Achievements

Driving force behind having the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Alton, Illinois named in honor of Judge William L. Beatty, a beloved judge in the Southern District of Illinois. See the article (PDF) from The Alton Telegraph.

President of the Madison County Bar Association 2010-2011.

Member of a select group of four federal criminal defense attorneys who met quarterly with various U.S. Attorneys for the Southern District of Illinois from 2000 through 2005.

Criminal Justice Act Panel Representative for the Eastern District of Missouri since 2011

Member of Southern District of Illinois committee to retain Magistrate Gerald Cohn

Member of selection committee which culminated in the appointment of Magistrate Donald Wilkerson in the Southern District of Illinois

Member of Southern District of Illinois committee to retain Federal Public Defender Philip J. Kavanaugh III

Member of Eastern District of Missouri committee to retain Federal Public Defender Lee Lawless

Organized, hosted and provided the following seminars for federal criminal defense attorneys:

• How to WIN a Federal Criminal Case, 11/09/01.
  See brochure (PDF)
• A Practitioner’s Road Map to Practicing in the Southern District of Illinois, 05/10/02.
• Going to WAR with the Government in the 21^st Century, 01/16/03. See brochure (PDF)
• White Collar Federal Criminal Law: How to Avoid the “Perp” Walk, 10/10/03. See brochure (PDF)
• Blakely v. Washington, 07/23/04. See brochure (PDF)
• Round Table Discussion on Federal Criminal Practice, 06/10/05. See brochure (PDF)
• Terry MacCarthy Seminar, 09/28/06 and 09/29/06.
  See brochure (PDF)
• Advanced Criminal Law Seminar, 11/20/08 and 11/21/08. See brochure (PDF)

Organized and hosted dinners in honor of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for members of the federal judiciary, U.S. Attorneys Offices and federal criminal defense bars in the Southern District of Illinois and Eastern District of Illinois.

Life Member of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Former board member of the Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Recipient of Certificate of Appreciation for work done on Southern District of Illinois CJA Panel