EDUCATION:

• Law School: John Marshall Law School, J.D., 1989
• College: University of Iowa; University of Illinois, B.A., 1986
• Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; American Trial Lawyers Association; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

LICENSURE:

• State of Illinois November, 1989

ADMISSION:

• State of Illinois, 1989
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1989 U.S. Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit, 1989

PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION:

• California (1993), Indiana (1992 - 1993), Ohio (1998 - 1999), North Carolina (2006 - 2007) and Wisconsin (2011 to 2013)

CERTIFICATION:

• Trial Bar of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1989

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

• Adjunct Professor to The John Marshall Law School Chicago, Illinois
• Lawyering Skills and Legal Writing
• January,1998 to December, 2007

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:

• Gerson Lehrman Group Law Council
• Council Member, 7/20/05 to 9/2014

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

• American Bar Association
• Past Member Tort Litigation Committee
• American Association For Justice, f/k/a American Trial Lawyers Association
• Past National Moot Court Competition Trial Judge
• The Brain Injury Association of Illinois
• 2004 Gold Sponsor
• 2010 Conference Presenter
• Chicago Bar Association
• Past Member Tort Litigation Committee
• Past Chair Medical Legal Relations Committee Past Member Civil Practice Committee
• Commercial Law League of America Decalogue Society of Lawyers Illinois State Bar Association
• Past Member Tort Litigation Committee
• Past Member Civil Practice Committee
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
• Board Of Advocates 2003-2011
• Past Member Supreme Court Rules Committee Past Member Medical Negligence Committee
• Lake County Bar Association
• Past Member Civil Trial and Appeal Committee
• Public Justice Foundation