Admitted
1984, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of Illinois; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
John Marshall Law School, J.D., with honors, 1984
Law School Graduation Year
1984
College
Tulane University, B.A., 1981
Memberships
Sangamon County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Board Member, Vice President); American Civil Liberties Union; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; Sangamon County Criminal Defense Bar (President, 1988-1989 and Secretary, 1987-1988).
Biographical
Author: A Plaintiffs Counsels' Guide to Corporate Scienter and Discovering the Basis of Punitive Damages in Products Litigation, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Journal, Vol. 5, No. 2, Spring/Summer, 1983; An Overview of Federal Rule of Evidence 702 in Seventh Circuit Criminal Law Decisions, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Spring and Summer Journal, 1986; Operation Valkyrie: Illinois' Version of the Drug Courier Profile, Illinois Attorneys for Criminal Justice Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 1, Winter 1989; DCFS Code of Ethics Proves to be a Boon for Father Accused of Sexual Assault and a Bane for the Prosecution, Illinois Attorneys for Criminal Justice Newsletter, Winter/Spring 1999. Lecturer: Effective Use of Discovery in Criminal Cases, Law Ed Series, Illinois State Bar Association, 1990; Search & Seizure Symposium, University of Illinois College of Law, 1994. Faculty: Illinois State Appellate Defender's Public Defender Trial Advocacy Program, Chicago-Kent IIT College of Law, 1998—; Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers DUI Defense Seminar, Field Sobriety Testing: Abnormal Tests to Test Normal Faculties, June 2003. Illinois Supreme Court Capital Litigation Trial Bar (Lead Counsel Designation).