Admitted to the Illinois Bar, 1999. Preparatory education, Wittenberg University (B.A. Summa Cum Laude 1996). Phi Beta Kappa honors. Legal education, Northwestern University School of Law (J.D. 1999). Also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Bar Association Memberships: Illinois State (Member: Civil Practice and Procedure Section). Associated with Goldstine, Skrodzki, Russian, Nemec and Hoff, Ltd. since 2004.