BAR ADMISSIONS:
State of Illinois

United States Tax Court

Central District of Illinois

Southern District of Illinois

(Notary Public)

EDUCATION:
Ohio Northern University Petit College of Law,  (Juris Doctorate) – Ada, OH

Xavier University of Louisiana, (Bachelor of Arts) English, Spanish & Accounting, Magna Cum Laude  – New Orleans, LA

Alton High School, Valedictorian – Alton, IL

WORK HISTORY:
Farrell, Hamilton & Julian, P.C., Assistant Vice President – Godfrey, IL
Lewis & Clark Community College, Professor of Legal Research & Writing: Paralegal Program – Godfrey, IL
Federal Judicial Externship, Northern District of Ohio, Bankruptcy Division Honorable Richard L. Speer – Toledo, OH
Internship with Bankruptcy Trustee, Northern District of Ohio Bruce C. French – Ada, OH
Arthur Andersen, LLP, Tax, Audit & Business Consulting Divisions – St. Louis, MO

LEGAL ASSOCIATIONS:
Alton/Wood River Bar Association, Past Chair
American Bar Association

Illinois State Bar Association –
Assembly Member
Committee on Professionalism, Member
Diversity Leadership Council, Past Chair
Diversity Task Force, Past Participant
General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Section Council, CLE Coordinator; Past Chair
Racial & Ethnic Minorities in the Law Committee, Current Member, Past Chair

Madison County Bar Association

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:
Alton-Godfrey Rotary Club, Past Member
Boys & Girls Club of Alton, Past President
IMPACT CIL, Past President; Current Board Member
Land of Lincoln, Current Board Member
Special Friends Extended – Fairview Primary School (Jennings, MO)
United Way of America Allocations Committee
United Way of America, Past Board Member
YWCA of Alton, Past Chair

FRATERNITY/SORORITY:
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Alpha Kappa Mu National Honor Society
Order of Barristers
Sigma Tau Delta National English Honor Society
William Howard Taft American Inn of Court