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(312) 201-0829
Admissions
Illinois, 1992
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1992
U.S. Supreme Court, 2009
Areas of Concentration
Trial and Appellate Practice in Workers' Compensation, Occupational Disease, Employer Liability and Insurance Coverage.
Memberships
Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association; Chicago Bar Association; Illinois State Bar Association; Executive Secretary, Illinois Self-Insurers Association; Co-Chair, Illinois Employer Workers’ Compensation Coalition (Tuesday Working Group); Illinois State Chamber of Commerce, Employment Law Committee; Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, Employment Law Committee, Registered Illinois lobbyist.
Publications
Editor and frequent contributor for ISIA newletter and website (www.illinoisselfinsurance.org)
Lecturer
Annual lecturer for Illinois Self-Insurers’ Association “Nuts & Bolts” Seminars; “A Potpourri of Recent Cases,” ISIA Annual Meeting, 2005-2008; Co-chair and Speaker, Work Comp Forum, 2006-2009; “Workers’ Comp Reform Across the Country,” WSIA 2006 Annual Conference; “Self-Insurance in Illinois,” 2009 NAMA Conference; “Legislative Changes,” Chicago Bar Association, 2006; “Illinois Workers’ Compensation: the Future of Reform in Illinois,” Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce Foundation, 2005; “Workers’ Compensation Update,” Council on Education in Management, 2005; “A Defensible IME,” Accelerated Rehabilitation Seminar, 2004; “Lawfully Handling Pre-Existing Injuries,” Workers’ Comp Update 2004 for the Council on Education in Management, April, 2004; “Recent Developments at the Industrial Commission,” WCS Winter Warm-Up, 2004; “Mock Trial,” Accelerated Rehabilitation Seminar, 2003; “Review Procedures and Perfecting the Appeal,” IICLE (2002).
Education
University of Wisconsin, B.A., 1987
Loyola University Chicago School of Law, J.D., 1992