Married for 33 years to wife, Denise; five (5) children; and, one (1) grandchild. Native of Chicago’s Southwest Side, Oak Lawn, and Orland Park, IL.

Community Involvement: 

• Board Member and General Counsel for the Mulliganeers, a §501 (c)(3) charitable organization providing over $3,000,000 in financial assistance to families with sick children over the past 15 years.
• Sponsor of Student in the Visitation Scholarship Program, providing educational opportunities for minority students in the City of Chicago.
• Parent Advisory Board Member and Chair of the Planned Giving Committee, Providence Catholic High School, New Lenox, IL.
• Board Member and Officer, Mallard Landings Homeowners’ Association, Orland Park, IL.
• Lector, Eucharistic Minister and Member of the St. Vincent DePaul Society, St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Orland Park, IL

Education

• University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
  • L.L.M. Federal Income Taxation (May, 1983)
• The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois
  • Juris Doctor (June, 1979)
• The University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
  • Bachelor of Business Administration, Major: Accounting (May, 1976)
• Brother Rice High School, Chicago, Illinois (June, 1972)