Admitted
1978, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Law School
Loyola University, J.D., cum laude, 1978
Law School Graduation Year
1978
College
American University, B.A., 1972
Memberships
Chicago and American Bar Associations; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Biographical
Alpha Sigma Nu. Recipient: Chief Justice Edward D. White Scholarship Award, 1978; Loyola University Leadership and Service Award, 1978. Member, Loyola National Trial Practice Team. Editor-in-Chief, Loyola Law Journal, 1977-1978. Author: Expanding State Constitutional Protections & the New Silver Platter, 8 Loyola Law Journal of Chicago, Vol. 8, 1978. Co-Author: Federal Criminal Practice - A Seventh Circuit Handbook, Lexis Publishing, (2002 ed); Seventh Circuit Criminal Handbook (2001 ed.), Lexis Publishing; Seventh Circuit Criminal Handbook (2000 ed.), Lexis Publishing; New Regime for Reporting of Currency Transactions, National Law Journal, January 20, 1986; Ethical Problems Not Made for Television, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, April 14, 1987; Government Intervention in the Attorney-Client Relationship, presented to Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Jekyll Island, Georgia, April 27, 1985; Plea Bargaining Practice and Techniques in Federal Court, presented to Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Chicago, Illinois, March 11, 1988; Summary of Recent Illinois Supreme Court Decisions, presented to Law Update Program, Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago, March 30, 1984; Summary of Selected Provisions of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, presented to Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago, February, 1987; Money Laundering: Present State of the Law, presented to Illinois State Bar Association Law Update Program, Geneva, Illinois, March 20, 1987. Associate Editor of Illinois State Bar Association Criminal Justice Newsletter, 1986-1988, and Author of From the Seventh Circuit: Instructions, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Sept. 1986); From the Seventh Circuit: RICO, Vol. 30, No. 6 (Jan. 1987); Recent Amendments to the Circuit Rules of Appellate Procedure, Vol. 30, No. 11 (June 1987); The View of McNally, Vol. 31, No. 6 (Feb. 1988); Rule 404(b) on Appellate Review, Vol. 32, No. 1 (July, 1988). Panelist, Illinois State Bar Association, April 20, 1993, Horizontal Restraints