Admitted
1982, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Seventh Circuits; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circui
Law School
University of Illinois, J.D., 1982
Law School Graduation Year
1982
College
University of Illinois, B.S., 1979
Memberships
Chicago, Seventh Circuit, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Chicago Inn of Court (President, 1997-1998).
Biographical
Fellow, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. Books: Co-Author: Corporate Internal Investigations, Law Journal Seminars Press, 1993 (updated annually); Chapter, Upping the Ante, in Handbook for Business Strategy, Faulkner & Gray, 1995; Chapter, Internal Investigations, in Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel, 2000. Articles: Co-Author: State and Local Governments' Use of Civil RICO: An Effective Means of Addressing the Economic Effects of Wrongful Conduct, 35 Baylor Law Review 1, 1983. Author: Civil Procedure: Ruminations on Some Parameters of Practice, 60 Chicago-Kent Law Review 555, 1984. Co-Author: Preparing for Appeal, 11:4 Litigation 21, 1985, reprinted in The Litigation Manual, 2d ed. 1989 and Appellate Practice Manual, 1992. Co-Author: Limiting Public Corruption Prosecutions Under the Hobbs Act: Will United States v. Evans be the Next McNally? 67:1 Chicago-Kent Law Review, 1992. Co-Author: Understanding and Avoiding Corporate and Executive Criminal Liability, 49:2 The Business Lawyer 617, 1994. Co-Author: Some Practical Considerations in Developing Effective Compliance Programs, F. Hodge O'Neal Corporate and Securities Law Symposium, 1993, 71:2 Washington University Law Quarterly 801, 1993. Author: Note, United States v. Starnes: A Single Arson Offense May Serve as a Pattern of Racketeering Under RICO, 70 Illinois Bar Journal 324, 1982. Counsel, Illinois Judicial Inquiry Board, 1986-1990. Special State Counsel to Republican Leadership of the Illinois General Assembly regarding redistricting, 1991-1992. Member, Board of Editors, Business Crimes Bulletin: Compliance and Litigation. Adjunct Faculty, Northwestern University Law School, Loyola University Law School, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Prosecutions and Trials Division, Illinois, 1982-1986. Recognized: Best Lawyers in America, 2000; Chamber's Guide to Leading U.S. Business Litigators, 2003; Leading Illinois Att