Education

• Duke University School of Law, J.D., 1980
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.S., Business Administration, High Honors, 1977

Bar Admissions

• Illinois

Court Admissions

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• Federal Trial Bar, Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
• U.S. Tax Court

• American Bar Association, Committee on Business and Corporate Litigation
• Life Trustee, Better Government Association, 2015–present; Director, 1999–2014
• Chicago Bar Association
• Chicago Council on Global Affairs
• Defense Research Institute, Commercial Litigation and Product Liability Committees
• Village President, Golf, Ill., May 1, 2017–present; Village Trustee, 1999-2007, 2013–2017
• Contributing Author, Illinois Institute For Continuing Legal Education, Illinois Trial Evidence
• Illinois State Bar Association
• Board Member, The Night Ministry, 2017; Board Chair, 2014-2016
• Product Liability Advisory Counsel
• Tractor-Trailer Manufacturers Association, Product Liability Committee
• Union League Club of Chicago, Public Affairs Committee

• Obtained defense summary judgment for tractor-trailer manufacturer in vehicle accident product liability claim.
• Trial counsel in federal court suit obtaining permanent injunction in ADA and zoning case against municipality.
• Trial counsel in Minneapolis jury trial in dispute between partners in real estate investment venture.
• Obtained multimillion-dollar settlement for a family trust in breach of fiduciary duty suit against institutional trustee.
• Obtained defense summary judgment in favor of tractor-trailer manufacturer in product liability and wrongful death claim arising from a rear-end highway collision.
• Trial counsel in federal court action defending newspaper in multimillion-dollar defamation action.
• Trial counsel in Cook County Circuit Court action for contractual indemnity for losses arising from construction site accident.
• Trial counsel obtaining defense judgment in federal court business fraud lawsuit arising from $14-million sale of diesel utility-grade generators.
• Trial counsel in a Cook County Circuit Court jury case representing a steel manufacturer, involving alleged defects in steel beams sold for use in a nuclear power plant.
• Lead counsel in numerous arbitrations, including defending an Illinois coal producer in several arbitrations brought by a public utility under a long-term supply agreement.
• Trial counsel in U.S. Bankruptcy Court dispute over insurance coverage for historical asbestos exposure.

• Eight Gould & Ratner Lawyers Named Illinois Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2022, January 28, 2022
• Eight Gould & Ratner Lawyers Earn Illinois Super Lawyers, Rising Stars Designation for 2021, February 1, 2021

• Not for Profit Governance: Board of Directors and CEO Relationships, January 29, 2019

• Buonauro v. City of Berwyn, 2011 WL 3754820 (2011)
• Rennert v. Great Dane Limited Partnership, 543 F.3d 914 (7th Cir., 2008)
• International Galleries, Inc. v. La Raza Chicago, Inc., 2007 WL 3334204 (N.D. Ill.);
• Indeck Power Equipment Co. v. Ring Power Corp., 2006 WL 2661037 (N.D. III.);
• Fuller Family Holdings LLC v. Northern Trust Company, 309 Ill. Dec. 111, 863 NE 2d 743 (1st Dist. 2007)