Practice Areas - Professional Liability Litigation
- Architects and Engineers Liability
- Design Professionals Liability
- Mediation
| - Construction Law
- Insurance Coverage Litigation
- ADR/Mediation
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| University | University of Illinois, B.A., with high honors, 1972; Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution of Pepperdine University, Mediation Training, 2005 |
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| Law School | University of Illinois School of Law, J.D., 1975 |
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| Admitted | 1975, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1976, U.S. Tax Court; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court; 1984, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 1993, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois; 1994, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 1995, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana; 2003, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 2009, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit |
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| Memberships | Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Illinois Defense Counsel (Seminar Committee Chairman, 1981-1982; Director, 1982-1983, 1988-1994); Defense Research Institute (Chairman, Architects & Engineers Professional Liability Committee, 1982-1986; State Area Chairman, 1988-1994); International Association of Defense Counsel (Vice-chair, Construction Law Committee); American Board of Trial Advocates; Appellate Lawyers Association; Society of Trial Lawyers (Illinois); American Institute of Architects (Professional Affiliate); American Society of Civil Engineers (Associate); Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys; Association of Attorney-Mediators. |
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| Born | Edwardsville, Illinois, 1951 |
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| Biography | Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, Honor Award, American Institute of Architects-Illinois Council, 2005. Lecturer and Author, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1979—. Arbitrator, Cook County Circuit Court Mandatory Arbitration Program, 1990-1997. Certified Mediator, Cook County Court-Annexed Major Case Civil Mediation Program, 2005. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Editor of Architects and Engineers Liability: Claims Against Design Professionals (Aspen 3d ed. 2006). |
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| ISLN | 903737201 |
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