Admitted
1978, Illinois; 1979, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1988, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois; 1989, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 1990, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western
Law School
University of Illinois, J.D., 1978
Law School Graduation Year
1978
College
Loyola University, B.A., cum laude, Honors Degree, 1975
Memberships
Chicago (Member, Judicial Evaluation Committee) and American (Member, Sections on: Torts and Insurance Practice; Litigation; Vice Chairman, Committee on Toxic Torts and Environmental Law) Bar Associations; Chicago Council of Lawyers; Defense Research Institute; President's Club; Chicago Council on Foreign Relations.
Biographical
Alpha Sigma Nu; Blue Key. Editor and Author, Toxic Torts, Hazardous Substances and Environmental Law, Annual Survey, Tort and Insurance Law Journal, 1991-1997. Co-Author: The Defense of Increased Risk of Cancer and Fear of Cancer Claims, presented at American Bar Association National Institute on Toxic Torts, August, 1992; Class Actions and Mass Torts, History and Recent Developments, presented to Midwest Environmental Claims Association, September, 1997. Speaker: Opening Statements in Toxic Tort Litigation, American Bar Association Annual Meeting, August, 1995; Desert Storm, The Mass Tort Disaster, American Bar Association Toxic and Hazardous Substance Committee Annual Meeting, March, 1997; Essential Elements of Dauhert Practice, American Bar Association Annual Meeting, August, 1997, American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, 1998; Corporate Management of Toxic Tort Litigation.