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Areas of Practice:
Litigation • Commercial Litigation • Municipal Law

Bar Admissions:
Illinois, 1987 • U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1987 • U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 2000 • Federal Trial Bar, 2001

Education:
Extensive experience in representing for-profit, not-for-profit and municipal corporations in all aspects of commercial, tort and real estate litigation including eminent domain in both state and federal court · Substantial experience in trying cases in these areas · Extensive experience advising and representing in transactional matters The  which include formation, acquisition, and sale of corporate entities, drafting employment contracts, and other commercial agreements, commercial real estate,  representing municipal entities in municipal finance matters · Heads the firm’s transactional department and provides direct supervision for lawyers in the firm’s tort department and guides them on strategies and procedure.

Education:
De Paul University College of Law, Chicago, IL, 1986, Juris Doctor • DePaul University, Chicago, IL, 1983, Bachelor of Science

Awards and Honors
Distinguished Service Award from Chicago Bar Foundation, Dedicated Service Recognition Award from Chicago Bar Association

Notable Accomplishments:
Litigation Case Management for the Illinois Paralegal, Speaker, Institute for Paralegal Education • Speaker, Preparing Trial Notebook, Illinois Paralegal Association • Payment Systems, Adjunct Professor - John Marshall Law School

Professional Associations and Memberships:
Chicago Bar Association's Judicial Evaluation Executive Committee, Vice Chair of Hearings • Chicago Bar Association's Judicial Evaluation Executive Committee, Vice Chair of Investigations • Chicago Bar Association Board of Managers (former member)  • Chicago Bar Foundation Board of Directors (former member) • DePaul University College of Law, Past Member of Panel of Prominent African American Lawyers • Cook County Bar Association • Chicago Public Schools, School Partners Program Greene and Letts Liaison

Community Activities
President of South Holland School District 150 Board of Education, Public Interest Law Initiative Board Member, Member of the Black Ensemble Theater Development Committee