Memberships:
American Association for Justice (Executive Committee Board Member, 2008-present
Editorial Board Member, 2008-present)
American Bar Association (Task Force on the Contingency Fee, 2003-present)
American Bar Foundation (Fellow)
American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys
American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow (Upstate Illinois State Committee, 1997-present
National Trial Competition Committee, 2004-present)
Chicago Bar Association (President, 1992)
Chicago Bar Foundation (Life Fellow
Board of Directors, 1994-1996, Lend A Hand Advisory Board, 1994-present
Chicago Inn of Court, Master of the Bench)
Chicago Neurosurgical Center Leadership Committee (Chairman, 1991-1995)
Dispute Resolution Research Center Advisory Committee, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management Northwestern University, Chicago (1993-present)
Illinois Bar Foundation (Life Fellow)
Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law (Board of Overseers, 1992-present
Chairman 2011-present
Alumni Association, President, 1988-1989)
Illinois State Bar Association
Illinois Institute of Technology (Board of Trustees 2011-present)
Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Pattern Civil Jury Instructions (1978-1997)
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1988)
International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Fellow) Inner Circle of Advocates (Fellow)
Lawdragon, Top 500 Leading Lawyers in America, 2005-present
Leading Lawyers Network Advisory Board (2003-present)
Legal Aid Society of Chicago/Metropolitan Family Services, Silver Family Circle Charter (Member)
Mundelein Seminary (Board of Advisors, 1992-1997)
St. Ignatius College Prep, Board of Trustees (1990-1995)
Supreme Court Historical Society (2004-present)
The Center for Conflict Resolution, (Board of Directors, 1990-1993)
The Lawyers Club of Chicago
The Seventh Circuit Bar Association
The Society of Trial Lawyers
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (Board of Directors, 1988-1997)
University of Notre Dame Law School, Advisory Council (1987-2002). Fellow: American Bar Foundation
Illinois Law Foundation
Chicago Bar Foundation (Life Fellow)
Illinois Bar Foundation (Life Fellow)
American College of Trial Lawyers
International Academy of Trial Lawyers.