Areas of Practice

• Medical Malpractice
• Legal Malpractice
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Nursing Home
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Nursing Home Malpractice
• Automobile Accidents
• Dental Malpractice

Litigation Percentage

• 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1972
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1973
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1974
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1975
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1973
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1978

Education

• University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Illinois, 1971
  
  
• University of Illinois, 1968
  B.S.
  
  

Published Works

• Impeachment of Defense Medical Experts - Excluding Evidence of Insurance Distorts Reality, Trial Journal, Winter, Vol 4, Number 1, 2002
• Planning the Evidence Deposition of the Terminally Ill Malpractice Plaintiff, Trial Journal, Winter, Vol 6, Number 1, 2004
• Pre-Trial Interest vs. Pre-Trial Inflation, ISBA Civil Practice & Procedure Newsletter, 50:6 - June, 2005

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Interpretation of Policies, Illinois Trial Lawyer's Association Education Fund, Auto Seminar, 2007
• University of Illinois College of Law, Trial Advocacy Demonstration - Opening Statements, 2002
• University of Illinois College of Law, Trial Advocacy Demonstration - Opening Statements, 2001
• Negotiating Settlements and Bad Faith Issues, Illinois Trial Lawyer's Association Education Fund, Automobile Accident Cases Seminar, 1998
• Pregnancy Termination Cases, Illinois Trial Lawyer's Association Education Fund, Medical Malpractice Seminar, 1994
• Case Selection, Illinois Trial Lawyer's Association Education Fund, Medical Malpractice Seminar, 2008

Honors and Awards

• Amicus Volunteer Award, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 2002
• Trial Lawyers Care - 9/11 Volunteer Counsel Award
• Who's Who in American Law, 1980 - Present
• Leading Illinois Attorneys (www.lawlead.com)
• Leading Lawyers (www.leadinglawyers.com)
• Illinois Super Lawyer -Medical Malpractice Category, 2007
• Illinois Super Lawyer -Medical Malpractice Category, 2008
• Illinois Super Lawyers, 2009

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
  Member, Board of Managers
  
  
• American Association for Justice
  
  
• American Bar Association, Litigation Section
  
  
• Illinois State Bar Association
  
  
• Christian Legal Society
  
  
• Public Justice Foundation
  
  
• Lincoln-Douglas Inns of Court
  
  

Birth Information

• December 15, 1946, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America