Admissions
1973, California (Inactive)
1973, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
1975, Illinois
1975, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
1978, U.S. Supreme Court
1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, including Trial Bar
1989, U.S. Tax Court
1992, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona and U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois
1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
2001, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois
2020, Wisconsin
Bar Fellowship
American College of Trial Lawyers. Teaching Fellow, Clinical Legal Education Program, Stanford Law School, 1973-1974. Lecturer, Criminal Trial Practice (1980-1982) and Adjunct Professor (1983-1984), Northwestern University Law School. Member and Secretary-Treasurer, Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions In Criminal Cases, 1976-1984. Member and Chairman, Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Post-Conviction Review of Death Sentences, 1987-1991. Member, National Board of Directors, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 1984-1988; 1991-1995. Member, Board of Directors, Committee for Honest Elections, 1984-1988. Member, Board of Directors, John Howard Association, 1989-2000. President, 2003-2005 and Member, 1995-2007, Board of Directors, Chicago Bar Foundation; President, 2002-2004 and Member, 1999—, Board of Directors, Constitutional Rights Foundation of Illinois; Member, Board of Directors, Leadership Council on Metropolitan Open Committees, 1996-1997. Member, Board of Advisors, Georgetown University Corporate Counsel Institute, 1999-2004.
Member: Chicago, Federal and American Bar Associations; Chicago Council of Lawyers.