Special Licenses/Certifications: Board Certified as Trial Attorney by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1985

Bar/Professional Activity: 1972 - Licensed to Practice Law in the State of Wisconsin; 1972 - Licensed to Practice Law in the following Federal Courts: Eastern District Court for the State of Wisconsin, Western District Court for the State of Wisconsin; 1990 - Licensed to Practice Law in the Supreme Court of the United States; 1999 - Licensed to Practice Law in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Verdicts and Settlements: $25.24 million award, jury verdict, judgment and settlement to the parents and estate of their daughter against a resident physician for failing to diagnose an acute abdomen in a 15 year old girl and failing to seek a consultation from a senior resident over the next 11 hours which led to the ischemic death of her small bowel and its removal. Complications from this loss of small bowel required 89 additional subsequent surgeries, including two failed small bowel transplants, which ultimately led to her death two years later. This is the second largest medical malpractice award in Wisconsin history.* Milwaukee, WI $17.2 million jury verdict in a premises liability case involving severe burn injuries to three masons. This is one of the largest personal injury verdicts and the first eight figure personal injury jury verdict in Wisconsin history.* Manitowoc, WI $16 million awarded to a patient in a medical malpractice case where a physician inappropriately ordered high dose steroids for an undiagnosed condition. The doctor discontinued the steroids in the face of an infection masked by the steroids. This event sent the patient into an Addisonian Shock, which destroyed her nerves and muscles. This case represents the largest medical malpractice pretrial settlement in Wisconsin.* Milwaukee, WI$13.5 million awarded to a family whose 3 year old daughter died 11 days after eating contaminated food at a restaurant.  The source of the contamination was E. Coli 0157:H7 from a whole intact tri-tip piece of meat manufactured and sold by Excel Corporation, a subsidiary of Cargill Corporation.  This is the largest food borne illness case award in Wisconsin History.* Milwaukee, WI$12 million awarded to the family of an infant who suffered a cerebral palsy brain injury at birth due to a failure to perform a timely C-section.  Oshkosh, WI$12 million awarded in a motor vehicle accident to two families after an illegally overloaded cement truck ran a red light striking their car, causing the death of the driver and serious permanent brain injuries to the passenger.  Waukesha, WI$10 million awarded to a Michigan family of a 37 year-old married mother of two after a Waste Management truck ran a stop sign and stuck her van, causing her death.  Grand Rapids, MI $10 million medical malpractice award to an 8-month-old baby boy for the negligence of a doctor in prescribing an overdose of morphine which caused severe brain damage.  LaCrosse, WI  $10 million medical malpractice settlement involving a 10-year-old boy. Arterial and venous lines from a heart/lung machine were reversed during open heart surgery resulting in severe brain damage. This is the first eight figure personal-injury settlement in Wisconsin history.* This is the largest medical malpractice panel award in Wisconsin history.* LaCrosse, WI  $9.7 million awarded to an 11-year-old boy whose left arm was amputated in a laundromat accident and subsequently reattached. The European manufacturer was aware of a defect which allowed the washing machine door to be opened during operation for 10 years before the accident, but never fixed the defect or warned users of the defect.  Green Bay, WI

Other Outstanding Achievements: Member: State Bar of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Chairman, ATLA DPT Litigation Committee (1984-1986); Member,  ATLA Board of Directors; Aquatic Injury Safety Group (1987-1992); Board Certified as Trial Attorney by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Educational Background: EDUCATION:   1966 - Marquette University High School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; 1967 - Sorbonne - University of Paris, Paris, France; 1968 - National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland; 1969 - Bachelor of Arts - Marquette University,  Milwaukee, Wisconsin; 1972 - Doctor of Law - University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, Wisconsin.