Admitted
1965, Illinois and U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1974, U.S. Tax Court; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit; 1984, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Illinois, J.D., 1965
Law School Graduation Year
1965
College
University of Illinois, B.A., 1963
Memberships
McLean County, Illinois State (Corporation and Securities Law, 1980-1985; Chairman, Committee on Long Range Planning, 1976-1977; Member, Committee on Delivery of Legal Services, 1987-1992; Member, Allerton House Conference on Civil Litigation, 1996; Speaker, Civil Practice Update, 1997) and American Bar Associations; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Illinois Farm Legal Assistance Foundation (Board of Directors)
Biographical
Program Chairman and Moderator, IICLE, Practical Application of Securities Law to Real Estate, Banking and Business Practice, 1982. Columnist, Securities Law, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, 1983-1987. Member, National Arbitration Panels of: National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 1985-1987 and New York Stock Exchange, 1985-1993. Author: Medical Battery: An Alternative to Negligence, Trial Journal of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Vol. 4, No. 2, Summer 2002. Assistant Professor, Business Law, Illinois State University, 1969-1972. Certified as McLean County Civil Case Mediator, 1996 and Arbitrator, 1997. Fellow, Illinois Bar Foundation (Charter Member). Master Bencher, Robert Underwood Inn of Court.