• District Court, N.D. Illinois

  Judge

  1994 – 2010 · 16 yrsAppointed by William Jefferson Clinton

Career

• U.S. Bankruptcy Judge

  Northern District of Illinois

  1986 – 1994 · 8 yrs

• Visiting professor of law

  College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe Law School

  1985 – present · 41 yrs

• Associate professor/associate dean

  DePaul University College of Law

  1982 – 0086

• U.S. trustee

  Northern District of Illinois

  1979 – 1982 · 3 yrs

• Associate professor/associate dean

  DePaul University College of Law

  1974 – 0079

• Private practice

  1972 – 1974 · 2 yrs

• Legal intern

  NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, New York City

  1970 – 1971 · 1 yr

• U.S. Marine Corps sergeant

  1965 – present · 61 yrs

• U.S. Marine Corps Reserve sergeant

  1965 – 1971 · 6 yrs

Education