Year Joined Organization

• 1989

Areas of Practice

• Civil Trial Practice
• Insurance Defense
• Local Government
• Construction Accidents
• Agricultural Law
• Civil Litigation, trial practice and appellate practice
• Insurance Law
• Business Litigation
• Probate, wills and estate planning
• Election law

Litigation Percentage

• 80% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1989
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1989
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1996

Education

• Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa, 1989
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  
  
• University of Illinois, Urvana/Champaign, Illinois, USA, 1986
  B.A.
  
  

Representative Clients

• Allstate Insurance Company
• Pekin Insurance Company
• Archer Daniels Midland

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Decatur Bar Association, 1989 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Republican National Lawyer's Association, 2007 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Macon County Republican Party
  Chairman
  
  
• Leading Lawyers Network
  Selected by Peers as one of Illinois' Leading Lawyers
  
  

Fraternities/Sororities

• Sigma Pi

Birth Information

• March 13, 1964, Decatur, Illinois, United States of America