Admitted
1967, Illinois; 1968, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1967, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar
Law School
De Paul University, J.D., 1967
Law School Graduation Year
1967
College
University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.S., 1964
Memberships
Chicago (Member, Board of Managers, 1987-1988; Chairman, House Committee, 1989-1990; Treasurer, 1990-1991; Second Vice President, 1991-1992; First Vice President, 1992-1993; President, 1993-1994. Member, Federal Civil Procedure Committee, 1979-1985; Secretary, 1983, 1984; Vice Chairman, 1984-1985, Chairman, 1985-1986; Committee on Evaluation of Candidates, 1982-1986; Special Committee on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, 1986-1987), Illinois State, Federal and American (Member, Committee on Liaison with Federal Judiciary, 1983-1985) Bar Associations.
Biographical
Member, De Paul Law Review, 1967. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1967-1974 and Chief, Civil Division, 1971-1974, U.S. Department of Justice. Honors Program, 1968. Special Counsel to Director, Illinois Department of Public Aid, 1974-1975. Consultant, Commission on the Review of the National Policy Toward Gambling, 1975-1976. Chairman, Law Council, De Paul University, 1975-1979. President, De Paul University Law Alumni Board, 1984-1985. President, De Paul University Alumni Association, 1985-1987. Chairman, Special Gifts Committee, 1986-1990. Member, 1990—and Vice Chair, 1995—, De Paul University Board of Trustees. Chair, Plant and Physical Property Committee, 1992-1995. National Chair For Annual Giving, 1991-1994. Chair, Advancement Committee, 1995-1999. Chair, Simon Commission, 1990-1991. Special Consultant to Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Department of Justice, 1976-1977. Counsel, Illinois Governor's Revenue Study Commission on Legalized Gambling, 1977. Special Counsel, Illinois Racing Board, 1979-1980. Commissioner, Illinois Racing Board, 1990—. General Trustee, 1993-1998, Regent, 1998—, Chancellor, 2001—, Lincoln Academy of Illinois. Member, Illinois Supreme Court Planning and Oversights Committee for a Judicial Performance Evaluation Program, 1997-1998, 2000—. Member, 1998—, Treasurer, 2001-2002 and Vice President, 2002-2003, President, 2003—, Lawyer's Trust Fund of Illinois. Member, Village of Glencoe Zoning Board of Appeals, 1981-1986; Chairman, 1984-1986. President, Glencoe Historical Society, 1979-1982. Member, Glencoe School Board Nominating Committee, 1978-1981 and Chairman, Rules Committee, 1980-1981. Director, Chicago World's Fair—1992 Authority, Member Executive, Intergovernmental, (Vice Chairman) and By-Laws Committees, 1983-1985. Member, Special Commission on the Administration of Justice in Cook County, Chancery Division Task Force, 1985-1987. Lecturer: De Paul University College of Law, 1978, 1981; U.S. Attorney General's Advocacy Institute, Washingt