Homicide Task Force for last 16+ years. 29+ years total as Assistant Public Defender regarding Death Penalty, Murders, Felonies, Juveniles charge as Adult, Multiple Defendants, Juvenile Delinquency, Appeals, Post-Conviction proceedings, Actual Innocence & Post-Trial Forensic Testing, Abuse-Neglect, Termination of Parental Rights, Paternity, Mental Health, Bond Proceedings, Preliminary Hearings, Contempt, Violation of Probation & Parole & Extradition. I have tried 56 jury trials (30 murders) & 179+ bench trials (13 murders); 2 capital cases as lead, 2 as co-counsel & assisted in 11 others. Experience regarding the following: Arson; Behavior Specialists; Blood Stain Pattern Analysis; Cellphone Location & Historical Cellular Tower Data; Computer Voice Recognition; Crime Scene Reconstruction; Human Perception & Memory (Eyewitness Identification); Forensic DNA/Bodily Fluids; Firearms/Ballistics; Forensic Pathology; Forensic Neuropsychology, Psychology & Psychiatry, as well as Treating Physicians; Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GCMS); Latent/Fingerprints; Photogrammetry; SEM-PGSR/Gunshot Residue; Statistics; & Capital Case & Juvenile Mandatory Life Re-Sentencing Mitigation. 3+ years legislative experience as previous member of Office’s CLEAR commission committee and member of current legislation review. I have served on both the Communications Committee & Implementation Committee & the predecessor project to same, which developed the banner, mission statement, & numerous action plans for our Office. Represented our office at a law student job-fair, attended 107+ seminars with respect to criminal defense & advocacy; & taught & coached at 27 seminars, attended NLADA’s course on Nuts & Bolts of Leadership & Management & IPDA & OSAD, Trial Skills, Leadership Training Seminar, & teaching at COPA, IPDA, IICLE, IIT-Kent/ABA, & University of Chicago Law/Intensive Trial Practice Workshop & the Cook County Public Defender.

General practice consisted of representing clients concerning the following: bar owner before the Liquor Commission and in Criminal Court at Belmont and Western with respect to serving underage customers; café owner in proposed sale of café and subsequent purchase of corporation d.b.a. bar/restaurant (corporate law, proxy agreements, commercial taxation, commercial paper and transactions, and securitization); lawsuit on behalf of general contractor in breach of contract suit with recovery of $13K; defense and settlement of “Chicago Mass Choir” tradename/trademark infringement claim by a Chicago College against my client; co-counsel in defense of fireman in Federal Court in 1983 action; successful defense of client sued in breach of contract brought by car dealership; structured small business, partnership of a Chicago messenger service; representation of a wife in no-fault divorce; and obtaining restraining order against a stalker. Additional experience contract work drafting criminal defense motions and briefs in State Criminal Court as well as in Federal District Court, Northern District Court of Illinois and Appellate briefs for 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Criminal cases.

Law Clinic Criminal Defense in Felony cases: Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, New Orleans, Louisiana; and advocacy for Project for Older Prisoners (POPS) throughout Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections.

Criminal Defense in Felony cases: 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Miami-Dade.

Drafted Motions for Federal District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana and Appellate briefs for 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in Criminal cases.

Planning and assisting registration of all students and graduation ceremonies. In particular, special duties of organizing logistics of special and honorary participants in graduation ceremony: garb, position, entrance, and timing.

Orano (formerly and affiliated Areva NP, COGEMA, and Pathfinder): Uranium and Precious Metals: Cutting, photographing, and cataloging core samples; and Surveying and staking mining claims.