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Areas
of Practice:
Trial attorney with extensive
experience in:
Complex and Catastrophic Medical
Malpractice
Pharmaceutical Drug and Devices
Products Litigation Throughout the
United States
Admitted:
Illinois
U.S. District Court, Northern District
of Illinois
U.S. District Court, Central District
of Illinois
U.S. District Court, District of
Arizona
U.S. District Court, District of
Nebraska
Admitted pro hac vice in Arkansas,
California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Iowa,
Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
Washington, Wisconsin.
Education:
Indiana University School of Law,
Bloomington, Indiana
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Staff Member, Indiana Law Journal
Indiana University, Bloomington,
Indiana
B.S., Bachelor of Science
Major: Marketing/Advertising
Publications
and Presentations:
Instructor, John Marshall Law School,
“Counseling and Negotiating: The Defense
Perspective,” Chicago, Illinois, 1993, 1994,
1995, 1996, 1997.
“Managed Care and Malpractice: Issues to
Consider,” American Association of Health
Plans, Dallas, Texas, November 21, 1996.
“Health Care in the New Millennium,”
The Memphis Case Managers Association, Memphis,
Tennessee, May 1, 1997.
“Defending the Gatekeepers and Providers,”
presented to Employers Reinsurance Corporation,
Overland Park, Kansas, September 11, 1997.
“How Does the Legal Community Determine
Which Pressure Ulcers are Avoidable vs. Unavoidable?”
The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Board and
the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society,
Chicago, Illinois, May 8, 2000.
“Legal Importance of Documentation,”
Cynthia Chow & Associates, 13th Annual Educational
Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, September 8, 2000.
“Cheaper Drugs? Reimportation and its Risks,”
with Daniel K. Cray, For The Defense,
June, 2001. - Click to read »
Honors:
Martindale-Hubbell "AV"
rating
The defense verdict in Ailey v. Northwestern Memorial
Hospital, a brain-damaged baby case tried in 1993,
was reported by The National Law Journal as one
of the top defense verdicts in the country in
1993.
Selected by Law & Politics (Chicago Magazine and Illinois Super Lawyers Magazine) as an Illinois Super Lawyer, 2006-2013.
Affiliations:
American Bar
Association
American Society of Healthcare Risk
Management
Illinois State Bar Association
Chicago Bar Association
Illinois Association of Healthcare
Attorneys
Fraternities/Sororities:
Beta Gamma Sigma
Born:
July 24, 1958,
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
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