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| Practice Areas | Legal Malpractice; Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings; Class Action Litigation; Commercial Litigation | | | Education | University of Minnesota, J.D., cum laude, 1992, University of Notre Dame, B.A., English Literature, cum laude, 1989 | | | Admitted | 1992, Illinois; 1993, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1996, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois | |
| Memberships | Chicago Bar Association (Member, Lawyer Regulation Committee); Illinois State Bar Association. | | | Born | Valparaiso, Indiana, July 9, 1966 | | | Biography | Author: "Breach of Fiduciary Duty," Attorney's Legal Liability, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2007; "Recovering Costs in Illinois Civil Actions," Illinois Bar Journal, September 2000; "Resolving Contractual Ambiguity: The Parole Evidence Rule and the Rules of Contract Construction," Illinois Bar Journal, April 1999; "Making the Most of Rule 216 Requests to Admit," Illinois Bar Journal, Aug 1995. Co-Author: "Arbitration and the New 'Public Policy' Doctrine," Minnesota Trial Lawyer, Fall 1995. Speaker: "Conflicts of Interest, Waivers, and Civil Liability Implications," State Bar of Wisconsin, December 2007; "Statute of Limitations - Disparate Rules on Tolling," Annual Legal Malpractice and Risk Management Seminar, March 2006; "Recent Developments in the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act," Annual Legal Malpractice and Risk Management Seminar, March 2005; "The Jurisdiction Jungle and New Developments in Insurance Coverage Law," Annual Legal Malpractice and Risk Management Seminar, March 2004; "Legal Ethics: Identifying and Preventing Conflicts of Interest," Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, November 2002, 2003, 2004. | | | Reported Cases | Bernstein v. Department of Human Services, 2009 WL 1796308 (Ill.App. 1 Dist. Jun 19, 2009); Griffith v. Wilmette Harbor Ass'n, Inc., 378 Ill.App.3d 173, 881 N.E.2d 512 (1st Dist. 2007); Greco v. Trauner, Cohen & Thomas, L.L.P., 412 F.3d 360 (2nd Cir. 2005); Blair v. Supportkids, Inc., 222 F.Supp.2d 1038 (N.D.Ill. 2002); Pettit v. Retrieval Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc., 211 F.3d 1057 (7th Cir. 2000); Sanders v. Jackson, 209 F.3d 998 (7th Cir. 2000); Patterson v. North Shore Agency, Inc., 126 F.Supp.2d 1138 (N.D.Ill. 2000); DiRosa v. North Shore Agency, Inc., 56 F.Supp.2d 1039 (N.D.Ill. 1999); Wells v. McDonough, 188 F.R.D. 277 (N.D.Ill. 1999); Pettit v. Retrieval Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc., 42 F.Supp.2d 797 (N.D.Ill. 1999); Pikes v. Riddle, 38 F.Supp.2d 639 (N.D.Ill. 1999); Long v. Gray, 306 Ill.App.3d 445, 714 N.E.2d 1041 (1st Dist. 1999). | | | ISLN | 909670953 | |
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