Areas of Practice

• Litigation & Appeals
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Contracts
• Business Organizations
• Real Estate Law
• Insurance Law
• Estate Planning
• Trusts

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1977
• U.S. District Court, 1978
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1984

Education

• University of Missouri Columbia School of Law, Columbia, Missouri, 1977
  Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  
  
• University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, 1977
  Master of Arts
  Major: Political Science
  
  
• University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1970
  Bachelor of Arts in Teaching of Social Studies
  
  

Published Works

• Common Law Liability to Outsiders of Corporation for Profits Gained by Trading on Inside Information 41 Missouri Law Review 589 and 41 Missouri Law Review 108, Fall, 1976

Representative Cases

• Spidle v. Steward, 402 N.E.2d 216 (Ill. 1980)
• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, 390 N.E.2d 620 (Ill.App. 2 Dist. 1979)
• Oltmer v. Zamora, 418 N.E.2d 506 (Ill.App. 4 Dist. 1981)
• Severe v. Miller, 458 N.E.2d 173 (Ill.App. 4 Dist. 1983)

Representative Clients

• Abe & Bob's Flower Shop
• ISBA Mutual Insurance Company
• The Village Peddler

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Elder Legal Issues, Land of Lincoln Legal Aid - Senior Center Seminar

Honors and Awards

• Guy Thompson Award, University of Missouri (Best Casenote)
• Moot Court Competition, Top Ten
• Order of the Coif
• Note and Comment Editor, Missouri Law Review

Professional Associations and Memberships

• First Presbyterian Church of Dectur, Illinois, 2003 - 2008
  Elder
  
  
• America Coming Together, 2004 - Present
  Volunteer
  
  

Pro Bono Activities

• John C. McAndrews Pro Bono Service Award 2005

Birth Information

• March 21, 1949, Springfield, Illinois, United States of America