| Biography | Board of Directors National Board of Legal Specialty Certification (NBLSC). Associate member American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Co-Author: "Cockpit Image Recorders: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words," Issues in Aviation Law and Policy, May 2005; "Punitive Damages After State Farm v. Campbell: The First Year," American Bar Association Aviation Litigation Section Meeting, N.Y, New York, 2004; "Attention All International Airlines and Flight Crews: Choosing Inaction Over Action No Longer Flies," Issues in Aviation Law and Policy, March 2004; "Will Boeing's Recent Move to Chicago Mean That More Commercial Airliner Crash Cases Will be Litigated There?" Issues in Aviation Law and Policy, April, 2003; "A 73-Year Odyssey: The Time Has Come for a New International Air Liability System," Issues in Aviation Law and Policy, October, 2002; "The Effect of Tort Litigation on the Airline Industry," DePaul Business Law Journal, Spring, 2002; "Trial and Evidentiary Considerations," Chapter in "Illinois Wrongful Death and Survival Actions," (IICLE), 1993, 1996, 2000, 2003; Trial techniques featured in: "The Lost Art: An Advocate's Guide to Effective Closing Argument," ch.2, p. 41 (1999); "Example of Direct Examination," published 7 Handling Accident Cases 154 (Cum. Supp. Jan., 1989); Closing Arguments, (West Cum. Supp. 1997). Guest Lecturer, Rights of Injured Workers, Illinois Institute of Technology-Chicago Kent College of Law 1984—. Presenter: Association of Trial Lawyers of America and Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education; IIT Chicago Kent College of Law. Legal Writing Instructor, 1981. Member, Law Review at Illinois Institute of Technology-Chicago Kent College of Law, 1980-1981. Practice Areas: Plaintiff's Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation on behalf of people seriously injured and those who have lost loved ones as the result of the negligence of others.
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| Reported Cases | Reliance Nat'l Insurance v. Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 61837 (C.D. Ill. 2006); J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. v. Bolton, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 42195 (W.D. Wis. 2006); (Kemp v. Western Oilfields Supply Co., 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8670 (N.D. Ill., March 24, 2005); In re Air Crash Near Nantucket Island, Massachusetts on October 31, 1999, 307 F. Supp. 2d 465 (E.D.N.Y. 2004); Reliance Nat'l Ins. Co. v. Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., 340 F. Supp. 2d 936 (C.D. Ill. 2004); Walter v. Bruhn, et al., 2002 U.S. App. Lexis 13168 (7th Cir. 2002); In Re Aircraft Accident at Little Rock, Arkansas on June 1, 1999, 231 F. Supp. 2d 852 (E.D. Ark. 2002); Rivas v. Doering, 2002 U.S. Dist. Lexis 9535 (W.D. Ky. 2002); Verbance v. Altman, 324 Ill. App. 3d 494, 754 N.E. 2d 856 (2d Dist. 2001); In Re Aircraft Accident at Little Rock, Arkansas on June 1, 1999, 118 F. Supp. 2d 916 (E.D. Ark. 2000); In Re Air Crash at Little Rock on June 1, 1999, 109 F. Supp. 2d 1022 (E.D. Ark. 2000); Miller v. Empress Casino Joliet Corp., 1999 U.S. Dist. Lexis 3531 (N.D. Ill. 1999); Reliance Nat'l Ins. Co. v. Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., 12 F.Supp.2d 854 (C.D. Ill. 1998) (No. 97-3289); Josefson v. AMR Corp., No. 1:95CV00493, 1998 Lexis 12525 (M.D.N.C. April 23, 1998); In re Air Crash Near Morrisville, North Carolina on December 13, 1994, No. 1:95MD1084, 1997 Lexis 21827 (M.D.N.C. December 16, 1997); In re Air Crash at Charlotte, North Carolina on July 2, 1994, 982 F.Supp. 1092 (D.S.C. 1997) (MDL Docket No. 1041); In re Air Crash at Charlotte, North Carolina on July 2, 1994, 982 F.Supp. 1086 (D.S.C. 1997) (MDL Docket No. 1041); Ex parte Knight Ridder, Inc., 982 F.Supp. 1080 (D.S.C. 1997) (MDL Docket No. 3:95-1041-17); In re Air Crash at Charlotte, North Carolina on July 2, 1994, 982 F.Supp. 1060 (D.S.C. 1997) (MDL Docket No. 1041); In re Air Crash at Charlotte, North Carolina on July 2, 1994, 982 F.Supp. 1052 (D.S.C. 1997) (MDL Docket No. 1041); In Re Air Crash Near Morrisville, North Carolina on December 13, 1994, 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3809 (M.D.N.C. February 6, 1997); Lobocki v. Peabody Galion Corp., No. 95 C 5830, 1996 Lexis 6651 (N.D. Ill. May 14, 1996); Cheng v. United Air Lines, Inc., No. 93 C 149, 1995 Lexis 6943 (N.D. Ill. May 17, 1995); Cheng v. United Air Lines, Inc., No. 93 C 149, 1995 Lexis 1140 (N.D. Ill. January 25, 1995); Jackson v. Back of Yards Neighborhood Council, 240 Ill. App. 3d 128, 608 N.E.2d 124, 181 Ill. Dec. 51 (1 Dist., Dec. 9, 1992) (No.1-90-1744); St. Louis v. Rockwell Graphic Systems, Inc., 153 Ill. 2d 1, 605 N.E.2d 555, 178 Ill. Dec. 761 (Oct. 22, 1992) (No.72779); In re Air Crash Disaster at Sioux City, Iowa, on July 19, 1989, 781 F.Supp. 1307 (N.D. Ill., Dec. 26, 1991) (No. MDL-817); Maki v. Keller Industries, Inc., 761 F. Supp. 66 (N.D. Ill., Mar 04, 1991) (No.91 C 1237); McKee v. Brady, 1990 WL 304242 (N.D. Ill., May 14, 1990) (No.88 C 20035); Houston vs. Quincy Post 5129, Veterans of Foreign Wars, 188 Ill. App. 3d 732, 544 N.E.2d 425, 135 Ill. Dec. 929 (4th Dist., Sept. 14, 1989) (No.4-89-0177); Courtney v. Allied Filter Engineering, Inc., 181 Ill. App. 3d 222, 536 N.E.2d 952, 129 Ill. Dec. 902 (1 Dist., Mar 27, 1989) (No.9 87-3622); Gonzalez v. Prestress Engineering Corp., 115 Ill. 2d 1, 503 N.E.2d 308, 104 Ill. Dec. 751, 55 USLW 2350, 124 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2252, 105 Lab.Cas. P. 55,627, 1 IER Cases 1242 (Dec. 19, 1986) (No. 62644, 62645); Simpson v. Industrial Commission, 91 Ill. 2d 452, 440 N.E.2d 94 (1982). |