- Biography
Former public defender and former Assistant Attorney General. I am a solo practitioner with focus on cases in Williamson, Jackson, Franklin and Jefferson counties. I am major (retired) from the Army Reserve where I served 6 years as a Senior Military Defense Counsel in the JAG Corp. I am married and have one son.
- Practice Areas
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- DUI & DWI
- Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Illinois
- Since 1996
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- Professional Experience
- Trial Defense Services
- United State’s Army Reserve, J.A.G.
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2005 –
2012
- Assistant Attorney General
- Illinois Attorney General’s Office
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1999 –
2012
- Assistant Attorney General in the Trial Assistance and Sexually Violent Persons Bureau. Began with the AG’s office prosecuting child sex crimes and then transferred to Trial Assistance and SVP Bureaus. Prosecuted wide variety of criminal offenses ranging from 1st Degree Murder to Drug Possession to Aggravated DUI. SVP Bureau work involved seeking civil commitment of those sex offenders who were about to be released from prison.
- Assistant Public Defender
- Jackson County Public Defenders Office
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1997 –
1999
- Traffic Assistant assigned to Misdemeanor Traffic (DWLS/DWLR) cases and DUI cases.
- Education
- Southern Illinois University – Carbondale
- J.D. | Law
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1993
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1996 -
- University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign
- B.A. | Speech Communication
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1990
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1992 -
- Professional Associations
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- Williamson County Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- Websites & Blogs
- Website
- Website
- Contact & Address
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