Practice Areas

• Trial and Litigation

• Insurance Defense

• Products Liability

• Environmental/Toxic Torts

• Insurance Coverage

• Construction Claims

• Employment Discrimination

• Trucking Liability

• Transportation

• Nursing Home Defense

Education

• Indiana University (A.B. 1974 with honors in Sociology)

• St. Louis University School of Law (J.D. 1977)

Bar Admissions

• Missouri, 1977

• Illinois, 1978

• Also admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals in the 7th and 8th Circuits, U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri and the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Northern Districts of Illinois

Memberships

• Mediator, affiliated with USA&M

• Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC)

• Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers

• Trucking Industry Defense Association

• Defense Research Institute

• Missouri Trucking Association

• Illinois Trucking Association

• American Trucking Association

• International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)

• Transportation Lawyers' Association

• St. Clair County Bar Association

• East St. Louis Bar Association

• Illinois Bar Association

• Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Bar Association

• Southern Illinois Federal Bar Association

• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis

• Lawyer's Association of St. Louis

• Missouri Bar

• Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA)

• National Industrial Transportation League

Born

• Vincennes, Indiana; October 14, 1952