Admitted
1978, Colorado; 1979, Illinois; 1980, California; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Illinois Law School; University of Denver, J.D., 1978
Law School Graduation Year
1978
College
DePauw University; Loretto Heights College, B.A., International Relations, 1975
Memberships
Will County, DeWitt County (President, 1986-1992), The Colorado (Member, Trust and Estate Section), Illinois State (Member, 1988-2001 and 2002— and Chair, 1994-1995: Trusts and Estates Section Council; Member, Special Committee on Living Trusts, 1992-1994; Special Task Force and Standing Committee on Public Protection from Unauthorized Practice of Law, Member, 1995— and Chair, 1995-1997; Board of Governors, 1995-2001; Committee on Scope and Correlation; Board Liaison to Real Estate Law, Agricultural Law, Trusts and Estates, Mineral Law and Federal Tax Law Section Councils) and American (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Vice Chair, B-1 Generation Skipping Transfer Committee, 1994-1998) Bar Associations; State Bar of California
Biographical
Recipient, ISBA Board of Governors Award, 1998. Author: Dispute Resolution Under Foreign Petroleum Concessions: A Review With Focus on Arbitration, 8 Century City Bar Association Journal 25, 1983; An Introduction to the Rules of Disclaimers, ISBA LawEd Series, Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Update, at 121, February 1991; An Introduction to the Principles, Use and Consequences of Powers of Appointment, ISBA LawEd Series, Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Update, at 87, February 1992; reprinted as A Look At The Principles and Uses of Powers of Appointment, Trusts & Estates, August 1993, at 38; Chapter 15, Disclaimers, Illinois Estate Administration (two vol.), Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1993, rev'd 1995, 1999 and 2003; An Introduction to the Principles, Planning, Drafting and Benefits of the GST Exempt Trust, ISBA LawEd Series, Trusts and Estates Section, at 87, March 1994, rev'd and repr. for American Bar Association, Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law annual program, Generation Skipping for the General Practitioner, August 1995, rev'd and repr. for Colorado Bar Association 98th Annual Convention, Probate and Trust Law Section annual program, September 1996. Attorney, Getty Oil Co., International Exploration and Production Division, Los Angeles, California, 1980-1983. International Legal Counsel, ComputerLand Corporation, Hayward, California, 1983-1985. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, 1999—; Who's Who in American Law, 2002—; Who's Who in America, 2003—. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, 1994—. Life Fellow and Silver Fellow, Illinois Bar Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 1997-1998 and 2001—). (Also Member, Peithmann Law Office, Farmer City)