PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
  • Kane County Bar Association - President, 2004-2005; 1998-2001 Director; 2001-2002 Secretary/Treasurer; 2002-2003 Second Vice President; 2003-2004 First Vice President; 2000-2001 Chair Families First Legal Aid Program Committee. Committees: Family Law; GAL subcommittee; Debtor-Creditor, Bankruptcy, Delivery of Legal Services. Member since 1989.
  • Kane County Bar Foundation - Director since 1996; 2001-2003 President; 1999-2001 Vice President; 1996-1999 Secretary.
  • Illinois State Bar Association - Member since 1989. Assembly Member from the 16th Judicial Circuit from 2001 to present. Judicial Advisory Polls Committee Vice Chair 2004-2005; member from 2000 to present. Continuing Legal Education Committee member since 2004.
  • Illinois Bar Foundation - Silver Fellow.
  • Elgin Bar Assocation - Member, President 2004-2005.
AWARDS
  • Family Law Achievement Award, Kane County Bar Association, 2003
SIGNIFICANT CASES
  • Reyes v. Bloomingdale Township Electoral Board, 265 Ill. App. 3d 69 (2d Dist.)
  • People v. Picou, 260 Ill. App. 3d 35 (2d Dist., 1994).
  • Hoffmann v. Lyon Metal Products, Inc., 217 Ill. App. 3d 490 (2d Dist., 1991)
  • First National Bank of Geneva v. Lively, 211 Ill. App. 3d 1(2d Dist., 1990)
SEMINAR SPEAKER
  • 10/04 & 11/04 Bankruptcy and Divorce (Kane County Bar Association)
  • 3/1/02 Guardian Ad Litem Training - Procedures In and Out of Court (Kane County Bar Association)
  • 1/28/00 Guardian Ad Litem Training - Procedures In and Out of Court (Kane County Bar Association)
  • 4/28/99 Tenancy by the Entirety (Kane County Bar Association)
  • 4/6/99 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and New Wage Deduction Statutes (Kane County Bar Association)
  • 04/05/97 Credit and Credit Reports (Joseph Corporation)
  • 01/21/97 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (Kane County Bar Association)
  • 10/03/96 Dealing With Financial Crisis (Joseph Corp.)
  • 02/24/96 Your Credit Follows You (Joseph Corp)
  • 02/13/96 Credit III (Joseph Corp)
  • 01/24/96 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act - As It Applies To Attorneys(Kane County Bar Association)
  • 12/05/95 When To Advise A Divorcing Couple To File Bankruptcy(County Bar Association)
  • 02/21/95 Dealing With Financial Crisis (Joseph Corp & Habitat for Humanity)
  • 01/26/95 Attorney's Compliance With Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (KCBA)
  • 12/01/94 Changes In Petition Planning Under The New Bankruptcy Amendments(KCBA)
  • 10/26/94 How To Modify the Automatic Stay (KCBA)
  • 03/17/94 Family Law and Divorce (People's Law School)
  • 12/09/93 Representing the Chapter 7 Debtor (KCBA)
  • 02/19/93 Representing the Creditor in Chapter 7 & 13 Proceedings (KCBA)
  • 04/25/91 Impact Of The Automatic Stay on Divorce (KCBA)
COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIPS
  • Family Counseling Services, Aurora, Illinois, 1999/2001 President; 2001/2002 Immediate Past President; 1997/1999 President Elect, 1995/1997 Vice-President; 1994/1995 Secretary; 1991/1994 Board of Directors
  • YWCA Legal Aid, Aurora, Illinois, 1992 - 2000; volunteer attorney for legal advice clinic
  • St. Charles Breakfast Rotary Club, St. Charles, Illinois, 1990 - 1999
  • Joseph Corporation, Aurora, Illinois, Resource Board; 1995 - 1997
  • YWCA, Aurora, Illinois, Board of Directors 1991- 1992





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