Honors and Awards:

• Named in Naifeh and Smith's Best Lawyers in America, Member of Leading Lawyers Network

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Appellate Lawyers Association
• Order of John Marshall; Chicago (Legislation Subcommittee) (1985-1986); Chicago (Member: Matrimonial Law Committee) (1984-1994); Chicago (Supreme Court Rules Subcommittee) (1986-1994); Chicago (Current Law Subcommittee) (1986-1994); American (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations; Illinois State (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Revisiting Transmutation 20 Years Later:Still Untamed?  "Patronage, Arbitrary Discharge and Public Policy: Redefining the Balance of Interests in Employment," 14 John Marshall Law Review, 1981; Continuity of Mental State: Reviving The Inclusionary Approach to Admitting Other Crimes Evidence, 73 Illinois Bar Journal 344, 1985; Chapter, Rights of Putative Fathers to Custody and Visitation, Child Custody & Visitation Law and Practice, Matthew Bender, 1987; Chapter, "Appeals in Custody and Visitation Cases," Child Custody Litigation, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1992, 1996, 2001, 2004, 2006; Co-Author, Chapter, Trial Practice Considerations, Illinois Family Law, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1989.

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• Recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from The John Marshall Law School., 2010

Newsletters:

• Articles on appeals in Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP Newsletter

Educational Background:

• John Marshall Law School, J.D.with distinction (1981); Northwestern University, B.S. (1961); Northwestern University, M.A. (1962); Jesus College, Oxford, England (1967)