Appointed for a fourteen year term of office pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 152 on January 27, 2003.

University of Illinois, B.S., cum laude, 1976; Loyola University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1979

Member, Private Panel of Bankruptcy Trustees for Northern District of Illinois (1988-2003); Partner in private practice with: Hollis and Johnson, Hinshaw and Culbertson and Law Offices of Pamela Hollis.

American Bankruptcy Institute; National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges; Florida Bar Association; Union League Club of Chicago; Federal Bar Association.