Admitted
1970, Washington, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of Illinois, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; 1972, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1976, U.S. Tax Court; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Fi
Law School
University of Washington, J.D., 1970
Law School Graduation Year
1970
College
University of San Francisco, B.A., 1967
Memberships
Chicago, Illinois State, Washington State, Federal (Member: Committee on Criminal Law and Procedure, 1977—; Committee on Federal Taxation, 1977—), American (Chairman, Midwest Region, White Collar Crime Committee of the Criminal Justice Section) and Seventh Circuit (General Chair, Criminal Law and Procedure Committee) Bar Associations; Illinois Society of Trial Lawyers; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Biographical
Phi Alpha Delta. Contributing Author, Chicago-Kent Law Review, IICLE, 1977. Recipient, Special Commendation for Outstanding Service, Department of Justice, 1974. Author: Trial of the Criminal Tax Fraud Case, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1985. Lecturer in Tax Fraud, Whiteside County Bar Association, 1981. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1970-1975. Associate, Harris, Burman and Silets, 1975-1979. Partner, Silets & Martin, Ltd., 1979-1992. Chairman, Illinois State Appellate Defender Commission, 1977-1983. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.