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• Born, Chicago, Illinois.
• Undergraduate, University of Illinois, 1975
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• J.D., Loyola University , 1978.
• Admitted to the Illinois Bar, 1978; 7th Circuit, 1979; 3rd Circuit, 1989;
Northern District of Illinois, 1981; Trial Bar, 1984; Central District of Illinois, 1981, and Eastern District of Michigan, 1988.

Practice Areas:

Product Liability General Liability Insurance Coverage

Professional Memberships and Activities:

Defense Research Institute

llinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel

Publications and Presentations:

• Insurer v. Insurer: Unraveling Claims Among Insurers, presentation given at the seminar entitled The Parameters of the Tripartite Relationship, Litigation Management and Beyond; co-sponsored by the Insurance School of Chicago and the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, November 13, 2003.
• Kotecki Waiver Coverage, West Bend Mutual Insurance Company v. Mulligan Masonry Co., Inc., IDC Quarterly, 2003, Vol. 13, No. 3.
• Prejudice and the Late Notice Defense, Liability Risk and Insurance, Issue 6, 21-24 (1991).
• Personal Jurisdiction over Japanese Companies, Journal of the Japanese Institute of International Business Law, 18:1, 31-34 (1990).
• Pre-Trial Discovery in a Product Liability Case, Journal of the Japanese Institute of International Business Law, Part One - 18:2, 159-162 (1990). Part Two - 18:3, 289-294 (1990).

Reported Decisions :

• Mele v. Howmedica, Inc., 348 Ill. App. 3d 1, 808 N. E. 2d 1026 (1st Dist. 2004).
• Martin v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp., 169 Ill. 234 (1996), reversing 268 Ill. App 3d 980 (1st Dist. 1994).
• Dixon v. Chicago and Northwestern Transportation Co., et al., 151 Ill. 2d 1081 (1992) affirming 209 Ill. App. 3d 114 (1st Dist. 1991).
• Doe v. Tag, Inc. n/k/a Childserve, 52 F. 3d 1448 (7th, Cir. 1995).
• Mayer v. Angelica, 79 F.2d 1315 (7th Cir. 1986).
• Crain v. Stevenson, 601 F.2d 596 (7th Cir. 1979).
• Compagnie Des Bauxites De Guinee v. Argonaut Midwest, et al., 880 F.2d 685 (3rd Cir. 1989).
• Moran v. Gust K. Newberg/Dugan and Meyers, a Joint Venture, 268 Ill App. 3d 999 (1st Dist. 1994).
• Froud v. Cellotex Corp., et al., 107 Ill. App. 3d 654 (1st Dist. 1982).
• American Drug Stores, et al. v. AT & T Technologies, et al., 222 Ill. App. 3d 153 (2nd Dist. 1991).
• Sheetz v. Morgan, 98 Ill. App. 3d 794 (2nd Dist. 1981).
• Kelley v. American Motors Corp., 130 Ill. App. 3d 662 (5th Dist. 1985).
• Ragone v. Sentry Ins. Co. et al., 121 Ohio App. 3d 362 (1997).

Other:

• Selected by his peers as Illinois Super Lawyer, 2006