BAR ADMISSIONS

Illinois, 1991

EDUCATION

Southern Illinois University School of Law, Carbondale, Illinois

J.D. magna cum laude - 1991

Law Review: Southern Illinois University Law Review, Research Editor, 1990 - 1991

Southern Illinois University

B.S. - 1988

Southern Illinois University

M.A. - 2003

Major: Accounting

PUBLISHED WORKS

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

CLASSES/SEMINARS

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

HONORS AND AWARDS

Recipient: Natural Resources Law Award, 1991

Journal of Legal Medicine Award, 1991

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Member, Board of Directors, 1998 - 2006

Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Chair, 2004 - 2005

Jackson County Bar Association

Illinois State Bar Association

American Bar Association