Admitted
1969, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Central and Northern Districts of Illinois, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Loyola University, J.D., 1969
Law School Graduation Year
1969
College
University of Illinois, B.S., 1966
Memberships
Peoria County (Member, Board of Directors, 1978, 1989, 1992-1997; Second Vice President, 1993-1994; President Elect, 1994-1995; President, 1995-1996; Chairman, Courts and Procedure Committee, 1978, 1989; Chairman Professional Standards Committee, 1992-1993) and Illinois State (Member, Board of Governors, 1988-1994; Secretary, 1993-1994; Council Member, Civil Practice and Procedure Section, 1977-1983, 1994-1997; Council Member, Insurance Law Section, 1994-1999, Secretary, 1995-1996, Vice Chair, 1996-1997 and Chairman, 1997-1998; Standing Committee on Judicial Appointments, 1995—; Assemblyman, 1982—; Member, Section on Tort Law, Committee on Aeration/Space Law, 1982-1983; Council Member, Tort Section, 1984-1987, 1998—; Chairman, Committee to Review Client Security Fund, 1990-1993; Member: Media Law Section, 1990-1994; Budget and Finance Committee, 1993-1994, 1998-2000; Long Range Planning Committee, 1993-1995; Task Force on Governance, 1995-1996; Legislation, 1996—; Agenda/Program Committee, 1996-1997; Judicial Evaluation Committee, 1995—; Downstate Chairperson, 2000—; Judicial Discipline Committee, 1997-1999; Membership and Bar Activities, 1999—; Committee on Funding of the Courts, 2001—) Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel (Member, Board of Directors, 1980—; Secretary-Treasurer, 1984-1986; Vice-President, 1986-1989; President, 1989-1990); International Association of Defense Counsel; Federal Inns of Court (Master Emeritus, Abraham Lincoln Chapter); American Law Firm Association; ALFA International. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; Illinois Bar Foundation (Charter Member, The Fellows; Stalwart Fellow, Member, Board of Directors, 1989-2000). Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; American Board of Trial Advocates; Society of Trial Lawyers; American College of Barristers.
Biographical
Phi Alpha Delta. Recipient, Award for Distinguished Service to Law and Society, Illinois Bar Foundation, 2002. Member: Commissionaer Attorneys Registration and Disciplinary Committees; Illinois Bar Examiners Committee on Character and Fitness. Co-Chairman, Committee to Redraft Local Rules of Federal District Court, Central District of Illinois, 1986. Member, Local Federal Rules Committee, 1995—. Member, Board of Directors, Illinois Client Security Fund, 1992-1994. Member, Board of Directors, 1994-2000 and President, 1997-1999, Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois. Selected as one of Leading Illinois Lawyers, American Research Corporation, 1997.