Admitted: 1976, Illinois; 1977, Missouri; 1978, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School: Southern Illinois University, J.D.
Member: The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Judicature Society.
Biography: Phi Alpha Delta. Recipient, Alumnus of the year, Southern Illinois University School of Law Alumni Association, 1991. Member, Board of Directors, 1984, Vice President, 1986-1987 and President, 1987-1988, Southern Illinois University School of Law Alumni Association.
Born: Christopher, Illinois, September 10, 1951