Areas of Practice

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Antitrust & Trade Regulation
• Banking & Finance Law
• Bankruptcy Law
• Business & Commercial Law
• Consumer Protection
• Business Organizations
• Civil Rights
• Construction Law
• Employment Law -- Employee
• Employment Law -- Employer
• Intellectual Property Law
• International Law
• Labor Law
• Litigation & Appeals
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Professional Malpractice Law

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1987
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1989
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1992
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 2001
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1990

Education

• Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1987
  J.D.
  Honors: Cum Laude
  
  
• Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984
  B.S.
  Honors: Magna Cum Laude
  Major: Economics
  
  

Published Works

• Hartford Insurance Revisited: Seller Beware, XVIII Bankruptcy Strategist 1, September, 2001
• Subordination of Tax Penalties: Dead or Alive (Co-Author), XVI Bankruptcy Strategist 1, March, 1996
• Banks May Freeze Funds Subject to Setoff (Co-Author), Bankruptcy Strategist 1, November, 1995
• Alternatives to Insurance Liquidation, a U.S. Perspective (Co-Author), 4 Int'l J. Ins. L. 218, October, 1994
• Civil RICO Claims in Bankruptcy (Co-Author), Civil RICO Practice: Causes of Action, Supp., 1993
• Appeals Court Upholds New Value Exception, X Bankruptcy Strategist 11, September, 1993
• How Courts Split on Res Judicata Doctrine, X Bankruptcy Strategist 8, June, 1993
• Landlord Damage Claims in Chapter 11, IX Bankruptcy Strategist 4, February, 1992
• Face Value Debt Swap Does Not Create OID, IX Bankruptcy Strategist 7, May, 1992
• Pursuing Alter-Ego Liability Against Non-Bankrupt Third Parties: Structuring a Comprehensive Conceptual Framework (Co-Author), 35 St. Louis L.J. 657, 1991

Representative Cases

• HAYES v. SNYDER, 546 F.3d 516 (CA 7, Ill 2008)
• IN THE INTEREST OF GAELIN E., 346 Ill.App.3d 1192, 866 N.E.2d 718 ( 2004)
• PEOPLE v. BRUER, 335 Ill.App.3d 422, 780 N.E.2d 1128 ((4th Dist.) 2002)

Representative Clients

• MONTGOMERY WARD (1997-1999)
• KARSTEN MAHLMANN (1991-1998)
• THE WHITLOCK CORPORATION (1996-2002)
• AMERICAN SPEEDY PRINTING CENTERS (1996-1997)
• NOBART, INC. (1994-1997)
• NORTHWEST AIRLINES (1992-1995)
• INTERCO, INCORPORATED (1991-1992)

Classes/Seminars Taught

• ADA Training Seminars, IADOCPA, Inc.
• ADA Training Seminars, Central Illinois Recovery Coalition
• WBJC guest legal analyst and former forum speaker

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Central Illinois Center for Independent Living
  Former member of the Board of Directors
  
  

Birth Information

• October 30, 1962, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America