Birth Place/Date: Moline, Illinois, November 16, 1953

Legal History: Admitted to bar, 1978; Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1986, Indiana; 1988, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana.

Education: Augustana College (B.A., cum laude, 1975); Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Real Estate Transactions.

Experience: Judge Pro Tem, Indiana.

Qualifications: Member: Chicago and Illinois State and Indiana State Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute.

Practice Areas: Products Liability; Insurance Coverage; Professional Liability; Personal Injury; Mold Litigation; Construction Litigation; General Tort Litigation.