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• Born, Hinsdale, Illinois.
• B.A., University of Arkansas, 1979.
• M.A.,with Honors, University of Arkansas, 1980.
• J.D., with Honors, University of Arkansas, 1988.
• Admitted to the Bar of Illinois, 1988;
• The United States District Court for the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois, 1988,1997;
• The Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin and the United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1995;
• And the Northern District of Indiana, 2001.

Practice Areas:

Professional Memberships and Activities:

• American Bar Association
• Chicago Bar Association: Nominating Committee, 1996
• Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel: Director, 2007- present; Diversity in Participation Committee Co-Chair, 2001-2006
• Defense Research Institute
• National Association of Women Lawyers: Treasurer, 2005-2008
• National Association of Women Lawyers Foundation: Founding Member and Treasurer, 2008
• Women's Bar Association of Illinois, President 1995-1996
• WILPOWER, political action committee of the Women's Bar Association of Illinois, Board of Directors, 1999-2002
• Appointed Member, Docket Management Committee, Marion Superior Two, Asbestos Litigation, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2001- present.
• Appointed Member, U.S. District Court Magistrate Merit Selection Panel, 1996- 1997

Publications:

• Co-author, Warning, Warning: Warnings Required Under Illinois Products Liability Law, IDC Quarterly, 16:4, December, 2006.
• Co-author, Defending Product Liability Cases in Illinois After the Best Decision, IDC Quarterly, 8:4, December, 1998.
• Co-author, An Island of Repose Amid the Swirling Sea of Asbestos Litigation, IDC Quarterly, Fourth Quarter, 2001.
• Columnist on Diversity, IDC Quarterly, 2006, 2007, 2008.

Community Activities:

• Cooperative Image Group, an organization creating public arts programs for and with youth in Chicago communities in need
• Lincoln Park Community Shelter
• New Eastside Association of Residents

Other:

• Selected by her peers as Illinois Super Lawyer
• National Registry of Who's Who
• Extern, U.S. Attorney, Organized Crime Strike Force
• Law Review - University of Arkansas
• American Jurisprudence Awards at DePaul University School of Law
• Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society
• Volunteer Judge for Moot Court Competitions/Trial and Appellate Advocacy, American Bar Association, Northwestern and Loyola University Schools of Law, and John Marshall Law School