Year Joined Organization

• 1985

Areas of Practice

• Insurance litigation
• Business litigation
• Commercial real estate
• Probate, wills and estate planning
• Business law and commercial transactions
• Agricultural law
• Health care law

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1985
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1988
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2005
• U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 2006

Education

• Oklahoma City University School of Law, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1984
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  
  
• Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois, 1978
  B.S., Bachelor of Science in Business
  Major: Accounting
  
  

Honors and Awards

• American Jurisprudence Awards in Civil Procedure & Constitutional Law, 1983
• American Jurisprudence Awards in Constitutional Law, 1983

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Decatur Bar Association, 1985 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Illinois State Bar Association, 1985 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, 1994 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Leading Lawyers Network
  Selected by Peers as one of Illinois' Leading Lawyers
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Oklahoma Tax Commission, Intern, 1984

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Delta Phi

Birth Information

• September 4, 1956, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America