment Law
- Collections
- Class Action Defense
| - Commercial Litigation
- Health Law
- Transportation
- Premises Liability
- Fraud
- Arson and Insurance Fraud
- Insurance Bad Faith
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| Contact Info | Telephone: 314-726-2310 Fax: 314-726-2360 http://www.balblawyers.com
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| University | Governors State University, B.A., 1987 |
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| Law School | Southern Illinois University, J.D., magna cum laude, 1991 |
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| Admitted | 1991, Illinois; 1992, Missouri, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, U.S. District Court, Southern and Central Districts of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit |
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| Memberships | St. Clair County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; The Lawyers Association of St. Louis; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers; Womens Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. |
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| Born | Dubuque, Iowa, July 28, 1967 |
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| Biography | Phi Kappa Phi. Recipient, Antitrust Award. Adjunct Professor, Webster University. Author: "Hypnotically Enhanced Testimony: Has it Lost Its Charm?" S.I.U.L.J. Winter Edition 1991; Lost Chance of Survival; Should The Courts Ever Tinker With Chance? S.I.U.L.J. Winter Ed. 1992; Rethinking the Bar on Hypnotically Enhanced Testimony, Illinois Bar Journal March 1993; "Missouri Discovers Lost Chance of Recovery," Journal of The Missouri Bar, May-June 1993; Survey of Illinois Law: Civil Procedure S.I.U.L.J. Survey, 1995, "The Validity of Territorial Restrictions on Uninsured Motorist Coverage in Missouri," 50 Journal of the Missouri Bar 181 (1994); "Determining Diligence in Service of Process; Patience Is Not A Virtue," Ill. B. J. 188 (1996); "Understanding The Illinois Medical Studies Act," 82 Ill. B. Journal 422 (1994); Mastering The Obvious: The Open and Obvious Doctrine in Illinois, VOL. 85 Ill. B Journal 28 (1997); "Just Say No: Avoiding The Pitfalls in Denial of Coverage," 52 J. of Mo. Bar 110 (1996); Public Policy v. Policy Exclusions," 57 Journal of the Missouri Bar 16 (2001); "An Insurer's Rights in Illinois Under The Common Fund Doctrine," 89 Ill. Bar Journal 242 (2001); "Survey of Illinois Law: Civil Procedure," S.I.U.L.J. Survey Edition, 1995; "Survey of Illinois Law: Insurance," S.I.U.L.J. Survey Edition, 1999; "Survey of Illinois Law: Torts," S.I.U.L.J. Survey Edition, 2000; "Survey of Illinois Law: Torts," SIULJ Survey Edition 2001 "Survey of Illinois Law: Insurance," SIULJ Survey Edition, 2001. Co-Author: Survey of Health Law, S.I.U.L.J. Survey Edition, 1992; "Criminal Convictions Do Not Equal Intentional Acts," 25 S.I.U. Law Journal 281 (2001); "Primary Insurers' Duty to Exercise Good Faith Toward Excess-Insurance Carriers," Vol. 90 Ill. B.J. 18 (2002).
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| ISLN | 901253697 |
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