Honors and Awards:

• Graduated with Distinction, Upper 10%, The John Marshall Law School, 1982, Order of John Marshall and Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, 1982; The John Marshall Law School Alumni Distinguished Service Award, 1997; Justice Anthony M. Peccarelli Award for Outstanding Service and Dedication As A Trial Attorney, presented by the DuPage Justinian Society of Lawyers, 1996; Public Service Award, presented by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States of America, Western Springs Memorial Post, 2007-2011

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Certified Mediator; Certified Guardian ad Litem; Certified Child Representative; CLE Presenter; Collaborative Law Fellow; Admitted, State Bar of Illinois, 1982; Admitted, United States District Court of Northern Illinois, 1982; Admitted, Supreme Court of the United States of America, 1998

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Member since 1982, Illinois State Bar Association;  Board of Governors, Illinois State Bar Association, 1998-2004, 2008-2011 (Fourth Term, 10 Years); Assembly Member, Illinois State Bar Association, Mulltiple Terms; Secretary, Illiniois State Bar Association; Treasurer, Illinois State Bar Association; Family Law Section Council, Illinois State Bar Association; Judicial Evaluation Committee, Illinois State Bar Association; Scope and Correlation Committee, Illinois State Bar Association; Member and Past Chair, Agenda Committee, Illinois State Bar Association; Past Member, Bar Elections Committee, Illinois State Bar Association; CLE Presenter, Illinois State Bar Association; Member, Illinois Bar Foundation; Chair of the Fellows, Illinois Bar Foundation, 2002-2004; Gold Fellow, Illinois Bar Foundation; Member, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; Member, Women's Bar Association of Illinois; Sustaining Member, DuPage County Bar Association; Chair, Family Law Committee, DuPage County Bar Association, 2005-2006; Chair, Real Estate Committee, DuPage County Bar Association, 2003-2004; Panel Member of the Expedited Matrimonial Fees Arbitration Program, DuPage County Bar Association; Chair, Custody Evaluations Rules Revisions Committee, DuPage County Bar Association; CLE Presenter, DuPage County Bar Association; Member since 1985, DuPage County Justinian Society of Lawyers; Member, DuPage Association of Women Lawyers; Past Member and Panel Chair, Cook County Arbitration Program; Member since 1982, Cook County Justinian Society of Lawyers; President, Cook County Justinian Society of Lawyers, 1995-1996; Co-Chair, Scholarship Committee, Cook County Society of Lawyers; Member, West Suburban Bar Association; Board of Governors, West Suburban Bar Association; Member, Western Springs Business Association; Lifetime Member, Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans; President's Advisory Board, Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans; Human Relations Committee, Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans; Founding Member, Sicilian American Cultural Association (SACA); President, Alumni Board of Directors, The John Marshall Law School, 2005-2006; Alumni Board of Directors, The John Marshall Law School, 1998-Present; Board of Trustees, The John Marshall Law School, 2007-Present; 2nd Vice President, Board of Trustees, The John Marshall Law School, 2009-Present; President, Police Pension Board, Village of Willowbrook, 1999-Present; Elected Village Trustee, Village of Willowbrook, 2011; Illinois, 1982; U.S. District Court, N.D. Illinois, 1982; U.S. Supreme Court, 1998      

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Boy Scouts of America (Troop #56); Western Springs Business Association; Past President, Waterford Homeowners Association; Trustee, Village of Willowbrook; Willowbrook Police Pension Board; Elkhart Lake Condominium Association  

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• CLE Presenter, Illinois State Bar Association; CLE Presenter, DuPage County Bar Association  

Educational Background:

• The John Marshall Law School, J.D. with Distinction, upper 10%, 1982.  Order of John Marshall and Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity; Western Illinois University, B.S. with High Honors, graduated Phi Kappa Phi, National Honors Society, 1976