Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Trial Bar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois-Eastern Division

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Elected Member of the Assembly of the Illinois State Bar Association; Active member of the Tort Law Section Council and the Civil Practice and Procedure Section Council (Chair 2011-2012) of the Illinois State Bar Association.  Former Chair of the Insurance Law Section Council (2002-2003) of the Illinois State Bar Association.  Member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Speaker at the Illinois State Bar Association Tort Law Section Council Seminar "Don't Lien on Me" on April 15, 2011 lecturing on  Medicare Liens on Third Party Liability settlements; Speaker at the Illinois State Bar Association's Countering Litigation Gamesmanship Seminar that took place on October 1, 2010; Speaker at the Illinois State Bar Association Insurance Law Update Seminar on November 13, 2009 lecturing on Uninsured Motorist and Underinsured Motorist claims; Co-coordinator of the October 23, 2008 Seminar, Expert Witnesses-A Primer sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association Tort Law Section Council;Speaker at the June 23, 2007 Seminar, Uninsured and Uninsured: The Necessary Basics at the Annual Meeting of the Illinois State Bar Association, lecturing on Uninsured Motorist Claims; Speaker at the May 10, 2004 Seminar The Anatomy of an Automobile Case sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association lecturing on issues involving the Bankruptcy of a Party, The Death of a Party and Non-English Speaking Parties; Co-coordinator of the June 20, 2003 Seminar Potpourri of Civil Practice, Tort and Insurance Law Seminar sponsored by the ISBA Civil Practice and Procedure, Tort and Insurance Law Section Councils; Speaker at the April 5, 2001 Insurance Coverage: An Update Seminar lecturing on The Emerging Tort of Bad Faith; Speaker at the May 18, 2000 Seminar An Update for Tort and Insurance Litigators lecturing on Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Arbitrations; Speaker at the June 20, 1997 Tort Law Update Seminar at the ISBA Annual Meeting lecturing on Recent cases involving Legal Malpractice; Speaker at the November 30, 1995 ISBA Professional Liability Litigation Seminar; Speaker at the December 8, 1994 ISBA Third Party Practice Seminar;Speaker at the April 30, 1993 ISBA Recreational Law Update Seminar.
• Statute of Limitations on Injured Minors' Medical Expense Claims, the Solution, 28 ISBA Tort Trends 3 (July, 1992); Written Exculpatory Clauses as a Defense to Tort Claims:  A Survey of Illinois Case Law and Pointers to the Practitioner; 28 ISBA Tort Trends 4 (March, 1993);   Legal Malpractice Issues Facing the Tort Law Practitioner, 29 ISBA Tort Trends 4 (April, 1994); House Bill 20 Turns the Petrillo Doctrine Upside Down, 30 ISBA Tort Trends 8 (June, 1995); Section 143a of the Insurance Code:  A proposed Amendment, 32 ISBA Tort Trends 1 (August, 1996); and Exploring the Bankruptcy Law Issues facing the Tort Law Practitioner, 40 ISBA Tort Trends No 1, page 5 (November, 2004);  Changes on the horizon for trial lawyers:  The Seventh Circuit's Jury Trial Project.,  42 Tort Trends No 3 (September 2006).

Educational Background:

• B.S. High Honors 1979 University of Illinois, Champaign, ILJ.D.  1982  IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL