Admitted
1980, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1998, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Northwestern University, J.D., 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
Washington and Jefferson College, B.A., summa cum laude, 1976
Memberships
American (Member, Business Law Section; Member, Committees on: Consumer Financial Services; Business and Corporate Litigation; Member, Litigation Section; Member, Committees on: Class Actions and Derivative Suits; Consumer Litigation; Commercial and Banking Litigation) and Illinois State Bar Associations.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient, American Financial Services Association Distinguished Service Award, 2002. Note and Comment Editor, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 1978-1979. General Counsel, Illinois Financial Services Association, 1995—. Member, Law Committee: American Financial Services Association. Member, Governing Committee, Conference on Consumer Finance Law. Member, Board of Advisors, Consumer Financial Services Law Report; State Editor, (Illinois) Houselaw and Carlaw . Member, Board of Trustees, Washington and Jefferson College, 2002-2007. Speaker: Conference on Consumer Finance Law, CLE Seminars, Update on Litigation, 1992-2003; Practising Law Institute, Consumer Financial Services Litigation, 1997-2000; American Conference Institute, Class Actions, 2002-2003.