• District Court, S.D. Illinois

  Judge

  1992 – 2014 · 22 yrsAppointed by George H.W. Bush

Career

• Judge

  Illinois Circuit Court, First Judicial Circuit

  1988 – 1992 · 4 yrs

• vice-chairman

  1983 – 1985 · 2 yrs

• chairman

  1981 – 1983 · 2 yrs

• Member

  Illinois State Board of Elections

  1978 – 1988 · 10 yrs

• Assistant city attorney

  1975 – 1978 · 3 yrs

• Private practice

  1974 – 1988 · 14 yrs

• Special assistant attorney general

  Public Aid Enforcement Division, State of Illinois

  1974 – 1975 · 1 yr