Education:

Born in Peoria, Illinois, on April 28, 1957; Admitted to Bar in 1983; Education - Illinois Central College (A.A.S. 1978); Bradley University (B.S. 1979); Drake University (J.D. 1983); Areas of practice include federal and Illinois civil and criminal litigation, appellate practice and workers' compensation.

Biography:

He is a member of several trial lawyer organizations, is a former member of the Continuing Legal Education Committee of the Peoria Bar Association and a member of the Illinois Central College faculty teaching the course Criminal Practice and Procedure.

Areas of Practice:

• Personal Injury Litigation
• Criminal Litigation -- Federal and State
• Probate Litigation
• Workers Compensation

His appellate experience includes appearances before the United States Appellate Court for the Seventh Circuit and the Supreme Court of Illinois.

He is currently District Chairman for the Wotamolo District, W. D. Boyce Council of the Boy Scouts of America, past President of the Abraham Lincoln Inn of the American Inns of Court and past State Chairman of Illinois Ducks Unlimited.