Year Joined Organization

• 2004

Areas of Practice

• 95% Workers Compensation for Employees
• 5% Plaintiff Personal Injury

Litigation Percentage

• 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1974
• Missouri, 1980

Education

• Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 1974
  J.D.
  Honors: Law Day Honors
  
  
• University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, 1969
  B.S.
  
  

Published Works

• Avoiding Ethical Obstacles in Workers Compensation, National Business Institute, 2007
• Workers Compensation Illinois; Important Issues to be Aware of Once a Claim bas been Filed, National Business Institute, 1993

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Illinois Workers Compensation Seminar Presentations, 1993 - Present
• National Business Institute Seminars
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
• Lorman Education Services

Honors and Awards

• Peers-Leading Illinois Attorneys in Workers Compensation, 1996 - Present
• Peers-Leading Lawyers Network in Illinois Workers Compensation, 2002 - Present
• Strathmores Who's Who
• Leading Worker's Compensation Lawyers in Illinois, 2009
• No.1 Workers Compensation Lawyer South of I-80, 2009
• Top Ten, Leading Consumer Lawyers in Downstate Illinois by Leading Lawyers Network Magazine, 2009

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Illinois State Bar Association, 1974 - Present
  
  
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 1974 - Present
  
  
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 1987 - Present
  Workers Compensation Committee
  
  
• Workers Injury Law & Advocacy Group, 1998 - Present
  Member/Director
  
  
• ITLA Workers Compensation Committee
  Co-Chair
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Carr, Korein, Tillery, Associate/Partner, 1974 - 2003

Pro Bono Activities

• St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers & Accountants for the Arts

Ancillary Businesses

• American Arbitration Association Panel of Arbitrators
• St. Clair County Mandatory Arbitration System Panel of Arbitrators

Birth Information

• 1947, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America