Areas of practice include Real Estate, civil litigation, domestic relations, criminal defense, employment discrimination, municipal & election law.Litigation skills include drafting pleadings, motions and other civil and criminal petitions; preparation for and participation in conduct of trial; conducting hearings, preparing discovery plans.Considerable trial jury and bench trial experience. Counsel to clients on election law, defamation and first amendment issues.

Presided over municipal code enforcement proceedings.

Preside over municipal code enforcement proceedings conducted under applicable laws and regulations of the Illinois Administrative Law Act. Counsel during board meetings in absence of village attorney. Drafted police and fire manuals, ordinances and regulations. Counsel on union, election and municipal law matters.

Litigated employment discrimination and sexual harassment cases under Title VII, ADA, and ADEA. Approved and prepared cases for prosecution under Title VII, ADA, ADEA.Argued motions and litigated cases at trial in U.S. District Courts in the Western and Eastern Divisions of Illinois.Prepared and answered discovery in complex, class action discrimination and sexual harassment cases.Participated in the litigation and settlement negotiations for over $25 Million dollars in compensation… Show more Litigated employment discrimination and sexual harassment cases under Title VII, ADA, and ADEA. Approved and prepared cases for prosecution under Title VII, ADA, ADEA.Argued motions and litigated cases at trial in U.S. District Courts in the Western and Eastern Divisions of Illinois.Prepared and answered discovery in complex, class action discrimination and sexual harassment cases.Participated in the litigation and settlement negotiations for over $25 Million dollars in compensation for victims of discrimination and sexual harassment. Trained corporate employers on preventing lawsuits under Title VII and the ADA. Reviewed EEO-1 reports for compliance. Trained in mediation and arbitration procedures. Show less

Managed 16 Producers and Technical Producers.Created contest rules for stations website which became model for all ABC Stations. Responsible for reviewing for standards and compliance all commercial and programming content. Effectively communicated with talent, program guests and other station executives. Negotiated and reviewed several of the stations performance and service contracts. Worked closely with sales and marketing teams to optimize advertisers investments.Frequented speaking… Show more Managed 16 Producers and Technical Producers.Created contest rules for stations website which became model for all ABC Stations. Responsible for reviewing for standards and compliance all commercial and programming content. Effectively communicated with talent, program guests and other station executives. Negotiated and reviewed several of the stations performance and service contracts. Worked closely with sales and marketing teams to optimize advertisers investments.Frequented speaking engagements on behalf of station.Coordinated stations award-winning effort at the 1996 Democratic National Convention.Produced several talkshows including Ed Vrdolyak & Ty Wansley, Don Wade & Roma, Roe Conn & Garry Meier. Show less

Instructed students in all facets of radio production. Course involved writing as well as actual hands-on radio production.

Responsibilities included selecting and rotating stations music.Met with record promoters on weekly basisWrote and produced commercials and promotional announcements