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| Practice Areas | Civil Litigation; Criminal Litigation; Appellate Practice; Complex Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Professional Liability; Alternative Dispute Resolution | | | Education | Loyola University, J.D., 1963 | | | Admitted | 1963, Illinois, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois | |
| Memberships | Chicago (Member, Board of Managers, 1993-1995), Illinois State (Member, Board of Governors, 1984-1990) and American Bar Associations; Appellate Lawyers Association; Illinois Judges Association. | | | Born | Chicago, Illinois, July 24, 1937 | | | Biography | Recipient: Medal of Excellence, Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, 1995; Award of Excellence in the Field of Law, St. Ignatius College Prep, 1997; Award of Excellence, Justinian Society of Lawyers, 1997; Board of Governor's Award, Illinois State Bar Association, 2000; Lifetime Achievement Award, Illinois Judges Association, 2002; Virgil Tipton Publication Award, Illinois State Bar Association, 1999; Certificate of Appreciation, Appellate Lawyers Association, 1998; Award of Appreciation, Illinois Judges Association, 1994; Honorary Certificate for Teaching Trial Advocacy, Willamette University College of Law, 1992. Author: Illinois Sentencing and Disposition Guide, Illinois State Bar Association, 2001; Adapting to the Illinois Compiled Statutes, Illinois State Bar Association, 1993; Crimes and Punishment and Criminal Procedure, Illinois State Bar Association and Illinois Press Association, 1993, 2001; HJR CA 20: ISBA's Resolution for Merit Selection of Judges by Appointment, Illinois Bar Journal, 1987; Discovery and Preparation for Trial, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1983. Allerton House Conference: Participant and Speaker on the topic of News Media and the Courts, 1996; Participant, on the topics of: Multidisciplinary Practice, 2000; Expert Witnesses, 1994; Appellate Review, 1990. Adjunct Professor, Advanced Trial Advocacy, Loyola University School of Law, 1979—. Instructor, Willamette Law School, Salem, Oregon, Trial Advocacy and Advanced Trial Advocacy, 1982—. Instructor: New Judges Seminar, 1986-2000; National Judicial College, 1990-1994. Member: National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA). Justice, Illinois Appellate Court, 1989-1997. Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County, 1977-1989. Cook County Assistant State's Attorney, 1963-1977 (Chief, Criminal Division, supervisor of 330 attorneys, 1974-1977). Co-founder, Judicial Dispute Resolution, Inc., Formed November 1, 1997. President: Illinois Judges Association, 1993-1994; Markey-Wigmore Inn of Court, 1992-1993; Appellate Lawyers Association of Illinois, 2002-2003. Chairman, American Judicature Society, Illinois State Chapter, 1999-2002. Member: Illinois Planning and Oversight Committee for a Judicial Evaluation Program, 1998—; Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Evidence, 1975-1979; Board of Directors, Appellate Lawyers Association of Illinois, 1997-2004; Board of Directors, Chicago Bar Foundation, 1994-1995; Board of Directors, Chicago Chapter, Association for Conflict Resolution (formerly Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution), 1998—; Board of Directors, Lawyers Assistance Program, Inc., 1996-1998; Board of Directors, The John Howard Association, 1987-1990, 1997-2001; Executive Committee, Justinian Society of Lawyers, 1984-1986, 1992-1995; Subcommittee on Criminal Rules for the Rules Committee of the Supreme Court of Illinois, 1989-1997; Judicial Administration Task Force of the Illinois Supreme Court Special Commission on the Administration of Justice, 1992-1993; Governor's Task Force Steering Committee on Judicial Merit Selection, 1987-1988; Special Commission on the Administration of Justice in Cook County, 1984-1986; Illinois Supreme Court Committee to Study Supreme Court Rule 23, 2003—; American Judicature Society, 1985—. Facilitating Judge, Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Performance Evaluation, 1989-1997. | | | ISLN | 907833428 | |
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