Published Works and Presentations
Preparation and Presentation of “Admissibility of Children’s
Statements”, Lake County Bar Association Family Law Seminar,
2000
Preparation of “How to Get a Petitioner His License Back after it
Has Been Revoked for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol” A
Publication of the Lake County Bar
Association, The Docket, September, 2001, Volume VIII, No. 9
Preparation and Presentation of “Discussion of Supreme Court
Rule 137 for the Family Law Practitioner” Family Law Seminar,
Washington D.C. April, 2008
Presentation of "Start Making Sense of Divorce" Seminar, JCYS
Buffalo Grove, Illinois, January, 2009
Preparation of "Contribution to College for the Lay Person," Lake
County Bar Association, College of Lake County, People’s Law
School, February, 2009
Preparation and Presentation of “Write What You Mean and Mean
What You Write. Ambiguity of Marital Settlement Agreement and
the Admission of Parole Evidence” Family Law Seminar, Puerto
Vallarta, Mexico March, 2009
Preparation and Presentation of “Retroactive Relief in Child
Support and Maintenance Cases” Lake County Bar Association
Family Law Seminar, April, 2010
Preparation and Presentation of “Admissibility of Hearsay
Statements by Children”, Lake County Bar Association Family Law
Seminar, Puerto Rico, February, 2011
Preparation and Presentation of “Social Media and Its Admission
into Evidence” Lake County Bar Association, Greenbelt Cultural
Center, North Chicago, Illinois June, 2011
Preparation and Presentation of “Purchasing a Home in
Contemplation of Marriage”, Lake County Bar Association Real
Estate Division, October, 2012
Presentation of "Understanding Parenting Agreements," Lake County
Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, Waukegan, Illinois
February, 2013
Preparation and Presentation of “Trial Issues” Guardian Ad
Litem/Child Representative Training Seminar, College of Lake
County, September, 2016

Associations
● Lake County
Bar Association
President 2012-2013 / Ex-Officio
2013-2014
First Vice President 2011-2012
Second Vice President 2010-2011
Secretary 2008-2010
Member at Large 2007-2008
Member 1993 to present
● Family Law
Committee
Family Law Committee Chair 2020-2022
Family Law Committee Vice-Chair 2018-2020
Family Law Advisory Group (FLAG)
2013-2014
Chair of Subcommittee drafting “Divorce
Pro Se Guidebook” 2014, 2015 and 2016
Subcommittee for drafting of Local Court Rule
for Financial Experts 2016
Subcommittee for planning Guardian Ad Litem/
Child Representative Training 2012, 2014, 2016
● Lake County
Bar Foundation
Board Member 2015-2017
● Association of
Woman’s Attorneys
President 2004-2006
Vice President 2002-2004
Board Member 1998-2002
Member 1994 to present
● Illinois Bar
Association
Member 1993-present
Teen Court Judge 2007-2012