Attorney Profiles

Areas of Practice

• 75% General Litigation and Trial Practice
• 5% Appellate Practice
• 5% Employment Law
• 5% Labor Law
• 5% Personal Injury
• 5% Civil Rights

Litigation Percentage

• 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1996
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1998
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2001

Education

• Northern Illinois University College of Law, DeKalb, Illinois, May, 1996
  J.D.
  Honors: Cum Laude
  Honors: American Jursiprudence Award for Constitutional Law II
  Honors: Dean's Scholarship 1994-95, 1995-96
  Honors: Dean's List
  
  
• University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
  B.A.
  Honors: Dean's List
  Major: Political Science
  
  

Representative Cases

• Denisha Kehrer v. City of Springfield, 104 F.Supp. 2d 1001 (C.D. ILL. 2000)
• Regina McGuire v. City of Springfield, 2001 WL 242582 (C.D. ILL. 2001)
• Springfield Branch of NAACP v. City of Springfield, 139 F.Supp.2d 990 (C.D. IL 2001)
• Howard v. City of Springfield, 274 F.3d 1141 (7th Cir. 2001)
• Case v. Ahitow et al, 301 F.3d 605 (7th Cir. 2002)

Honors and Awards

• American Jurisprudence Award, 1995
• NIU College of Law Dean's Scholarship, 1995 - 1996
• NIU College of Law Dean's Scholarship, 1994 - 1995

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association, January 1, 1997 - Present
  
  
• Illinois State Bar Association, November 17, 1996 - Present
  
  
• Sangamon County Bar Association, January 1, 1997 - Present
  
  
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, October 1, 2001 - Present
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• City of Springfield, Office of Corporation Counsel, Assistant Corporation Counsel, 1998 - 2001
• Illinois State Labor Relations Board, Administrative Law Judge, 1997 - 1998

Birth Information

• May 17, 1965, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America