Practice Areas - General Practice
- Business Representation
- Civil Litigation
| - Health Insurance Law
- Employment Law
- Class Action Defense
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| University | Indiana University, B.A., with distinction, 1984 |
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| Law School | University of Illinois, J.D., 1988 |
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| Admitted | 1988, Illinois; 1989, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 1998, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2005, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Illinois |
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| Memberships | Chicago, Champaign County, Seventh Circuit, Illinois State (Third Vice President, 2009; Treasurer, 2006; Secretary, 2006; Board of Governors, 2001-2009; Assembly, 1996—; Member, 1989-1999, Secretary, 1994-1996, Vice Chair, 1996-1997 and Chair, 1997-1998, Standing Committee on Membership and Bar Activities; Law Student Committee, 1986-1988, 1993-1994; Special Committee on Employment of New Lawyers, 1992; Standing Committee on Government Lawyers, 1999-2001; Standing Committee on Women and the Law, 1998-1999; Special Committee on Professional Fulfillment, 1998-1999; Investment Committee, 2006—; Budget Committee, 2006-2007; Civil Practice Section Council, 2007-2009) and American Bar Associations (House of Delegates, 2009—); Bar Association for Central and Southern Federal Districts of Illinois (Vice President, 2007—); Illinois Bar Foundation (Advisory Counsel, 2000-2001; Board of Directors, 2009—); Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 2008—); Illinois Supreme Court (Member, Committee on Character and Fitness, 2007—). |
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| Born | Urbana, Illinois, July 16, 1962 |
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| Biography | Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta. Co-Author, "Rethinking American Housing Policy: Defederalizing Subsidized Housing," University of Illinois Law Review, Vol. 1987, Issue, 4.
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| Reported Cases | Shannon v. Boise Cascade Corporation, 208 Ill.2d 517, 805 N.E.2d 213, 281 Ill.Dec. 845 (Illinois Supreme Court); Oliveira v. Amoco Oil Company, 201 Ill.2d 134, 776 N.E.2d 151, 267 Ill.Dec. 14 (Illinois Supreme Court); Mills vs. Health Care Service Corporation, 171 F.3d 450 (Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals); Amrhein vs. Health Care Service Corporations, 546 F.3d 854 (Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals). |
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| ISLN | 903192222 |
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