Law School
Georgetown University, J.D., 1961
Law School Graduation Year
1961
College
University of Notre Dame, Ph.B., 1958
Memberships
Chicago (President, 1985-1986; Chairman, Permanent Home Committee, 1986-1988), Illinois (Member, Federal Judicial Appointments Committee; Honorary Fellow) and American Bar Associations
Biographical
Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Member, Georgetown National Moot Court Team, 1960. Adjunct Professor, Torts, Insurance, Trial Practice and Products Liability, IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1963-1974 and 1979-1983. Special Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Chicago, 1974-1976. Chairman, Practising Law Institute and New York Law Journal Programs, 1972-1988. Director: Public Interest Law Internship, 1983-1988; Constitutional Rights Foundation, 1984-1988. Member, Executive Advisory Board of Saint Joseph Hospital, 1985-1988. Special Outside Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Standards of Official Conduct in the Matter of Speaker James C. Wright, Jr., 1988-1989. Director, Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities, 1987-1990. President, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 1990-1994. Member, The Commercial Club of Chicago, 1996—. Trustee, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, 1992-1996. Member, Board of Visitors, John Marshall Law School, 1992—. Fellow: International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Director, 1982-1984 and Chairman, Admissions Committee, 1984-1988; Dean, 1989-1990); American College of Trial Lawyers (Chairman, Illinois State Committee, 1988-1990); American Bar Foundation.