Admitted: 1955, Illinois
Law School: John Marshall Law School - Chicago, IL, J.D.
Member: Illinois State (Member of Council, 1968-1970; Secretary and Vice Chairman of Council, 1970-1971; Chairman, 1972-1973, Family Law Section; Member, Family Study Commission on Marriage, Divorce and Parental Responsibility, 1971; Elected as a Delegate to the Assembly, 1973-1978; Member, 1973and Chairman, 1976-1978, Credentials Committee of Assembly; Editor, Family Law Section Newsletter, 1973-1974; Delegate to Long Range Planning Conference, 1978; Conferee to 1982 Allerton House Conference on "The Cost of Civil Litigation") and American (Vice Chairman, Family Law Section Committee for Liaison with the Tax Section, 1972-1973) Bar Associations.
Biography: Author: Principal Drafter of Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, 1977. Co-Author with Albert E. Jenner, Jr. of Historical and Practice Notes to Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act and to Husband and Wife Act in Smith-Hurd Illinois Annotated Statutes, 1980 and Supplements through 1988. Author: "Trying A Contested Divorce Case," 1967 (Revised, 1972, 1973 and 1975), "Separate Maintenance," 1969 (Revised, 1973 and 1976), "Property Rights and Maintenance," 1978 and 1981, "Property Considerations Upon Dissolution of Marriage," 1982-1995, Illinois Matrimonial Law Handbook; "Division of Assets," Drafting Marital Separation Agreements Handbook, 1981 and 1982, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education; "Pitfalls of Using National Service Life Insurance in Divorce Settlements," American Bar Association Law Notes, January 1971; "An Introduction to the New Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act," Illinois Bar Journal, November 1977. Conducted Matrimonial Law Skills Course for Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980 and 1984. Conducted Illinois Divorce Practice Before Trial for Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1993. Recipient, Distinguished Service Award (to the profession), John Marshall Law School, 2009. Fellow: American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; Illinois State Bar Association.
Born: Chicago, Illinois