Honors and Awards:

• Lincoln Award Recipient, 5th Place, 1982
• Included in the Best Lawyers of America since 1995
• Member of the Leading Lawyers Network since 2003
• Named number 1 Workers' Compensation Lawyer in Illinois for 2010 and 2011 by the Leading Lawyers Network, 2010
• Recognized as AV rated in the 2010 Edition of Martindale-Hubbell, 2010
• Workers' Compensation Lawyer of the Year, Chicago's Best Lawyers, 2011

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Past President Workers Compensation Lawyers Association, 1994; Past  Chair of the CBA Industrial Commission Committee, 1990;  Past Member of Board of Managers ITLA, 1994 to 2004.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS & SEMINARS: September 16, 2010 - Judicial Training - "The Vexing Problem of Medical Bill Payments Under Section 8(a) and the Medical Fee Schedule"; May 20, 2010 - Weiss Memorial Hospital Presentation -  "Impact of Illinois Workers' Compensation Act on the Medical Practice of the Orthopedic Physician" (Perspective of the Petitioner's Attorney and Perspective of Respondent's Attorney); April 1, 2010 - Chicago Bar Association Seminar  - "The Shifting Burden of Proof: An Analysis of Recent Permanent Total Disability Claims"; February 18, 2010 & February 12, 2010 - IICLE Workers' Compensation Seminar - "Case Law Update: Impact on Petitioner & Respondent."; November 4, 2009 - IIT-Master of Science: Rehabilitation Counseling Course - "Vocational Rehabilitation Under The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act"; October 2, 2009 & October 7, 2009 - IICLE - Workers’ Compensation Seminar - "Interrelationship of Workers’ Compensation Claims with Tort Litigation Involving Work-Related Injuries" and "Ethical Issues"; September 24, 2009 Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission Judicial Training In-House Program - "Utilization Review"; May 21, 2008 & May 9, 2008 IICLE - Workers’ Compensation Seminar - "Case Law Update and Impact on the Petitioner, on the Respondent"; January 18, 2007 Athletico Seminar - "Workers’ Compensation and the Importance of Functional Capacity Evaluations"; November 4, 2005 Presentation - IIT - Chicago Kent College of Law - Illinois"Public Sector Labor Relations Law Program - "The Injured Public Employee"; October 29, 2005 ITLA - Workers’ Compensation Seminar - "Vocational Rehabilitation / Wage Loss";  May 4, 2005 Testimony before Illinois House Labor Subcommittee, Springfield, IL, "Workers’ Compensation Procedural Overview"; January 20, 2005 & January 11, 2005 IICLE - Workers’ Compensation Seminar - "Workers’ Compensation in 2005" - "Recent Case Law Update and Status of Proposed New Legislation and Implications to Practitioners"; May 12, 2004 WCCA - Litigation Matters and Vendor Exhibition - "The New Industrial Commission" (Petitioner’s Perspective);January 20, 2004 & January 14, 2004 IICLE - Workers’ Compensation Seminar - "Workers’ Compensation in 2004"- "Caselaw Update, Developments & Trends"; March 7, 2003 & February 27, 2003 IICLE - Workers’ Compensation Seminar - "Looking at Workers’ Compensation from Both Sides" - "Caselaw Update, Developments & Trends"; November 2, 2002 ITLA - Workers’ Compensation Seminar - "Vocational Rehabilitation"; March 19, 2002 Presentation - Athletico Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy Center - "The Physician Patient Privilege in Workers’ Compensation Claims"; November 3, 2001 ITLA - Workers’ Compensation Seminar - Afternoon Roundtable Panel Participant; November 4, 2000 ITLA - Workers’ Compensation Seminar - Afternoon Roundtable Panel Participant; May 6, 2000 Protecting Medical Privacy of Injured Workers - "Medical Provider Privilege Issues in Illinois"; April 24, 2000 Illinois Industrial Commission Judicial Training Program - "Pretrial Settlement Conferences"; April 17, 2000 Workers’ Compensation: Inside and Out - "Vocational Rehabilitation and Medical Management (Application of Petrillo)"; October 8, 1999 IICLE - Workers’ Compensation Seminar - "Recent Changes, Developments, Trends and Decisions"; September 24, 1999 Presentation - CorVel Corporation - "The Petrillo Case"; March 8, 1999 Presentation - Rehabilitation Insurance Nurses’ Group - "Workers’ Compensation Perspectives on Role of Rehabilitation Nurse Case Manager in Workers’ Compensation Claims / Petitioner’s Perspectives; "April 27, 1998 CBA - Workers’ Compensation Seminar - "Vocational Rehabilitation and Wage Loss Issues"; April 27, 1998 Illinois Industrial Commission Judicial Training Program - "Presentation on Carpal Tunnel Injuries"; December 11, 1997 ISBA - Bridge the Gap - "Establishing a Practice Both Within a Firm and as a Sole Practitioner"; November 8, 1997 ITLA - Workers’ Compensation Seminar - "8(d)1 and Vocational Rehabilitation"; December 12, 1996 ISBA - Bridge the Gap - "Establishing a Practice Both Within a Firm and as a Sole Practitioner";  November 13, 1996 5th Annual National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference - "Defending Multiple Claims from Injured Workers - View of Claimants’ Attorney in State Workers’ Compensation Claims"; October 15, 1996 IICLE - Workers’ Compensation Seminar - "Mastering the Fine Point" - "Vocational Rehabilitation and Section 8(d)1"; June 3, 1994 Testified before House Judiciary I Committee in Springfield, Illinois, relative to changes proposed for Worker’ Compensation Act; April 19, 1994 The Interrelationship Between Workers’ Compensation and Common Law Cases - "Coordinating Concurrent Workers’ Compensation and Third Party Actions: Evidentiary Ramification for the Third Party Case (Admissibility of Workers’ Compensation Evidence Civil Trial" (Perspective from Petitioner’s Attorney); April 13, 1994 National Business Institute, Inc. - "Advanced Workers’ Compensation in Illinois"December 2, 1993 CBA - "Workers’ Compensation: Practical Tips and Recent Developments" - Wage Loss under Section 8(d)1; November 6, 1993 ITLA-WCLA - Co-Moderator and Co-Chair - Annual Workers’ Compensation Seminar; October 1, 1993 WCLA - Moderator - 1993 WCLA Annual Medical Seminar; May 28, 1993 1993 Annual Convention of Central States Association - "An Examination of Emerging Issues in Workers’ Compensation"; April 2, 1993 National Business Institutes, Inc. - "Injuries in the Workplace: The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Claims Process"; March 10, 1993 Casualty Adjustors Association of Chicago - Spring Seminar "Oral Arguments in Workers’ Compensation Claims"; November 16, 1992 IIT - Graduate School Course - "Propriety Rehabilitation Lawyers"; September 25, 1992 WCLA - Moderator - 1992 Annual Medical Seminar; May 16, 1992 Illinois Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - "Physician / Patient Privilege"; January 27, 1992 Illinois Industrial Commission Presentation - to Arbitrators and Commissioners on "Recent Development in Workers’ Compensation Law"; November 9, 1991 ITLA - Workers’ Compensation Annual Seminar - "Vocational Rehabilitation"; June 26, 1991 WCLA - Luncheon Lecture - "New Rules of Illinois Industrial Commission"; June 8, 1991 ITLA - "Trial of a Workers’ Compensation Claim"; September 21, 1990 Illinois Industrial Commission Presentation - "Practitioner’s Viewpoint (Arbitration)"; May 16, 1990 CBA - Moderator for Annual Workers’ Compensation Law Seminar; May 5, 1990 American Back Society - Medical-Legal Series; March 16, 1990 ISBA - Law Ed Series - "The Proper Use of Medical Records and Reports"; November 15, 1989 IIT - Chicago Kent College of Law - Luncheon Lecture Series "Recent Developments in Workers’ Compensation Law-Employee Issues for the 90's"; November 3, 1989 NARPPS - (Casualty Adjustors Association of Chicago) Workers’ Compensation: "A New Law and A New Era; Implications for Rehabilitation" (Perspective from Petitioner’s Attorney); October 10, 1989 IIT - "Tapping the Small Firm Market"; September 9, 1989 ITLA - "Civil Practice Update and Review"; April 10, 1989 IIT - Graduate School Course - "Propriety Rehabilitation"; March 10, 1989 ISBA - Law Ed Series - "Workers’ Compensation Law - Vocational Rehabilitation"; February 8, 1989 IICLE - Workers’ Compensation "The Other End of the Telescope: Rehabilitation"; November 5, 1998 ITLA - "Employee Accident and Legal Remedies - An Overview"; May 4, 1987 IICLE - Workers Compensation Skills Course - Case Evaluation, Preparation and Witness Selection; September 10, 1986 IICLE - Basic Workers’ Compensation Seminar - "The Back Injury Case"; May 10, 1984 CBA - Workers’ Compensation Seminar - "Update on Vocational Rehabilitation"; April 10, 1984 IIT - Graduate School Course - "Propriety Rehabilitation"; August 16, 1982 Presentation to Grant Hospital - Occupational Therapy Department - "Vocational Rehabilitation"; October 15, 1980 Post-Graduate Clinic (General Practice Course) "Recent Development in Workers’ Compensation Law"     ARTICLES & PUBLICATIONS:  Wage Loss Claims, Section 8(d)1, Chapter 19, Workers’ Compensation Notebook, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (2005 through 2009); The Injured Public Employee: Accidental Injuries in the Public Sector Workplace, Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Public Employee Relations Report, Vol. 23, Number 4 (Fall 2006); Carpenter Bypasses Employer’s Attempts to Detour Benefits, Vol. 43, No. 2, ISBA Workers’ Compensation Law Newsletter, Pages 10-11 (January 2006); Employer Avoids "Commutation" Order, Vol. 43, No. 2, ISBA Workers’ Compensation Law Newsletter, Pages 11-12 (January 2006); Can an 8(d)1 Award Be Modified?, Vol. 42, No. 3, ISBA Workers’ Compensation Law Newsletter, Pages 7-8 (March 2005); Pre-Trial Discovery: Is It Available for Workers’ Compensation Claims?, Vol. 42, No. 3, ISBA Workers’ Compensation Law Newsletter, Pages 8-10 (March 2005); Three Post-Surgical Auto Accidents Failed to Break Causal Connection Chain, Vol. 42, No. 3, ISBA Workers’ Compensation Law Newsletter, Pages 10-11 (March 2005); Vocational Rehabilitation / Physical Rehabilitation and Petitioner’s Rights Under Section 8(d-1) of the Act, Chapter 19, Workers’ Compensation Notebook, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (1997 through 2004); Reviewing the Job Search Requirement in Workers’ Compensation Cases: When is a Job Search Really Required, Illinois Trial Lawyers Journal (Summer 2002); Physician Patient Privilege In Workers’ Compensation Claims, Illinois Trial Lawyers Journal (Spring 1999); Third Party Cases and Subrogation, National Business Institute Seminar (April 1994); An Overview of Industrial Vocational Rehabilitation Statutes and Approaches, 74 Ill. Bar Journal 342 (1986); An Evaluation of Vocational Rehabilitation Under the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act, Vol. 5, No. 2, Illinois Trial Lawyers Journal, Page 13 (Spring / Summer, 1983); An Analysis of Recent Changes in Practice Before the Illinois Industrial Commission, Northwest Suburban Bar Association Journal (September / October 1982); Sunship Decision Sinks Federal Exclusivity in Longshoremen and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Claims, 69 Ill. Bar Journal 696 (1981) (ISBA Lincoln Award-Winning Article, 1981); Products Liability: Expanding the Property Damage Exception in Pure Economic Loss Cases, 54 IIT-Chicago Kent Law Review 963 (1978) 

Educational Background:

• Northwestern University B.A. - 1975;Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago Kent College of LawJ.D. - 1978