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PROFESSIONAL
BACKGROUND
DATE OF APPOINTMENT
November 18, 1991
ENTERED ON DUTY
November 20, 1991
1984 - 1991 -
Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, elected in
November 1984 by the voters of Cook County outside the city of
Chicago.
Supervising Judge of the
Chicago Traffic Court, 1989 - 1991.
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1977-1980 - Partner in law firm of
Burditt and Calkins, 135 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,
Illinois. My practice included banking law, real estate, general
litigation in both Federal and State courts, probate, estate
planning, domestic relations, property taxation, corporate law and
bankruptcy.
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1972-1976 - Associate in the law firm
of Burditt and Calkins.
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1970-1972 - Administrative Assistant to
Henry J. Hyde, Majority Leader of the Illinois House of
Representatives.
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS /
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Professional
and Civic Activities
Member of the Board
of Directors of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.
Member of the Federal
Judges Association and the Illinois Judges Association.
Member of the Chicago
Bar Association and currently a member of its Board of Managers.
Member of the
Glenview Community Church (Affiliated With the United Church of
Christ) 1997-Present.
Past Member of the
Board of Directors of Harvard Club of Chicago and currently an
interviewer for the Harvard Club's Schools Committee interviewing
high school students who apply to Harvard.
EDUCATION
University of Illinois Legislative Staff
Internship program, 1970-1971.
University of Illinois College of Law J.D. in
1970; Editor-in-Chief of the student newspaper, the Caveat;
first place winner in the college's moot court competition; and a
member of the college's interscholastic moot court team.
Harvard University, B.A. cum laude
in Government in 1967; varsity track and field captain; co-holder of
the University 100-yard dash record (still stands!), Varsity Club
Hall of Fame; and worked with Phillip Brooks House juvenile
delinquent program.
William Howard Taft High School, Chicago,
Illinois, 1959-1963.
Oriole Park Elementary School, Chicago, Illinois,
1950-1959.
PERSONAL:
Born: 1945 in Chicago,
Illinois
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