Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Health & Health Care Law
• Government Contracts
• Business Organizations
• Constitutional Law

Representative Clients

• ISMIE Mutual Insurance Company

West Practice Categories

Health & Health Care Law, Government Contracts, Business Organizations, Communications & Media Law, Constitutional Law, Public Utilities, Transportation Law

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1973
• U.S. Federal Court, 1976
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1979

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Association of Medical Association Counsel (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association Forum Committee on Health Law (Member)
• American Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1987 - 1989 (Vice Chairman, Medicine and Law Committee)
• American Health Lawyers Association (Member)
• American Medical Association/State Medical Society Litigation Center Executive Committee, 1999 - 2004 (Vice Chairman (2001-2002), Chairman (2002-2004))
• Government Bar Association (Member)
• Illinois Association of Health Care Attorneys (Member)
• Illinois State Bar Association (Member)
• Illinois State Bar Association Committee on Insurance Programs, 1983 - 1987 (Member)
• Illinois State Bar Association Section Council on Administrative Law, 1981 - 1982 (Vice Chairman)
• Illinois State Bar Association Special Committee on the Disabled Lawyer, 1978 - 1982 (Chairman (1982))
• Illinois State Bar Association Special Committee on Reform of the Legislative Process, 1976 - 1982 (Member)
• National Guardians Association (Member)
• Republican National Committee Task Force on Transportation, 1979 - 1980 (Member)
• Sangamon County Bar Association (Member, Chair of By-Laws Committee (1989-1990))
• Sangamon County Board Special Committee on Zoning and Land Use Planning, 1978 - Present (Member)
• Sangamon County Clerk Election Advisory Committee, 2004 - Present (Member)
• Young Lawyers Section Committee on the Role of the Government Attorney, 1977 - 1980 (Chairman)
• Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission (Chairman)

Honors and Awards

• Disabled Advocate of the Year, Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services, 1985
• Harold Scharper National Achievement Award, Delta Sigma Omicron Fraternity, 1972
• Outstanding Young Men in America, 1980 - 1982
• Special Chairman's Award, Illinois State Medical Society, 1987
• Sue Suter Award, United Cerebral Palsy, Illinois Easter Seal Society, 1990
• United Cerebral Palsy Land of Lincoln Outstanding Board Member, 1998
• Who's Who in America
• Who's Who in American Law, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1994-2003
• Who's Who of Emerging Young Leaders in America, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993-1994
• Who's Who in Finance and Industry, 1996 - 2005
• Who's Who in the Midwest, 1989 - 2003

Classes and Seminars

• Sharing our Strengths, United Cerebral Palsy and Illinois Department of Human Services, October 26, 2004
• Adjunct Professor in Legal Studies, University of Illinois at Springfield, 2004 - Present
• Health Law Annual Review: Employment of Physicians, Illinois State Bar Association Law Ed Series, 2003
• M.D.-J.D. Joint Degree Program Externship Sponsor, Southern Illinois University, 1996 - 2002
• Annual Conference and Seminar, Faculty National Association of Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans, 1998
• Practicing Law in the 21st Century: Professionalism, Technology and Dispute Resolution, Illinois State Bar Association Allerton House Conference, 1998
• Continuing Medical Education Annual Institute: role of the Hospital Medical Staff, Prairie Cardiovascular Consultants, 1998
• Patient Care and Professional Responsibility: Impact of the Corporate Practice of Medicine Doctrine and Related Laws and Regulations, National Health Lawyers Association Public Interest Colloquium, 1997
• Continuing Medical Education, Illinois State Medical Society, 1994 - 1997
• Elder Law, National Business Institutes, Inc., 1991
• Continuing Medical Education, American College of Physicians, 1990
• Continuing Medical Education: Department of Orthopedics: Rights of Disabled Children, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, 1990
• Continuing Medical Education: Antitrust Discipline, Illinois State Medical Society and American Medical Association, 1988 - 1990
• Continuing Medical Education Faculty Member: Mandatory Reporting of Physician Disciplinary Matters, Illinois State Medical Society, 1983 - 1984
• Ninth National Leadership Conference, National Center for the Study of the Presidency, 1978
• Third Party Practice, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1978
• Determinant Sentencing in Illinois, Sangamon State University, 1977

Pro Bono Activities

• Anti-Defamation League of B'Nai B'Rith, Out-State Board of Directors, St. Louis Region, 1985 - 1990
• City of Leland Grove, Treasurer, 1999 - Present
• Delta Sigma Omicron Service Fraternity
• Emes Lodge, B'Nai B'Rith, Board of Directors, 1976 - 1979
• Healing the Children, Central and Southern Illinois Chapter, Board of Directors, 1992 - 1995
• Hope School, Board of Directors, 1996 - 2003
• Springfield Center for Independent Living, Board of Directors, Vice President (1987) and President (1988-1989), 1984 - 1989
• Springfield Jewish Community Relations Council, 1982 - 1985
• Springfield Jewish Community Relations Council, 1997 - Present
• Springfield Professional Baseball, L.L.C., President, 1998 - 2003
• United Jewish Appeal, Springfield Jewish Federation, Pacesetters Division Co-Chair, 1988
• United Jewish Appeal, Springfield Jewish Federation, Lawyers Division Chair, 1986 - 1987
• United Jewish Appeal, Springfield Jewish Federation, Campaign Chairman
• United Cerebral Palsy, Land of Lincoln, Board of Directors and Vice President of Administration (since 2002), 1990 - Present
• United Way of Central Illinois, Inc., Board of Directors, 1991 - 1997
• Visiting Nurse Association of Central Illinois, Board of Directors, 2004 - Present

Past Employment Positions

• Illinois State Medical Society, Illinois State Medical Insurance Services, Inc. and Illinois State Medical Inter-Insurance Exchange, Vice President and General Counsel, 1992 - 2004
• Morse, Giganti & Appleton, Managing Partner, 1987 - 1992
• Private Practice (firms preceding Morse, Giganti & Appleton), Attorney, 1977 - 1987
• Illinois Senate Minority Leader, Counsel, 1975 - 1977
• Illinois Commerce Commission Bureau of Enforcement, Trial Attorney, 1973 - 1975
• Illinois Commerce Commission, Motor Carrier Division Hearing Examiner, 1972 - 1973

Education

• University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Illinois, 1972
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
• University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, 1969
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts

Published Works

• Hospital Employment of Physicians After Berlin and Carter-Shields (with Robert John Kane), 91 Ill. B.J. 403, 2003
• Advanced Practice Nurses and Diagnosis and Prescription: Illinois New Legal Landscape (with Robert John Kane), 89 Ill. B.J. 308, 2001
• Nurses Lack Medical Diagnostic and Prescriptive Authority Under Illinois Law (with Robert John Kane), 83 Ill. B.J. 130, 1995
• Deluna in Review: Upholding the Medical Malpractice Affidavit Requirement (with Elizabeth W. Anderson), 80 Ill. B.J. 454, 1992
• Advanced Directives for Health Care Decisions, National Business Institutes, 1991
• AIDS and the Law (with N. Lee Beneze), Illinois Medical Journal, Vol. 17, No. 12, 1987

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