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Position	Areas of Practice	Bar Admissions
Education	Honors	Published Works
Affiliations	Representative Cases

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Current Employment Position(s):

Partner & Trial Attorney

Areas Of Practice:

Plaintiff's Personal Injury

Workers' Compensation

Insurance Bad Faith

Bar Admissions:

Illinois, 1968

U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois

U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

Education:

Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1968

J.D.

Southern Illinois University, 1965

B.A.

Published Works:

Civil Trial Guide, Matthew Bender, 1991

 

"Show and Tell", Litigation Magazine, 1986

 

"Capstar", Litigation Magazine, 1987

Representative Cases:

Darwin Baggett v. Marion Community School District No. 2, 775 N.E.2d 908 (Supreme Court of Illinois 2002)

 

Bonnie Owen Realty, Inc. v. Cincinnati Insurance Company, 283 Ill. App. 3d 812, 670 N.E. 2d 1182 (Ill. App. 5 Dist. 1996)

 

McKenzie v. S K Hand Tool Corporation, 272 Ill. App. 3d 1, 650 N.E. 2d 612 (Ill. App. 5 Dist., 1995)

 

Coriasco v. Hutchcraft, 245 Ill. App. 3d 969, 615 N.E. 2d 64 (Ill. App. 5 Dist 1993)

 

Garrison v. Gould Inc., 36 F.3d 588 (7th Circuit 1994)

 

Pasquino v. Prather, 13 F.3d 1049 (7th Circuit 1994)

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Instructor, Southern Illinois University School of Law, 1985 - 1996

 

Instructor, Trial Advocacy Program, Emory University School of Law, 1992 - 1997

 

Instructor, State's Attorney's Legal Training Commission, 1978 - 1991

Honors and Awards:

Fellow, Ford Foundation

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Williamson County Bar Association

Member

 

Illinois State Bar Association

Member

 

Illinois Judges Association

Member

 

The American Association for Justice

Member

 

Illinois Trial Lawyers Association

Member, Board of Managers

 

National Institute of Trial Advocacy-National Session, Boulder, Colorado

Member

 

National Institute of Trial Advocacy-Midwest Regional

Member

 

National Institute of Trial Advocacy-Northwestern University Central Regional, St. Paul, Minnesota

Member

 

Laborers' International Union

Lifetime Member

 

Who's Who

Lifetime Member

 

Leading Lawyers of America

Lifetime Member

 

Southern Illinois Inns of Court

Master Lawyer

Past Employment Positions:

Williamson County, Williamson County State's Attorney, 1972 - 1979

 

First Circuit, Trial Judge, 1979 - 1988

 

Illinois Appellate Court, Fifth District, Justice, 1988 - 1992

Fraternities/Sororities:

Phi Eta Sigma

Birth Information:

July 27, 1943, Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

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