Admitted
1993, Illinois, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1996, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois and U.S. Supreme Court; 2002, U.S. District Court, Western District
Law School
DePaul University, J.D., 1993
Law School Graduation Year
1993
College
Arizona State University, B.S., 1989
Memberships
American Bar Association.
Biographical
Publications: Author, The Thievery of Undersecured Obligations Through the Strip-Down Power of 11 U.S.C. Section 506, 4 DePaul Bus. L.J. 149 (1991). Co-Author, Admission of Business Records into Evidence: Using the Business Records Exception and Other Techniques, 30 Duquesne L. Rev. 205 (1992), reprinted in, 41 Def. L.J. 677 (1992) (with Thomas P. Egan). Author, Payments on Secured Debt After Filing for Bankruptcy: Ipso Facto Clauses and Their Relation to Reaffirmation Agreements, 20 Calif. Bankr. J. 213 (1992). Author, Recoverability of Tariff Undercharges By A Trustee in Bankruptcy, 5 DePaul Bus. L.J. 313 (1993). Co-Author, A Lender's Liability For Agent Misdeeds, 33 Santa Clara L. Rev. 811 (1993) (with Kenneth M. Lodge & Ronald L. Sandack). Co-Author, The Banker As Inadvertent Fiduciary: Beware A Borrower's Special Trust & Confidence, 98 Commercial L.J. 277 (1993) (with Kenneth M. Lodge). Author, Considering Religion as a Factor in Foster Care in the Aftermath of Smith v. Employment Div. and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, 28 U. Richmond L. Rev. 53 (1994). Co-Author, Reducing Excessive and Unjustified Lender Liability Damage Awards, 98 Dick. L. Rev. 25 (1993) (with Kenneth M. Lodge). Author, Inventory Financer vs. Supplier: Protecting Priority in Goods in Transit, UCC Bulletin 1 (November 1993). Author, Orphans of the Economic Loss Doctrine: Tort Liability of Information Providers and the Preclusion of Comparative Negligence, 8 DePaul Bus. L.J. 41 (1995). Author, The Discharge of an Innocent Partner, 99 Commercial L.J. 157 (1994). Author, Perils of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act: Ambushed by the Turnip Man!, 27 UCC L.J. 139 (1994). Co-Author, Direct Stock Plans on the Web: The Future of Online Investing?, Off-Line (November 1996) (with Dan W. Schneider and Kristin M. Davis) (cited in Securities and Exchange Commission, The Impact of Recent Technological Advances on the Securities Markets, October, 1997 at 19 (Report to Congress pursuant to section 510(a) of the National Securities M