Meet the Attorneys

Registered Certified Public Accountant. Author: Estate Planning Handbook, Chapter 8, Planning Techniques, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2005. Co-Author: Eminent Domain Handbook, Chapter 8, "Trial Procedure and Technique," Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2002. Author: Advising Elderly Clients and Their Families, Chapter 4, Planning for Incapacity, Powers of Attorney, Living Trusts and Forms of Ownership, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2000. Registered Emergency Medical Technician, Illinois, 1982-1984. Special Assistant Attorney General, Illinois Departments of Transportation and Natural Resources, 1983-. Member, 1985-1997, Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois Hospital Services. Member, Board of Directors, Illinois Equal Justice Foundation, 2006.

Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Recipient: Natural Resources Law Award, 1991; Journal of Legal Medicine Award, 1991. Research Editor, Southern Illinois University Law Review, 1990-1991. Author: "Handout, Family Law Section Education Series," Court Awards and Standards, December 8 and 15, 1990, Panelist Wenona Y. Whitfield, SIU School of Law; "A Further Analysis of Bush v. Turner," Family Law Newsletter, Vol. 33, No. 5, p. 6, June, 1990, Illinois State Bar Association; "DNA Tests in Criminal Prosecutions - Too Much Evidence or Not Enough?" 11 J. Legal Med. 481, 1990; "Estate Planning: Schools Out: A Practice Primer for New Attorneys, IICLE, 1999 Edition; "Estate Planning", Starting Points: The Fundamentals of Practice in Illinois, IICLE, 2001 Edition; "Premarital Agreements," Illinois Family Law, IICLE, 2008 Edition; Panelist "Ethical Dilemmas in Estate Planning", IICLE, October, 2008. Adjunct Professor, Trust and Estates, SIU School of Law, Summer, 2006-2008. Instructor, Southern Illinois University, School of Accountancy, Master of Accountancy Program, State and Local Taxation, Fall 2005. Member, Board of Directors, 1998-2006 and Chair, 2004-2005, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education; Jackson County Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association, American Bar Association.