I am Admitted to the Practice of Law Before the Following Courts: November 1, 1982, Supreme Court of Illinois, #6183126, Cook County, Illinois attorney #52835, DuPage County, Illinois attorney #10575 December 6, 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit U.S. District Courts for the: December 16, 1982; General bar, Northern District of Illinois , February 1, 1990, Trial bar January 6, 1986, Eastern District of Wisconsin February 14, 1986, Northern District of Indiana May 18, 1994, Southern District of Indiana and May 10, 1995, Central District of Illinois Experience: Since November 1, 1982 I have been a solo general practitioner attorney and counselor at law in Chicago, Illinois. From July 1, 19908 until September 30, 1998, I also served concurrently as a Hearings Referee, Board of Review, or Appeals Division, Administrative Hearings Subdivision, Tax Unit, or Appeals Division, Benefits Appeals Subdivision, Metro South Unit at the Illinois Department of Employment Security in Chicago, Illinois. Legal Education: I was awarded a Juris Doctor degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law on June 18, 1978. Pre-Law Educational Background: I was awarded a Bachelor of Arts from Indiana University (Double Major in Religious Studies and History) (Bloomington, Indiana), May 15, 1974. Union Activities: AFSCME I was an Elected Delegate, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, Local #1006, Bargaining Unit RC-10, Illinois State Convention, Springfield, Illinois, November 1997. Also, I was an Elected Negotiator for the Illinois Statewide Master Contract, 1996-1997. I was a Lead Steward, singlehandedly representing most grievants and disciplinees in the Chicago central office, as well as some departmental local offices and another department’s Chicago office, both in my own bargaining unit of attorneys and in other bargaining units, from March 1995 until September 30, 1998. I was an Elected Negotiator for the first Illinois Statewide Contract for Hearings Referees, Hearings Referee Intermittents, and Technical Advisors I-III (all attorney positions) from July 2, 1990-September 30, 1998. Member, July 2, 1990-September 30, 1998. Acted as a voluntary organizer, July 2, 1990 through July 1, 1991. AFGE I was a Steward for Chicago, Illinois and Battle Creek, Michigan, Region V offices of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the American Federation of Government Employees, Local #1626, single-handedly representing grievants in all but one case during that time in the Chicago regional office from March 1981 through July 17, 1987. In 1985 I was the Elected Chief Steward. I was Elected Chief Union Contract Spokesperson FEMA, Region V contract, 1983-1985. I was a voluntary Organizer in March 1981. 
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