Year Joined Organization

• 1986

Areas of Practice

• Adoption
• Animal Bites -- Plaintiff
• Business Organizations
• Child Support
• Closely Held Businesses
• Conveyancing
• Criminal Law
• DUI/DWI
• Divorce
• Elder Law
• Estate Administration
• Estate Planning
• Family Law
• Formation & Business Planning
• Guardianships & Conservatorships
• Landlord/Tenant
• Living Wills
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Municipal Corporations
• Paternity
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Powers of Attorney and Appointment
• Premises Liability -- Plaintiff
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Real Estate Law
• Residential Real Estate
• Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff
• State, Local & Municipal Law
• Title Insurance
• Traffic Violations
• Trusts
• Wills
• Workers' Compensation Law
• Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff

Litigation Percentage

• 60% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1986
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1992
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1992
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 1992
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois Trial Bar, 1992
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar, 1992
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois Trial Bar, 1992

Education

• Southern Illinois University School of Law, Carbondale, Illinois, 1986
  J.D.
  Law Review: Southern Illinois University Law Review, Author and Editor, 1984 - 1986
  
  
• Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
  B.A.
  Major: Political Science
  
  

Representative Clients

• Community National Bank, Monmouth, Illinois
• Warren County Housing Authority
• Monmouth Park District
• Little Swan Lake Sanitary District

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Warren County Bar Association, 1986
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Hon. Albert Scott, Illinois Appellate Court, Third District, Law Clerk, 1987 - 1992

Birth Information

• 1961, Freeport, Illinois, United States of America