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(312) 201-0845

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Admissions
Illinois, 1995; Wisconsin, 1995; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, including Trial Bar; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.

Areas of Specialization
Workers Compensation, Employer Liability, Employment Law, and Benefits.

Memberships
Illinois State Bar Association; Chicago Bar Association.

Relevant Work History
Legislative Assistant to U.S. Representative Toby Roth, 1989-1992,

Appointments
City of Highwood, Illinois, Chairperson of the Fire & Police Commission, 2000 - present; Our Town Highwood, Vice-President, Board of Directors, 1999 - present.

Publications
Co-author: “Recent Developments in Employment Law,” 37 Tort & Insurance Law Journal 391 (2002).

Lecturer
Panelist, “The New Industrial Commission: Arbitration not Mediation,” Workers’ Compensation Claims Association, May 2004; “Acceptable Defenses,” presented at the Workers’ Comp Update 2004 for the Council on Education in Management, April, 2004; “Medical Issues in Workers’ Compensation,” presented to the Occupational Nurses Association; “Advanced Issues in Workers’ Compensation,” presented to the National Business Council; “Overlap Between ADA, FMLA and Workers’ Compensation,” for Lorman Educational Services; “Investigating and Defending Fraudulent Claims,” presented to the Council on Management.

Education
University of Wisconsin - Madison, B.A., 1989; University of Wisconsin Law School, J.D., 1995.

 

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