Admitted
1973, Illinois; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1976, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Illinois, J.D., 1973
Law School Graduation Year
1973
College
University of Illinois, B.A. with distinction in Political Science, 1970
Memberships
Chicago (Chairman, Federal Civil Procedure Committee, 1995-1995), Seventh Circuit, Federal and American Bar Associations.
Biographical
Note and Comment Editor, University of Illinois Law Forum (now University of Illinois Law Review), 1972-1973. Author: Criminal Procedure: The Seventh Circuit's Current Approach, 55 IIT/Chicago-Kent Law Review 95, 1979. Senior Law Clerk, Hon. Harlington Wood, Jr., U.S. District Judge, Springfield, Illinois, 1973-1974. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1974-1979. Senior Trial Counsel, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Division of Enforcement, Chicago, Illinois, 1981-1984.