Current Employment Positions:
Member

Areas of Practice:
50%  Estate Planning  
40%  Trust & Estate Administration
5%  Closely Held Business Planning
5%  Real Estate

Bar Admissions:
Illinois, 1972
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1972
U.S. Tax Court, 1979

Education:

Loyola University School of Law (Chicago), 1972

J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence

Honors:   Summa Cum Laude

Honors:  Recipient, Weymouth Kirkland Scholarship (1969, 1970 & 1971)

Law Review: Member; Executive Editor

Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (1969)

A.B., Bachelor of Arts

Major: English

University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland (1967 - 1968)

Published Works:

Co-Author, The Role of the Trustee, Trust Administration in Illinois (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education), 1976 - 1999

Author / Speaker, Estate Planning Ethical and Malpractice Issues, Estate Planning Short Course (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education), 2002

Author / Speaker, Estate Planning Ethical and Malpractice Issues, Estate Planning For Illinois Attorneys: The Basics and Beyond (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education), 2002

Author / Speaker, Professional Responsibility and Malpractice Issues Confronting Estate Planners:

Estate Planning For Illinois Attorneys: The Basics and Beyond (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education), Spring 2003

Basic Estate Planning: Introductory Drafting and Tax Issues (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education), Fall, 2003

Author / Speaker, Choice of Trustees and Use of Team Advisors, Including Successor Trustees, Trust Administration: Essential Duties for Trustees and Their Advisors (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education), Winter, 2004

Professional Associations and Memberships:
Member:      Chicago Bar Association
                    Illinois State Bar Association
                    American Bar Association

Fellow:        The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Member:     Chicago Estate Planning Council
                   DuPage County Estate Planning Council

Member:     Board of Directors, La Grange Kiwanis Charity Board

Member:     Planned Giving Committee, La Grange Community 
                   Family Service and Mental Health Association

Past Employment Positions:
Schiff Hardin & Waite (Chicago, Illinois), Partner:  1972 - 1985

De Paul University School of Law (Chicago), Instructor, 1973 - 1975 (U.S. Estate and Gift Tax; Estate Planning Seminar)

Loyola University School of Law (Chicago), Instructor, 1975 (Estate Planning Seminar)