Practice Areas

Workers' Compensation Law
Guardianship and Advance Directives
General Litigation
Estate Planning
Real Estate
Eminent Domain

Admitted: 1987, Illinois

Law School: University of Illinois, J.D., 1987

College: Albion College, B.A., summa cum laude, 1984

Member: Peoria County, Tazewell County, Illinois State, and American Bar Associations; National Lawyers Association

Biography: Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to Honorable Roger A. Sommer, Chief Justice, Illinois Court of Claims, 1993-1999. Author and Lecturer, "Workers' Compensation in Illinois" (1999), and "Advanced Workers' Compensation in Illinois" (2000), National Business Institute. Volunteer Lawyer of the Year (2004), Peoria County Bar Association's Pro Bono Plan, for free legal assistance provided to low income and elderly persons.

Born: Peoria, Illinois, January 4, 1962