Honors and Awards:

• Voted "Best Brief" and "Best Overall", Frederick Green Moot Court Competition, University of Illinois College of Law, 2004
• Rickert Award for Excellence in Oral Advocacy, University of Illinois College of Law, 2005

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Illinois Trial Lawyer Association, American Association for Justice, American Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, The Decalogue Society of Lawyers

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Co-Chair of Mentoring and Law Student Relations, Young Lawyers' Group, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
• AIPAC Young Leaders Council, 2011
• Judge for Loyola University Chicago School of Law's Advanced Trial Advocacy final trial, 2011

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• This work focuses on the need for better enforcement of the sterile cockpit rule and the role violations of the sterile cockpit rule have played in recent airplane crashes., Co-author, Small Talk in the Cockpit is a Big Problem Requiring More Than Just Lip Service, CCH INCORPORATED, Aviation, 2007
• This article provides a general summary of the available personal injury and wrongful death compensatory damages in Illinois.  , Author, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Compensatory Damages in Illinois, Benchmark Litigation, 2011
• This work explains the importance of a case I argued and won in the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The court held that people injured by defective medical devices which were granted pre-market approval by the FDA have the right to bring claims against the manufacturer for damages based on the manufacturer's violation of federal law., Author, Bausch v. Stryker Corp.: A Major Victory for Plaintiffs in Medical Device Cases, Trial Journal of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 2011

Verdicts and Settlements:

• $2,000,000 verdict for wrongful death of 9 year old girl in collision with personal watercraft, 2007
• $1,000,000 policy limit settlement for worker injured after falling at construction site, 2008
• $2,251,954.71 verdict for wrongful death of 76 year old man in auto accident, 2009
• $1.55 Million verdict in personal injury case arising out of semi-tractor-trailer crash, 2009
• $2,000,000 verdict for factory worker injured by press, 2010

Educational Background:

• University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2002
• University of Illinois College of Law, 2005