Practice Areas - Litigation
- Appellate Practice
- Employment Discrimination
- Civil Rights
| - Personal Injury
- Medical Malpractice
- Family Law
- Zoning Law
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| University | Illinois State University, B.S., 1980 |
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| Law School | Southern Illinois University, J.D., cum laude, 1991 |
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| Admitted | 1991, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit |
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| Memberships | McLean County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. American Inns of Court, R.C. Underwood Chapter (Associate); National Employment Lawyer's Association; Illinois Employment Lawyer's Association. |
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| Born | Chicago, Illinois, March 25, 1958 |
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| Biography | Lead Articles Editor, Southern Illinois University Law Journal, 1990-1991. Author: "Federal Sentencing Law: Prosecutorial Discretion in Determining Departures Based on Defendant's Cooperation Violates Due Process," Southern Illinois University Law Journal, Vol. 15, Winter 1991; "Employment Discrimination: Title VII Protections Under Disparate Impact Analysis Drastically Diminished?" Southern Illinois University Law Journal, Vol. 15, Fall 1990. Clerk, Justice James A. Knecht, Illinois Appellate Court, Fourth District, 1991-1993.
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| Reported Cases | In re Marriage of Deike, No. 4-07-0256 (Slip op. 4/3/08); In re Marriage of Donovan, 361 Ill.App.3d 1059, 297 Ill.Dec. 823, 838 N.E.2d 310 (4th Dist.2005); In re Marriage of Elenewski, 357 Ill.App.3d 504, 293 Ill.Dec. 585, 828 N.E.2d 895 (4th Dist.2005); Robinson v. Sappington, 351 F.3d 317 (7th Cir.2003); Szmaj v. AT&T, 291 F.3d 955 (7th Cir. 2002); Thompson v. Archer Daniels Midland Co., 174 F. Supp. 2d 833 (C.D. Ill. 2001); Rewerts v. Reliance Ins. Co., 170 F. Supp. 2d 847 (C.D. Ill. 2001); Szmaj v. AT&T Inc., No. 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22601, 12 Am. Disabilities Case 1116 (C.D. Ill. 2001); In re Marriage of Shaddle, 317 Ill. App. 3d 428, 740 N.E.2d 525, 251 Ill. Dec. 444 (4th Dist. 2000); In re Marriage of Mayhall, 311 Ill. App. 3d 765, 725 N.E.2d 22, 244 Ill. Dec. 227 (4th Dist. 2000); In re Marriage of Claydon, 306 Ill. App. 3d 895, 715 N.E.2d 1201, 240 Ill. Dec. 144 (4th Dist. 1999); Stockton v. Oldenburg, 305 Ill. App. 3d 897, 713 N.E.2d 259, 238 Ill. Dec. 1013 (4th Dist. 1999); In re Marriage of Fields, 288 Ill. App. 3d 1053, 681 N.E.2d 166, 224 Ill. Dec. 184 (4th Dist. 1997); Kruse v. Kuntz, 288 Ill. App. 3d 431, 683 N.E.2d 1185, 225 Ill. Dec. 522 (4th Dist. 1996); Carmody v. Carmody, 274 Ill. App. 3d 46, 653 N.E.2d 977, 210 Ill. Dec. 782 (4th Dist. 1995); People v. Herbolsheimer, 272 Ill. App. 3d 140, 650 N.E.2d 287, 208 Ill. Dec. 830 (4th Dist. 1995); Tiffin v. Tiffin, 269 Ill. App. 3d 581, 646 N.E.2d 285, 206 Ill. Dec. 918 (4th Dist. 1995); People v. Katz (In re Katz), 267 Ill. App. 3d 692, 642 N.E.2d 893, 205 Ill. Dec. 28 (3rd Dist. 1994); People v. Lutrell (In re Lutrell), 261 Ill. App. 3d 221, 633 N.E.2d 74, 198 Ill. Dec. 612 (4th Dist. 1994). |
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| ISLN | 910144498 |
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