University Attended:
University of Illinois, B.A., 1974
Law School Attended:
John Marshall Law School, J.D., 1978
Year of First Admission:
1978
Admission:
1978, Illinois; 1996, Missouri
Memberships:
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois State (Member, Bench and Bar Committee) and American Bar Associations; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Managers, 1989—; Past Co-Chairman, Products Liability Section); American Association for Justice; Workers Compensation Lawyers Association Limited; American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate; Past Chapter President, Missouri and Southern Illinois); Admitted June 3,2013 to United States Supreme Court Bar.
Birth Information:
Jacksonville, Florida, August 16, 1952
Transactions:
Recommended by peers as an Illinois "Super Lawyer" and "Leading Lawyer"; Served as co counsel with the Clifford Law Firm in the Jentz et. al. vs. ConAgra et. al., filed in the Federal District Court for the Southern District of Illinois; On May 31st, 2012, damages in the amount of $110,000,000 were awarded to my clients, Jentz and Schmidt. Reduced on appeal to $45,000,000. Curtis Jackson v. City of Collinsville, 2011 IL App. (5th) 100516-U, Appellate Court reverses decision of Board of Trustees and Circuit Court and determines police officer is entitled to a line of duty pension: Largest Wrongful Death settlements in Monroe, 2006, and Gallatin Counties, 2011, Illinois; First "odd lot" permanent total in workers compensation case, 1980, First prove up of a wage differential 8(d)1 award based solely on vocational testimony, 1985; Application of "Common Fund Doctrine: to medical subrogation cases, 1993.