Admitted
1973, Illinois; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1973, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Law School
University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1973
Law School Graduation Year
1973
College
Loyola University of Chicago, B.A., 1970
Memberships
Chicago (President, 1996-1997; Committees: Lawyer Regulation; Legal Malpractice, 1996—), Cook County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Society of Trial Lawyers; International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Fellow); The American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow); Lawyer's Committee for Human Rights; Chicago Inn of Court (Incoming President, 2003-2004); Economic Club of Chicago.
Biographical
Member, Editorial Board, Lawyers Manual of Professional Conduct, American Bar Association, Bureau of National Affairs. Recipient: Person of the Year Award, Chicago Lawyer, 1992; Abraham Lincoln Award, Chicago Sun-Times, 1992. Assistant Attorney General, Financial Crimes Unit, Illinois. Co-Chair and Committee Member, Cook County Courts' Committee on Courts for the 21st Century. Chairman, Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Professional Responsibility. Member: Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group, District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1995; Society of Trials Lawyers, 1995—; Merit Selection Panel, Northern District of Illinois Magistrate Judge, 1994; Illinois Labor Relations Board; Governor's Commission on Capital Punishment; Mayor's Advisory Committee, Department of Administrative Hearings; Board of Directors, Chicago Public Library; Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Ann McMorrow's Judicial Appointment Committee; Archdiocese of Chicago Committee on Funding; Illinois Appellate Lawyers Association, 1989-1990; Illinois Criminal Justice Information Council/Authority, 1977-1991. Chairman, Board of Trustees, Hales Franciscan High School, 1988-1995.