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Chat withState: Illinois
Acquired: 1992
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1 West Old State Capitol Plaza, Suite 600, Springfield, IL, 62701-1383
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2026
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2025
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2024
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2023
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2012
Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
2012
Leading Lawyer in Commercial Litigation, Leading Lawyers Network
2011
Leading Lawyer in Commercial Litigation, Leading Lawyers Network
2010
Leading Lawyer in Commercial Litigation, Leading Lawyers Network
2009
Leading Lawyer in Commercial Litigation, Leading Lawyer Network
2008
Leading Lawyer in Commerical Liitigation, Leading Lawyers Network
2002
"Fourty under 40" Award, Springfield Business Journal
1986
Basic Training Honor Graduate, United States Air Force
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Outstanding Service by a First Year Student, Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity
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AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
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American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law, Lawyer Cooperative Publishing
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American Jurisprudence Award in Commercial Transactions, Lawyer Cooperative Publishing
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American Jurisprudence Award in Advanced Legal Research, Lawyer Cooperative Publishing
2003 - Present
Hearing Officer, City of Springfield Illinois
2007 - 2011
President/Chief Operating Officer, Giffin, Winning, Cohen & Bodewes, PC
2004 - 2012
Hearing Examiner, Illinois State Board of Elections
1992 - 1992
Student Law Clerk, Illinois Circuit Court for Hon. Thomas Hornsby
1990 - 1990
Summer Law Clerk, United States District Court for the Central Division of Illinois for Hon. Richard Mills
1986 - 1995
Combat Arms Instructor, Illinois Air National Guard
Life Member
Member
Former Member of Young Lawyers Committee
Member
Rules Committee
Former Member of Federal Civil Practice Comittee
Member
2009 - 2009
Sangamon County Bar AssociationPresident
2008 - 2008
Sangamon County Bar AssociationFirst Vice-President
2007 - 2007
Sangamon County Bar AssociationSecond Vice President
2005 - 2006
Sangamon County Bar AssociationSecretary
2001 - 2001
Sangamon County Bar Association-Young Lawyers DivisionPresident
1999 - 1999
Illinois State Bar Association-YLD Downstate Education SubcommitteeChair
1998 - 1999
Leadership SpringfieldChairman
1997 - 1998
Leadership SpringfieldVice-Chairman
1992
JD magna cum laude
1989
BS, cum laude
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Assocaite in Applied Science
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Darling v. Charleston Memorial Hosptial
1994
1991
English