Education: Ball State University, Bachelor of Science 1994; Valparaiso University School of Law, Juris Doctorate 1997. Member of the Valparaiso University School of Law Moot Court Society, 1996 - 1997. Member of Who's Who in American Law Students, 1996.
Associations: Lake County Bar, American Bar, Association of Trial Lawyers of American, Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, Illinois State Bar Association, and Chicago Bar Association.
Courts admitted into: All Courts in the State of Indiana and Illinois, United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, and all Courts of Appeal in the State of Illinois.