Admitted
1977, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1982, Federal Trial Bar; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Law School
Loyola University, J.D., 1977
Law School Graduation Year
1977
College
University of Notre Dame, B.A., with high honors, 1974
Memberships
Chicago (Chairman, Federal Trial Advocacy Program, 1984), Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1992-1993; President Elect, 1991-1992; Second Vice President, 1990-1991; Third Vice President, 1989-1990; Board of Managers, 1984; Chairman, Committees on: Membership, 1985-1987; Legislative, 1987-1989; Member, Executive Committee, 1986-1988); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Sustaining Member; Chairman, Insurance Practices Committee, 1986-1987); Trial Lawyers For Public Justice (President, 1998-1999; President Trial, 1997-1998; Vice-President, 1996-1997, Board of Directors, Lifetime Member, Benefactor and State Captain). Innrer Circle of Advocates
Biographical
Listed in: Who's Who in American Law; Harvard Law Graduates Naifeh and Smith in their book The Best Lawyers in America, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995-1996, 1997-1998 and 1999-2000. Featured in, National Law Journal, As One of the Nations Top Ten Litigators, 1995. Author/Lecturer: Jury Selection, Anatomy of a Trial Seminar Presented by the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, October 9,2000; The Receiver and the Botched Surgery - A Ruined NFL Career, Presented by the Inner Circle of Advocates at Cover d'Alene, Idaho, August 16, 2000; Establishing Agency between Obstetrician and Hospital, presented by Association of Trial Lawyers of America, August 1, 2000. Settlement Negotiation, Past President's Seminar presented by the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, January 8, 2000; Hospital Liability: Actual and Apparent Agency, Medical Negligence Seminar presented by the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, December 11, 1999; Closing Argument, presented at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; Under the Microscope the Anatomy of a Malpractice Trial Seminar, December 5, 1998; The Chain of Command, presented by March of Dimes and Prenatal Nursing Advisory Council, February 20, 1998; Adverse Examination of the Defendant Physician, presented at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Medical Negligence Trial: The Winning Plaintiff's Case-in-Chief Seminar, December 6, 1997; Depositing the Defendant's Expert, presented at Illinois Trial Lawyers Seminar on Medical Malpractice Seminar, December 7, 1996; Winning With the Masters, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1996 Last Chance Seminar December 12, 1996; Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education: Chapter on Neurologically Impaired Infant Cases, 1996; Voir Dire, presented by the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Medical Malpractice Seminar, December, 1995; Discovery: Overview, presented by the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, October, 1995; Surgical Malpractice Cases, presented at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Medical