Admitted
1992, Illinois; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit and U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of Illinois
Law School
Southern Illinois University, J.D., cum laude, 1992
Law School Graduation Year
1992
College
University of Notre Dame, B.B.A., 1985
Memberships
Sangamon County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Illinois Attorneys for Criminal Justice; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Illinois Supreme Court Capital Litigation Trial Bar (Lead Counsel); Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.
Biographical
Member, Moot Court Team, 1991-1992. Member, Southern Illinois University Law Journal, 1991-1992. Author: Casenote, The Fifth Amendment Right Against Self-Incrimination: An Individual's Right Versus the Government's Need for Effective Law Enforcement, 16 So. Ill. U.L.J. 197 (1991); Comment, The Constitutionality of Police Protection Statutes, 16 So. Ill. U.L.J. 707 (1992). Co-Author: Compilations of Motions, Recent Cases and Articles to Assist Criminal Defense Attorneys, Illinois Attorneys for Criminal Justice, Annual Meeting (1993).