Admitted
1968, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1972, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth and Tenth Circuits; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh C
Law School
University of Notre Dame, J.D., 1968
Law School Graduation Year
1968
College
Loyola University, B.A., 1965
Memberships
Chicago, Illinois State and American (Chairman, Appellate Advocacy Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1989-1990) Bar Associations; Illinois Defense Counsel; Illinois Appellate Lawyers Association (Director, 1979-1981, 1984-1986; President, 1997-1998); National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; American Academy of Appellate Lawyers; Appellate Lawyers Association; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.
Biographical
Case Editor, Notre Dame Law Review, 1967-1968. Part-time Instructor, John Marshall Law School, 1974-1976. Author: Preparing for Oral Argument, The Brief, pp. 54-56 (Fall 1987); Protecting Your Right to Challenge an Unfavorable Ruling: When Would You Cross-Appeal? 2 Appellate Law Review 18 (Winter 1990); Equitas Under England Law, 38 Tort & Ins. Law Journal 1 (Fall 2002); The Standard of Review in Civil Cases in Illinois: More Than Meets The Eye, 8 Appellate Law Review 1 (Winter 2002-2003). Member, Product Liability Advisory Council. Member, Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee, 1998—. Appointed Member, Leading Lawyers Network Advisory Board, top 5 percent of Illinois lawyers, 2002.