Admitted: 1991, Illinois
Law School: Southern Illinois University, J.D.
Member: Jackson County, Illinois and American Bar Associations.
Biography: Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Recipient: Natural Resources Law Award, 1991; Journal of Legal Medicine Award, 1991. Research Editor, Southern Illinois University Law Review, 1990-1991. Author: "Handout, Family Law Section Education Series," Court Awards and Standards, December 8 and 15, 1990, Panelist Wenona Y. Whitfield, SIU School of Law; "A Further Analysis of Bush v. Turner," Family Law Newsletter, Vol. 33, No. 5, p. 6, June, 1990, Illinois State Bar Association; "DNA Tests in Criminal Prosecutions - Too Much Evidence or Not Enough?" 11 J. Legal Med. 481, 1990; "Estate Planning: Schools Out: A Practice Primer for New Attorneys, IICLE, 1999 Edition; "Estate Planning", Starting Points: The Fundamentals of Practice in Illinois, IICLE, 2001 Edition; "Premarital Agreements," Illinois Family Law, IICLE, 2003 Edition; Panelist "Ethical Dilemmas in Estate Planning". IICLE, October, 2008, Adjunct Professor, Trust and Estates, SIU School of Law, Summer, 2006-2008. Instructor, Southern Illinois University, School of Accountancy, Master of Accountancy Program, State and Local Taxation, Fall 2005. Member, Board of Directors, 1998-2006 and Chair, 2004-2005, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education.
Born: Fairfield, Illinois, September 6, 1953