Admitted: 1986, Illinois
Law School: John Marshall Law School - Chicago, IL, J.D.
Member: Peoria County Bar Association; Tazewell County Bar Association (Past President, 2007).
Biography: Graduated 2nd out of 159 students at John Marshall Law School. Author: comment, Picket Line Misconduct; Is Forfeiture of Reinstatement Rights for Purely Verbal Threats Sound? 18. J. Mar. L Rev. 445, 1985. Team Member, Wagner Labor Law National Moot Court Competition, Spring, 1985. Rank 2nd place out of 45 teams, New York Law School. Recipient, John N. Jewett Scholarship for Highest Grades in the First Year; Arba N. Waterman Scholarship for Highest Grades in the Second Year; American Law Book Company Prize for Overall Scholarly Achievement, Third Year. Former Felony Assistant State's Attorney, Peoria County. Special Assistant to the Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, D.C. Former Judicial Law Clerk, United States District Court , Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division. Former law clerk, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Washington, DC. Former Vice President of United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 881, Oak Brook, Illinois.
Born: 1958