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Education
The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL
Juris Doctor, June 2003, Magna Cum Laude
Cumulative GPA: 3.49/4.0
Class Rank: 33/227
Dean’s List: Fall 2000, 2001, 2002
Spring 2001, 2003
University of St. Francis, Joliet, IL
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, May 1999, Magna Cum Laude
Cumulative GPA: 3.73/4.0
Honors: -Outstanding Political Science Student of the Year (1997-98)
-Recognized for excellence in research and writing
-Awarded Frank Weberg award for graduating with the highest GPA of any Political Science Student
Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL
Associate in Applied Science in Law Enforcement, December 1996
240 hour internship at the Will County Sheriff’s Police Department required to graduate
Legal Experience
Grundy County State’s Attorney’s Office, Morris, IL (Summer 2001)
Law Clerk
Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office, St. Charles, IL (Spring 2003)
Supreme Court Rule 711 intern in the domestic violence division
Kankakee County State’s Attorney’s Office, Kankakee, IL (2004-2012)
Assistant State’s Attorney
Duties included:
-Participating in more than 80 jury trials and handling all Traffic cases
-Handling juvenile cases including delinquency petitions, abuse and neglect petitions, permanency reviews,
shelter care hearings, and termination of parental rights cases
-Handling misdemeanor and felony cases
-Handling mental health cases
Grundy County State’s Attorney’s Office, Morris, IL (2012-present)
Elected State’s Attorney
Duties included:
-Managed approximately 12 employees and an annual budget of $800,000
-Supervisor of the Criminal Division
-Commenced and prosecuted all actions, suits, indictments and prosecutions, civil and criminal, in the Circuit
Court of Grundy County, in which the People of the State of Illinois were concerned
-Commenced and prosecuted all actions and proceedings brought by any county officer in their official capacity
-Legal advisor to all county officials in which the county may be concerned
Professional Licenses
Licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois, November 2003
Licensed to practice law in the State of Nevada, November 2007
Seminar Presentations
Will County Criminal Law Committee Seminar, February 2009
“Issues regarding the new Illinois BAIID Law”
Chicago Bar Association Animal Law Committee, March 2010
“The Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code, 515 ILCS 5/5-1”
Illinois State’s Attorney’s Civil Law Conference, McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office, November 2015
“Illinois Electoral Boards from A to Z”
Other Relevant Experience
University of St. Francis, Joliet, IL (2006-2013)
Adjunct Professor
Classes Included: Introduction to Law (4th Amendment Jurisprudence),
Introduction to Criminal Law, Juvenile Law, Diversity in Criminal
Justice, Introduction to Criminal Justice, and State and Local Government
