University Attended:
University of Illinois-Urbana, B.S., high honors, 1979
Law School Attended:
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., 1982
Year of First Admission:
1982
Admission:
1982, Illinois; 1982, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2018, United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois; 2019, United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois; 2021, Florida
Memberships:
Board of Directors of the Illinois Bar Foundation 2014-present, 2014
Illinois State Bar Association Board of Governors, 2012 - 2013 and 2014 to present
Member, American Association For Justice
Member, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Member, The Decalogue Society of Lawyers
Co-Chair, Advertising Committee for the Diversity Scholarship Foundation's 2013 Unity Award Dinner
Former Chair, ISBA Insurance Law Section Council, 2002-2003
Former Chair, ISBA Civil Practice and Procedure Section Council, 2011-2012
Member, ISBA Tort Law Section Council
Elected Member, Assembly of the Illinois State Bar Association
Illinois State Bar Association Assembly, 2010
Member, Chicago Bar Association Civil Practice Committee, 1993-1999
Chairperson, Chicago Bar Association, 1995-1996
Chairperson, Division IV and Division I, Chicago Bar Association, 1997-1998
Member, Chicago Bar Association Civil Practice Committee, 1992-1999
Member, Illinois State Bar Association's Standing Committee on Judicial Evaluations, 1998-2000
Co-editor, Tort Trends, the publication of the Tort Law, June 1999-June 2003
Member, Illinois State Bar Association Tort Law Section Council, 1989-present
Chair, Illinois State Bar Association Civil Practice Section, 2002-2003
Member, Illinois State Bar Association Civil Practice Section, June 2007-present
Million Dollar Advocates
The National Trial Lawyers
Reported Cases:
Wilson v. Teloptic Cable Construction Co., 314 Ill.App.3d 107, 731 N.E.2d 899, 247 Ill.Dec. 126 (1st Dist., 5th Div., 2000); Walters v. Walters, 238 Ill. App.3d 1086, 178 Ill.Dec. 176, 605 N.E.2d 432; Szymakowski v. Szymakowski, 185 Ill. App. 3d 746, 134 Ill. Dec. 193, 542 N.E. 2d 372 (1st Dist., 4th Div., 1989).
