Admitted
1952, Illinois; 1982, California; 1997, New Mexico
Law School
Loyola University, LL.B., cum laude, 1952
Law School Graduation Year
1952
Memberships
Chicago (Chairman, Defense of Indigent Prisoners Committee, 1958-1959; Chairman, Operation of Circuit Court Committee, 1968-1969), Illinois State (Chairman, Junior Bar Section, 1959-1960; Civil Practice and Procedure Section, 1966-1967; Member, Board of Governors, 1961-1962 and 1968-1972), American Bar Association (Chairman, Illinois Committee on Defense of Indigent Persons, 1963-1969); Federal Bar Association; Bar Association of the Seventh Federal Circuit; Chicago Council of Lawyers; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; American Board of Criminal Lawyers; American Judicature Society; American Law Institute; CPS Institute for Dispute Resolution; American Arbitration Association Large Complex Case Panel; Lawyers Club of Chicago
Biographical
Delta Theta Phi; Alpha Sigma Nu. Awards: Loyola University Law School Medal of Excellence Award, 1965; Illinois Public Defender Association Award for Contribution of Service to the Indigent Accused, 1972; Constitutional Rights Foundation Service Award, 1990; and Bill of Rights in Action Award, 1993; Justice John Paul Stevens Award, 2000; and American Bar Association Section of Litigation John Minor Wisdom Public Service and Professionalism Award, 2003. Editor, Student Law Review, 1952. Lecturer on Civil Procedure, Loyola University School of Law, 1966-1967. Lecturer and author on civil and criminal trial and appellate litigation, 1961—. Lecturer, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1973-1974, 1977, 1981 and 1998-2001. Member, Illinois Judicial Conference Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases, 1961-1968. Member, Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee, 1972-1977. Member, Committee on Federal Criminal Jury Instructions of the Seventh Circuit, 1976-1980, 1981-1985. United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, July, 1977-April, 1981. Co-Chair, Illinois Governor Commission on Capital Punishment, 2000-2003. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.