Law School
University of Michigan, LL.B., 1966
Law School Graduation Year
1966
College
University of Oklahoma, B.A., 1963
Memberships
Peoria County (First Vice President, 2000-2001), Illinois State (Secretary, Tort Law Section, 1977-1979; Member, Standing Committee on Legal Education, Admission and Competence, 1984-1987; Associate Member, Civil Practice and Procedure Council, 1985—) and American Bar Associations
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Editor, Tort Trends Newsletter, 1976-1979. Author: Liability to the Public Servant-A Dividend Approach To Duty, 1980 Issue of the Illinois Bar Journal; Timely Disclosure of Expert Witnesses-Analysis of Supreme Court Rule 220, July, 1986 Issue of the Illinois Bar Journal; The New Discovery Rules: Reshaping the Landscape for Illinois Litigators, December 1995 Issue of the Illinois Bar Journal; Comparative Fault in Strict Liability Cases Under Section 2-1116 of the Code of Civil Procedure, IDC Quarterly, 4th Quarter 1992; Has the General Assembly Expanded the Concept of ‘Contributory Fault’ in Strict Tort Liability Actions? A Defendant's Perspective, ISBA Trial Briefs, December 1992; Chapter, IICLE Revised Federal Discovery Rules and Related Practice in the Central District of Illinois, 1995; Chapter, IICLE Winning Pretrial Preparation in the New World of Illinois Civil Litigation, 1995. Co-Chairman, Supreme Court Committee to Revise the Rules of Discovery, 1983-1993. Advisory Member on Discovery Rules, Illinois Judicial Conference, 1993—. Member: Joint Judicial Conference and Illinois Rules Committee, 1995; Special Discovery Rules Drafting Committee, 1995; Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions in Civil Cases, 1995—. Master and Secretary, 1989-1990, Counselor, 1990-1991, President, 1991-1992, Abraham Lincoln Inns of Court. Chairman, Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Committee for the Central District of Illinois, 1991—. Fellow, Illinois State Bar Foundation.