Experience & Credentials
Practice Areas:
- Commercial Litigation
- Business Litigation
- Real Estate Litigation
- Labor and Employment Litigation
- Divorce
- Family Law
- Personal Injury
- Municipal Law
- Appellate Practice
- General Practice
- Business Transactions
- Arbitration
- Mediation
- Chancery Practice
- Construction Law
- Contested Trusts and Estates
University
University of Illinois, B.A., 1966
Law School
University of Illinois, J.D., 1969
Admitted
1969, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and members of Trial Bar; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; Certified Arbitrator, Circuit Court, DuPage County (Chair Qualified); Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association, Certified Mediator, Circuit Court, DuPage County
Memberships
DuPage County (Chair, Appellate Law and Practice Committee, 1992-1993; Editor of the Brief, 2000; Director, 2001-2007), Illinois State (Member, Civil Practice and Procedure Section Council, 1988-1991) Bar Associations.
Legal Achievements
The College of Master Advocates and Barristers; Diamond Fellow Illinois Bar Foundation; DuPage County Pro Bono Attorney Awards. Former Member: Chicago Bar Association; American Bar Association. Former Member and President (1979-1980) of West Suburban Bar Association
Publications
Lincoln Award Winning Article, the “History of the Development of the Remedy of ‘Piercing the Corporate Veil,'” Illinois Bar Journal, April, 1977; “Recent Developments in Practice and Procedure or What Real Estate Lawyers Should Be Aware of Before Going to Court,” Illinois State Bar Association Real Property Newsletter, March, 1987. Co-Author: “Tortious Interference With Contract and Prospective Advantage in Illinois,” DePaul Law Review, Winter, 1983; “When Can a Divorce Be Appealed?” DuPage County Bar Association Brief, November, 1993; “The Trial Court Always Loses Jurisdiction After a Notice of Appeal is Filed-Not,” DuPage County Bar Association Brief, June, 1995; “ADA Update,” DuPage County Bar Association Brief, November, 1999; “The Statutory Custodial Claim as a Sword or Shield in a Contested Decedent’s Estate,” DuPage County Bar Association Brief, May 2007; Author: “Letter Writing for Lawyers,” ISBA Illinois Lawyer Now Quarterly, Winter 2010; Fire Commissioner, Darien-Woodridge Fire Protection District, 1994-1995; Senior Counsel
Civic Achievements
District Governor 2016-2017, Rotary International District 6450, Inc.; past President, and Chair of Endowment Trustees, Oak Park Temple; Founding member of The Churchill Center; former President of Carriage Way West Homeowners Association, Inc., secretary of Board of Directors of 1122 North Nearborn Condominium Association, Inc.
