Elected as Circuit Judge: Second Subcircuit, November 2012
Undergraduate: University of Illinois, 1988
Law School: Loyola University School of Law, 1991
Career Highlights: Lake County State's Attorney's Office 1991-2012; Chief of Felony Trial Division, Chief of Cyber Crime Division, Founding member of the Computer Crime Task Force. Recipient of the Illinois Homicide Association Award, Fred L. Foreman Criminal Justice Award, U.S. Postal Inspectors Award of Excellence, Loyola University Leadership and Service Award, and Illinois Attorney General Child Exploitation Task Force Award. Prior board member of the College of Lake County Computer Forensics Advisory Board and Illinois Computer Crime Task Force. Lake County Sexual Assault Counsel.