BAR ADMISSIONS:
State of Illinois, 1987
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1987
United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, 1991
United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, 1993
United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, 1995
Federal Trial Bar, 1996
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2002
United States Supreme Court 2009 (admitted in Open Court by Chief Justice John G. Roberts)

EDUCATION:
Undergraduate: University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, Bachelor of Science, 1984;
Honors: Golden Key National Society
Member: Kappa Kappa Gamma

LEGAL EDUCATION:
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago Kent College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, Juris Doctor, 1987.

OFFICES:

• Northwest Suburban Bar Association, Board of Governors 2014-2019
• Northwest Suburban Bar Association, Employment Law Committee, Chair-2000-2001 and Co-Chair-2013-2014
• Northwest Suburban Bar Association, Women’s Law Committee, Co-Chair-2016-2019
• Employment Law Subcommittee Chair, Northwest Suburban Bar Association, 2008 – 2013
• President, Barrington Area Professional Women, 2001-2003
• American Bar Association Advisory Panel, 2008

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS & SEMINARS:
• January 2002, Discrimination Law Overview, Lorman Education
• July 2002, Avoiding Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation, George Washington University Council’s Advanced Employment Law Certificate Forum
• March 2004, Discrimination Law Overview, Northwest Suburban Bar Association
• August 2004, Barrington Area Professional Women, Avoiding Claims of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
• March 2006, Barrington Chamber of Commerce, Considerations for Preparing Severance Agreements and Avoiding Discrimination and Harassment Claims and Anti-Discrimination Policies
• February 2007, The Legal Importance of Employer Anti-Harassment Polices and Training, Suto, Inc.
• August 2007, Facilitator for Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism
• February 2008, Northwest Suburban Bar Association, Business Law Committee, Employment Law Starting Points, Considerations for Preparing Severance Agreements and Avoiding Discrimination and Harassment Claims
• May, 2008, Moderator and Employment Law Subcommittee Chair, Northwest Suburban Bar Association, Lawyers are Employers Too – Employment-Issues in the Firm
• November 2008, Northwest Suburban Bar Association, Employment Law Committee, Evaluation of Damages-The Illinois Human Rights Act
• February 2010, District 214 Entrepreneurship Day, Establishing and Managing a Law Firm
• May 18, 2010, Northwest Suburban Bar Association, Employment Law Subcommittee Chair, Effective Use of Experts
• September 23, 2010, District 214 Entrepreneurship Day, Starting and Operating a Business
• October 1, 2010, District 214 Entrepreneurship Day, Starting and Operating a Business
• October 19, 2010, Northwest Suburban Bar Association, Employment Law Committee, Amendments to the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act
• February 21, 2011, Northwest Suburban Bar Association, Business Law Committee, Amendments to the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act
• May 25, 2011, Northwest Suburban Bar Association, Employment Law Subcommittee Chair, Investigations
• November 15, 2011, Northwest Suburban Bar Association, Employment Law Committee, Analysis of Restrictive Agreements Under Recent Case Law
• April 18, 2012, Northwest Suburban Bar Association, Employment Law Subcommittee Chair, Ethics and Professional Responsibility
• October 15, 2012, Northwest Suburban Bar Association, Business Law Committee, Social Media Issues in the Workplace
• November 20, 2012, Northwest Suburban Bar Association, Employment Law Committee, Social Media Issues in the Workplace
• May 1, 2013, Northwest Suburban Bar Association, Employment Law Subcommittee Chair, Ethics Summit II
• June 17, 2013, Northwest Suburban Bar Association, Employment Law Committee. Misconduct-The Case of the $2 million “Mooning”
• October 15, 2013, Northwest Suburban Bar Association, Employment Law Committee. Implications and Issues surrounding Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation Agreements as a result of Fifield v Premier Dealer Services, Inc., 2013 IL App (1st) 120327 (2013).
• March 14, 2014, Northwest Suburban Bar Association, Business Law and IP Committee. Federal and State Anti-Discrimination Statutes
• October 21, 2014, Northwest Suburban Bar Association, Employment Law Committee, Co-Chair-Current Issues in Employment Law
• November 6, 2014, Northwest Suburban Bar Association, MCLE/Dinner Meeting Co-Chair, Ethics Update and Diversity in the Legal Profession and Impact of Statutory Amendments in the Advancement of Women
• March 4, 2015, Northwest Suburban Bar Association, MCLE/Dinner Meeting Co-Chair/Moderator, Your Best Thinking in the Worst Situations: Improving Decision-making Under Stress Law Practice Management – Using Technology to Communicate with Clients

• October 14, 2015, Northwest Suburban Bar Association, MCLE/Dinner Meeting Co-Chair/Moderator, Gain The Diversity Advantage (For Your Business, Bar, and Bottom-line) and Law Practice Management-Reputation Management & Online Review

•March 31, 2016-Northwest Suburban Bar Association, MCLE/Dinner Meeting Co-Chair, Ethical issues we should be aware of in buying, selling, and combining law practices. Business issues for law office succession including buying, selling and combining practices

•October 18, 2016-Northwest Suburban Bar Association, Presentation-EEOC Enforcement Guidance on Retaliation and Related Issues

•January 19, 2017-Northwest Suburban Bar Association, Presentation-Women’s Issues In Employment Law-Anti-Discrimination Statutes

•November 14, 2017-Northwest Suburban Bar Association, Presentation-Business Law Committee- Employee Termination and Separation Agreements