Law School
Vanderbilt University, J.D., 1976
Law School Graduation Year
1976
College
Northwestern University, B.A., 1973
Memberships
Peoria County, Illinois State (Chairman, Section of: Commercial, Banking and Bankruptcy Law, 1988-1989; Assembly, 1989-1994) and American Bar Associations; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; American Bankruptcy Institute
Biographical
Associate Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1975-1976. Recipient: Vanderbilt Law Review Award, 1976; Lincoln Legal Writing Award, 1982. Author: Note, Front Pay-Prophylactic Relief Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 29 Vanderbilt Law Review 211, 1976; Cause of Action that Survives the Good Faith Execution of a General Release of all Claims-Second Bite of the Apple, 70 Illinois Bar Journal 356, 1982 . Co-Author: Farmer in Bankruptcy, Chapter 1, IICLE publication, 1987; Advising Illinois Farmers, Illinois Institute Continuing Legal Education, 1987. Author: Agricultural Financing, Chapter 8, Secured Transactions, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1991. Certified by the American Bankruptcy Board of Certification in Business Bankruptcy Law and Consumer Bankruptcy Law. Fellow: Illinois Bar Foundation; Illinois Bankers Association (Chairman, Bank Counsel Section; Director, Great Plains Bankruptcy Conference , 1989—).