Admitted
1974, Illinois; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
De Paul University, J.D., cum laude, 1974
Law School Graduation Year
1974
College
Northwestern University, B.S., 1971
Memberships
Chicago, Illinois State (Chair, Copyright Committee, Intellectual Property Section Council, 1989-1990) and American (Member, Section of Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Law; Vice Chairman, Committee on Media Law and Defamation Torts of the Section of Tort and Insurance Practice, 1990-1991) Bar Associations; International Trademark Association.
Biographical
Managing Editor, De Paul University Law Review, 1973-1974. Co-Author: Y2K Claims Against the Computer Industry: Past as Prologue, Litigation, Winter 2000; Defamation on the Internet: Nothing to Fear But New Ideas, presented to American Bar Association, 1997; The Price of International Free Speech: Nations Deal with Defamation on the Internet, 8 DePaul Journal of Arts & Entertainment Law 1, 1997; Internet's Global Marketplace of Ideas Faces Challenge from U.S. Defamation Law, IP Worldwide, March, 1996; Taming a New Frontier: The Law Grapples with Online Defamation, presented to American Bar Association, 1995; Courts Continue to Face Delicate Fair-Use Issues, National Law Journal, May 8, 1995; Mpm-Compete Clauses Protect Trade Secrets, The National Law Journal, October 31, 1994; The Acquisition and Disposition of Intellectual Property in Commercial Transactions: The U.S. Perspective, in The New Role of Intellectual Property in Commercial Transactions—Developing Trends in the Valuation, Exploitation and Protection of Intellectual Property, John Wiley & Sons, 1994. Contributor: State Trademark and Unfair Competition Law, International Trademark Association. Author: On Trying to Protect Too Much, Remarks: Trademark News for Business, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1991; Decision Backing Press Freedom Has Ominous Undertone, Chicago Tribune, August 17, 1990; Comment, Musical Expression and First Amendment Considerations, 23 De Paul Law Review 143, 1974; Note, United States v. Midwest Video, Cable Television and the Program Origination Rule, 22 De Paul Law Review 461, 1972. Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University School of Law, 1992—, (Entertainment Law). Member, Cyberlaw Committee, Libel Defense Resource Center, Defense Counsel Section.