Admitted: 1983, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Central and Northern Districts of Illinois including Trial Bar
Law School: Thomas M. Cooley Law School, J.D.
College: Marquette University; Bradley University, B.S., 1980
Member: Illinois State (Member: Capital Counsel Team, Grass Roots Lobbying, Insurance Law Section; Tort Law Section; Insurance Law Section Council, 2000-2006; Secretary, Section Council Chairman, June 2005-2006; Ex-Officio, June 2006-2007; Tort Law Section Counsel, 2002; Secretary, 2007-2008; Vice- Chairman, 2008-2009: CLE, Chairman; Section Council Chairman, 2009 2010; Assembly Member, 13th Judicial Circuit, 2001; Member, Election Committee, 2004) and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; Illinois Bar Foundation.
Biography: Listed in: Who's Who in American Law, 1991; America's Leading Lawyers, 1993. Author: "Is an Excluded Driver Really Excluded?," Illinois State Bar Association, Tort Trends, Dec. 2002, Vol. 38, No. 2.; "Duty to Defend- No Separate Bodily Injury," Illinois State Bar Association, The Policy, May 2006, Vol. 50, No. 4; ISBA, Criminal Justice Newsletter, May, 2009, Vol. 52, No. 5, Case Summaries. Lecturer: Housing Law, Illinois Association of Housing Authorities; "Void Provisions of Insurance Policies," Illinois State Bar Association Annual Meeting, June 2003; "Anatomy of an Automobile Case", "Defense of Complicity," Law Ed Series, May 2004; "Hot Topics in Tort," "Insurance Coverage Issues," Law Ed Series, May 2006. Coordinator and Moderator, Law Ed Series, "Insurance Law: "Everything You Want To Know and Should Ask," October and November, 2006; Law Ed Series, Tort Law Nuts & Bolts, "Uninsured and Underinsured," March; Law Ed Series, Expert Witnesses - A Primer, "Law of Experts," October, 2008; Illinois Bar Journal, Vol. 96, No. 10, October, 2008, Featured; "So You Want To Be A Personal Injury Lawyer?" Illinois Bar Journal, Vol. 97, No. 3, March, 2009, Featured; "Understanding Uninsured Motorist Coverage." Coordinator, Moderator and Lecturer, "Tort Law, Back to the Basics," Law Ed. Series, February 2007. Lecturer: "Arbitration of Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Claims," November 2006. Coordinator, Moderator and Lecturer, Law Ed Series, "The Necessary Basics, Uninsured & Underinsured Motorist Coverage," ISBA Annual Meeting, June 2007. Member, Secretary-Treasurer, 1984-1986, President Elect, 1986-1987, President, 1987-1988 and Secretary, 1995, LaSalle County. Vice-President and Member, Board of Education, District 120, LaSalle-Peru Township High School, 1995-1997.
Born: Peru, Illinois, April 28, 1958
Cases: People v. Finley, 568 N.E.2d 412, 154 Ill.Dec. 412, 209 Ill. App.3d 968 (1991); In re: The Marriage of Hall, 215 ILL. Dec. 419, 633 N.E. 2d 430 (1996).