Admitted: 1982, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois; 1996, U.S Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School: Southern Illinois University, J.D.
Member: Jackson County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; The American Association for Justice (Board of Visitors, SIU School of Law, 2000); Leading Lawyer Network.
Biography: Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta. Editor, Southern Illinois University Law Review, 1981-1982. Adjunct Professor of Law, Southern Illinois University School of Law, 1986. Instructor, Civil Procedure, Southern Illinois University, 1984; Carbondale Housing Board of Appeals, 1995-2003.
Born: Carbondale, Illinois, October 7, 1948
MilitaryService: Captain, USAF, 1970-1978