Admitted: 1985, Illinois; 1986, U.S. Claims Court; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1997, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School: Southern Illinois University, J.D.
Member: Jackson County, Illinois State (Member, Young Lawyers Division Section Council, 1991-1998; Community Involvement Committee, 1995-1996) and American (State Chair, Disaster Legal Assistance Committee, 1991-1999) Bar Associations.
Biography: Phi Alpha Delta. Student Articles Editor, Southern Illinois University Law Journal, 1984-1985. Author: Casenote, "Kaske v. City of Rockford," 1984 Southern Illinois University Law Journal 205. Instructor, Real Estate Law, Southern Illinois University Division of Continuing Education, 1991-1994. Board of Directors, 1999 and President, 2003-2007, Carbondale Main Street, Inc.
Born: St. Louis, Missouri, November 17, 1958