Honors and Awards:

• Named to the Litigation Counsel of America's Fellow and Advisory Board, 2007

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Member of the American Arbitration Association (Commercial Disputes)
• Member of the Chicago Estate Planning Council
• Member of the Chicago Council of Lawyers
• Member of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association
• Member of the Illinois State bar Association
• Member of the Chicago Bar Association
• Member of Litigation; Antitrust; Real Property; Probate and Trust Law; Corporations; Banking; Business Law; Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law; and Health Care Sections of the American Bar Association.

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Evanston Public Library Board of Directors, 1989

Verdicts and Settlements:

• Protected the confidentially of "peer review" materials privileged from discovery under the Illinois Medical Studies Act and similar statutes of other states
• Defended a multimillion dollar complaint filed in federal court by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission against manufacturers of aluminum wire
• Prosecuted a multimillion dollar complaint for breach of contract and breach of warranty filed in federal court against a supplier of component parts by client, a manufacturer of consumer goods, for costs incurred in effecting a nationwide retrofit of products in consumers' homes pursuant to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Act
• Defended a multimillion dollar complaint for breach of fiduciary duty filed in federal court against the trustees of a trust by client, the trust's beneficiary
• Prosecuted a multimillion dollar complaint filed in federal court by a beneficiary under a court-ordered settlement trust. Client filed the complaint against a corporate trustee for breach of its contractual and fiduciary obligations in transferring the client's funds, without notice or consent, to a non-corporate fiduciary
• Defended a multimillion dollar complaint for breach of contract filed against a manufacturer of consumer goods
• Defended a multimillion dollar claim against a manufacturer of medical products for breach of contract by its exclusive distributor under an international marketing agreement involving more than 110 days of hearings at the Chicago office of the American Arbitration Association