• District Court, N.D. Illinois

  Judge

  1987 – 2003 · 16 yrsAppointed by Ronald Reagan

Career

• Private practice

  1982 – 1987 · 5 yrs

• Administrative law judge

  U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

  1980 – 1982 · 2 yrs

• Trial counsel

  The Chessie System

  1973 – present · 53 yrs

• Administrative law judge

  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Social Security Administration

  1973 – 1980 · 7 yrs

• Assistant U.S. attorney

  Northern District of Illinois

  1971 – 1973 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  1970 – 1971 · 1 yr

• Attorney

  Chicago & North Western Transportation Company

  1963 – 1970 · 7 yrs

• Private practice

  1960 – 1963 · 3 yrs

Education