Admitted
1974, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Law School
Loyola University of Chicago, J.D., 1974
Law School Graduation Year
1974
College
Southern Illinois University, B.A., 1971; University of Illinois, A.M., 1981
Memberships
Champaign County, Illinois State (Council Chair, 1997-1998; Member, Council, Health Care Section, 1988-2001) and American Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association; Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys (Member: President and Board of Directors); Appellate Lawyers Association; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.
Biographical
Member, Loyola University Law Journal, 1973-1974. Assistant States Attorney, DeWitt County, Illinois, 1978-1983. Co-Author, National Practitioner Data Bank: Final Regulations, Illinois State Bar Journal, April, 1990. Co-Author, Conflict Resolution Under the Health Care Surrogate Act, Private Decision-Making and the Continuing Role of the Guardian, Health Care Lawyer, October/December, 1991. Author: Ex-Parte Communications With Health Care Providers, American Bar Association National Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana, May, 1993. Contributing Author and Editor: Health Care Law Section for the Illinois State Bar Association, Southern Illinois University Law School Annual Survey of Illinois Law. Co-Author and Principal Editor: The Survey of Illinois Law Health Care, Southern Illinois University Law Journal, Vol. 18, 1994. Participating Author: Continuing Course of Negligent Treatment and the Medical Malpractice Statute of Repose. Author: Risk Management Implications of Petrillo and its Progeny, Health Law News, Volume II, Issue 4, Fall, 1994. Author: Evidence Update, presented at Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel Fall Seminar, St. Louis, Missouri, September, 1995. Author: Corporate Practice of Medicine and Fee Splitting, presented at Illinois State Bar Association Law Ed. Series; Health Care: Representing Physicians in Changing Health Environment, Chicago, Illinois, April, 1996. Co-Author, with D. Cameron Dobbins: Corporate Practice of Medicine - Hospital Employment of Physicians, The Survey of Illinois Law: Health Care, Southern Illinois University Law Journal, Vol. 20, Summer, 1996. Author: Contribution and Indemnity, Vol. 2, Chap. 5, Sec. 5.35, The Law of Medical Practice in Illinois, 2nd Ed., 1996-2000, by LeBlang, Basanta and Kane. Co-Author: The Corporation of the Practice of Medicine: Is it Legal? presented at the American Academy of Health Care Attorneys Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, June, 1997; Co-Author: Are You Your Own Worst Enemy? How Hospitals Help and Hurt Their