Bar/Professional Activity:

• Active member of the Chicago Bar Association.  Former chair of the Civil Practice Section of the CBA.  Appointed member of the Judicial Evaluation Committee and the Legislative Committee of the CBA.   Active member of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.  Chair of the Civil Practice Committee.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Currently the author of the quarterly column of the Civil Practice and Procedure Committee for the IDC Quarterly, published by the Illinois Defense Counsel. Contributing author to the Legal Workbook for Religious Organizations which was prepared by the Chicago Bar Association Interfaith Law Committee. Co-author of Proposed Changes to the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure and Related Statutes and Doctrines, IDC Quarterly, Volume 17, #2, 2007. Co-author of Disclosure of Mental Health Records in Illinois, Obtaining Records in a Civil Proceeding,@IDC Quarterly, Volume 11 #2, June 2001. Co-author of the Defense Update, specifically Is Prejudice a Factor in Determining the Proper Sanction for Failure to Comply with Rule 213 Disclosure, Spring Edition, 2002, Civil Practice and Procedure. Co-author of Apportionment and the Minimally Culpable Defendant - 2-1117 after Unzicker,@IDC Quarterly, Volume 13, #1, March 2003. Author of "Can an Evidence Deposition Act as a Proper Disclosure Under Rule 213?" Defense Update, Volume 4, #1, March 2004. 
• Presenter for two years at IICLE presentation entitled Taking Your First Doctor's Deposition, Speaker, Taking Your First Doctor's Deposition

Verdicts and Settlements:

• Aviles v. Feeney - Defense verdict , 1998
• Taylor v. Comm-Exec - Defense Verdict , 1999
• Tondryk v. Cuellar - Defense Verdict , 1999
• Burge - plaintiff's case with defense of counterclaim - verdict for client and not guilty on counterclaim, 2001
• Kallas v. Leoni v. Arrow Pin - Defense verdict , 2003
• Allied Drywall - Defense Verdict, 2005
• Sussman v. Concordia  - Defense Verdict , 2005
• Light & Power v. Higgins Green and White - Plaintiff's case - won for plaintiff, 2006
• Weston v. Bobak - Defense Verdict , 2007
• Dwyer v. Oasis 160 - Defense Verdict , 2007
• Bublick v. ANPAC - UM case - defense finding, 2008
• Hendon v. Don Pedro - Defense Verdict , 2009

Educational Background:

• Bachelor of Science from Northern Illinois University with a double major in Political Science and Sociology., 1993