Admitted
1972, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Law School
University of Illinois, J.D., summa cum laude, 1972
Law School Graduation Year
1972
College
University of Illinois, B.A., 1969
Memberships
Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations.
Biographical
Partner, Jenner & Block, LLC, 1974—. Clerk to Judge Glenn K. Seidenfeld, Illinois Appellate Court, Second District, 1972-1974. Adjunct Professor of Business Law, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, 1985-1987. Chair, Letter of Credit Subcommittee, American Bar Association Business Law Section (2003-2005); Chair, Consumer Credit Committee, Chicago Bar Association, 1993-1994; Co-Chair, Commercial and Financial Transactions Committee, Chicago Bar Association (September 2003-2004); Chair, International Law Committee, Chicago Bar Association, 2000-2001; Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Documentary Credit World (Letter of Credit Survey, Inc.). Editor, Uniform Laws Annotated Uniform Commercial Code - Forms and Materials (West Publishing). Editor, Illinois Practice - Uniform Commercial Code Forms Annotated (West Publishing). Participated in drafting process of Revised Article 5 of Uniform Commercial Code and International Standby Practices (ISP98). Articles: Letters of Credit in Financial Transactions, Advanced Commercial Finance and Creditors Rights in Illinois (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1993); Preferences in Letter of Credit Transactions - Review and Update, 10 Letters of Credit Report (July/August 1995); Subrogation Rights and Letters of Credit -- Get Ready, 10 Letters of Credit Report 1 (May/June 1995); Ten Noteworthy Letter of Credit Cases from the Twentieth Century - A Commercial Lawyer's View, 3 Documentary Credit World 17 (Dec. 1999); Transfers and Assignments of Proceeds of Letter of Credit Proceeds, 2001 Annual Letter of Credit Survey 92-116 (Institute for International Banking Law & Practice); Preparing for Security Interests in Letter of Credit Proceeds under Revised Article 9 of the UCC, 12 International Financial Services Association Network (May 2001); How to Structure a Lease to Protect Against the Risk of a Bankruptcy of the Tenant, 26 Real Estate Issues 35-45 (Fall 2001); Letters of Credit in Lease Transactions -- Part I, 16 AB