Waste Management, Inc., Oak Brook, Illinois
Litigation Counsel
• Provided compliance counseling and litigation management for WMX Technologies, Inc., and its subsidiaries regarding commercial, toxic tort and antitrust issues. Handled more than thirty matters involving multiparty and multijurisdiction litigation.
• Coordinated and directed the work of outside counsel, prepared and administered budgets for multimillion dollar litigation cases and evaluated work product of outside counsel, administrative and investigatory staffs.
Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, Chicago, IL
Litigation Department
• Substantial experience in all phases of civil litigation representing fortune 500 companies, businesses of all sizes and individuals. Successfully litigated numerous cases involving extensive discovery and motions. Counseled clients and negotiated settlements.
McHenry County State's Attorney's Office, Woodstock, Illinois
Director - Narcotics Division
• Developed, coordinated and administered intergovernmental drug programs. Responsible for all phases of narcotics prosecution, training of law enforcement personnel, and media relations.
• Lecturer - Illinois State Police - search and seizure issues and controlled substances.
Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Chicago, Illinois
Assistant State's Attorney
• Prosecutor in the preliminary hearing courts of the Felony Narcotics Division. Conducted probable cause and bond hearings and appeared before the Grand Jury.
• Prosecuted more than one thousand preliminary hearings in felony cases involving drug offenses, armed robbery, residential burglary, armed violence, deceptive practices and theft cases.
• Prosecuted hundreds of misdemeanor cases involving theft, drug possession, battery, assaults, drunken driving and hit and run accident cases. Bench and jury trial experience.
• Appellate Experience - Comprehensive experience in brief writing and oral argument. Advocate for both appellant and appellee positions. Drafted appellate briefs and argued motions before the Illinois Appellate Court.