Location: Belleville, Illinois
Phone: 618-234-2440 / 800-733-8333 (Toll Free)
Fax: 618-234-6728
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Honors and Awards:
- University of Illinois, College of Law, Distinguished Alumnus Award
- The Fellows of the Illinois Bar Foundation Award for Distinguished Service to Law and Society
- Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Senior Counsel, American College of Barristers
- Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America (an invitation only, national trial lawyer honorary society, limited to 0.5% of American lawyers)
Selected for:
- Super Lawyers, personal injury and professional malpractice, Plaintiff (top 5%)
- America’s Leading Lawyers (top 5%);
- Law & Leading Attorneys;
- Marquis’ Who’s Who in: The World; America; American Law; The Midwest; Emerging Leaders in America
- The National Trial Lawyers (by election of peers—top 100 trial lawyers in each state; selected for Illinois)
- Martindale-Hubbell rating: Illinois, AV; Missouri, AV
- Fellow, Illinois Bar Foundation
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Bar Admissions:
- Illinois, 1970
- Missouri, 1976
- U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois, 1974
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois, 1970
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, 1977
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, 1970
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, 1977
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1973
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Illinois State Bar Association
- Secretary, 1991 – 1992
- Member, Board of Governors, 1981-1983, 1987-1994
- Member, ISBA-CBA Joint Committee on Judicial Compensation, 1983-2004
- Member, Standing Committee on Professional Conduct, 1987-1988, 1995-2002
- Board of Governors Liaison, 1988-1994
- Secretary, 1998-1999
- Vice Chair, 1999-2000
- Chair, 2000-2001
- Member, Judicial Evaluation Committee, 1996-2004
Missouri Bar Association
- Member, Civil Practice and Procedure Committee, 1977-1985
- Member, Tort Law Committee, 1980-present
American Bar Association
- Member House of Delegates 1989-1993, 1996-1999
- General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division,
- Chair, 2001-2002
- Chair-Elect, 2000-2001
- Secretary, 1999-2000
- Member of Council 1989-1993, 1999-2003
- Division Director 1988-1989, 1995-1997, 1998-1999
- Litigation Section
- Member, Professional liability Litigation Committee, 1994-2005
- Member, Trial Practice Committee, 1994-2005
- Member, Attorney’s Liability Committee, 1997-2005
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- Member, Professional Ethics and Methods of Practice Committee, 1984-1987, 2001-2005
- Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation,
- Vice Chair, 1987-1988
- Member, Board of Directors, 1983-1988
- Illinois Technology Center for Law & Public Interest
- Member, Board of Directors, 2001-2004
- Illinois Legal Aid On-line
- Incorporator, 2005; Member, Board of Directors, 2005-2008; President of Board of Directors, 2006-2008
- Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois
- Member, Board of Directors, 1988-1994
- Illinois Bar Foundation
- Treasurer, 1998-2004
- Member, Board of Directors, 1994-2004
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
- Member, Board of Advocates, 1993-2005
- University of Illinois College of Law
- Member, Board of Visitors, 1979-1986
- President of Board of Visitors, 1983-1984
Fraternities:
- Phi Delta Phi
- Alpha Phi Omega
Military Service:
- Colonel, Army of the United States (Retired List), Medical Service Corps, 1970-2001
- Graduate, Army Command and General Staff College, 1988
Publications:
- Author: Trial Advocacy in Illinois (with Drake, Holley and Rose) National Business Institute (1992) (Chapters on: Initial Considerations; Opening Statements).
- Author: Software: Information Management, GP Solo, December, 2003, General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section, American Bar Association.
- Reviewer: Missouri Professional Liability, The Missouri Bar (2005)
- Author: Chapters on Missouri Supreme Court Rule 73, Trial by Court and Rule 79, Assignment of Judges in Case of Disability, Civil Procedure, 3rd Ed. The Missouri Bar, 2007.
Lecturer:
- On the subjects of civil trial practice, legal malpractice and ethics for: American Bar Association; National Business Institute; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; Illinois State Bar Association; Missouri Bar Association; and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis.
Birth Information:
- April 19, 1945, East St. Louis, Illinois, United States of America
