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| Practice Areas | Medical Malpractice; Legal Malpractice; General Negligence Law; Products Liability; Complex Civil Litigation; Railroad Law | | | Education | University of Illinois, J.D., 1949, Washington University and University of Illinois, A.B., 1948 | | | Admitted | 1950, Illinois; 1984, Missouri | |
| Memberships | St. Clair County (President, 1982-1983), Illinois State (Member: Education Committee, 1956-1957; Unauthorized Practice Committee, 1957-1959; Executive Committee, Junior Bar Section, 1959; Chairman, Illinois Supreme Court Committee, Rules of Evidence, 1975-1978) and American Bar Associations; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Member: Board of Governors, 1959—; Legislative Committee, 1959-1965); Missouri Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member: Legislative Committee, 1965-1971; Charitable Immunity Committee, 1970-1973); Inner Circle of Advocates (Member, Board of Directors, 1984—; President, 1987-1990); American Board of Trial Advocates; American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys. | | | Born | Carbondale, Illinois, December 29, 1926 | | | Biography | Phi Alpha Delta. Author: "Need for Revision of Discovery Procedure in Illinois," University of Illinois Law Forum, Summer 1949; "Attachment," Illinois Bar Journal, July 1954; "Measuring Damages in the Family Context," University of Illinois Law Forum, Winter 1962. Lecturer: Jury Selection in Negligence Cases, University of Illinois College of Law, February 1962; Trial Advocacy University of Illinois College of Law, 1969, 1971; "Closing Argument," Illinois Trial Lawyers College of Advocacy, July, 1988; "Final Argument Comparative Fault Cases," Illinois Trial Lawyers Seminar, October, 1988; "Use of Expert Witnesses," St. Louis University Law School, May, 1988; "The Judge's Participation in the Trial-How Far May the Judge Go?" Illinois Judges' Association, December, 1984; "How to Obtain Punitive Damages in Tort Litigation," Illinois Trial Lawyers Seminar, June, 1981; "Techniques in Personal Injury Litigation," Practicing Law Institute, April, 1981; "How to Prove Pain and Suffering," Illinois State Bar Association, April, 1990; "Use of Expert Testimony," Illinois Trial Lawyers Seminar, February, 1990; "Handling Defense Experts," Illinois Trial Lawyers Seminar, December, 1990; "Trial Workshop," American Board of Trial Advocates, June, 1991; "Direct Examination," American Board of Trial Advocates, May 1992; "Cross Examination of Defense Experts," American Board of Trial Advocates, June 1993; "Premises Liability," March 1989, Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys; "Argument," Illinois Trial Lawyers Journal, Fall/Winter Issue 1988; "The Law of Libel," Illinois Trial Lawyers Seminar, June, 1982; "Libel Law," Illinois Judges' Association, December, 1985; "Libel Law Reformation Conference," March, 1989, The Annenberg Program, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois; "Conduct of the Lawyer and Witnesses," Illinois State Bar Association, November, 1988; Participant, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Seminars: "The Federal Employers Liability Act," October 1970; "The Unusual Case," June 1974; "Discovery-Medical Negligence," November 1974; "The Art of Summation," November 1978 and May 1979; "The Million Dollar Verdict," Maryland Trial Lawyers Seminar, February 1979; "Libel and Malpractice," Kansas Trial Lawyers Seminar, June 1983; "Trial Advocacy Skills," Georgetown University Law Center, November, 1990. Chairman, Human Relations Commission, City of East St. Louis, 1964-1972. Member, Board of Law Visitors, University of Illinois College of Law, 1983-1986. | | | ISLN | 908520075 | |
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