Admitted
1974, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1975, Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1979, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 1980, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1981, Cali
Law School
Loyola University, J.D., 1974
Law School Graduation Year
1974
College
University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1969
Memberships
Chicago (President, 1991-1992; Chairman, Membership Committee, 1982-1983; Chairman, Sustaining Member Program, 1984; Chairman, Public Relations Committee, 1985-1986; Chairman, Long Range Planning, 1986-1987), Illinois State and American (Member, Board of Governors, 2000-2003; Member, Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary, 1999-2000) Bar Associations; Women's Bar Association of Illinois Foundation (Director, 1988—).
Biographical
Member, Loyola University Law Review, 1973-1974. Author: Extortion ‘Under Color of Official Right’: Federal Prosecution of Official Corruption Under the Hobbs Act, Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal, 1974; Supplement of IICLE Handbook on Handling Business and Commercial Litigation, Trial Technique, 1987-2003. Chair, ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, 1995-1998. President, National Caucus of Metropolitan Bar Associations, 1990-1992. President: National Conference of Bar Presidents, 1999-2000; National Conference of Women's Bar Associations Board, 1989-1991. Arbitrator, Circuit Court of Cook County, Mandatory Arbitration Panel, 1990. Board: Women's Business Development Center; Senate Judicial Nominations Committee. Chair, The Chicago Network, 1996. Member: The Economic Club of Chicago; The Commercial Club of Chicago.