Selected Speaking Engagements
• Presenter, Developments in E-discovery, National Subcontractors Alliance Attorneys Council, October 20, 2017
• Co-Presenter, Thinking Strategically about Settlement, DRI Retail and Hospitality Committee, October 6, 2017
• Co-Presenter, Litigation Zombies: Settlements that Don’t Stick and Sanctions After Litigation, CLE day at JAMS, June 15, 2017
• Presenter, Ten Things You Should Know about Practicing Before Magistrate Judges, Union League Club Lawyers Group, May 24, 2017
• Co-Presenter, Tips of the Trade: Settlement Conferences, Illinois State Bar Association, May 10, 2017
• Co-Presenter, E-discovery in Construction Cases, Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys, April 18, 2017
• Panelist, Mediation Roundtable, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Western Division, February 13, 2017
• Panelist, Littler Women’s Leadership Initiative, Littler Mendelson, Nov. 9, 2016
Selected Memberships and Professional Activities
- American Arbitration Association, Construction and Commercial Arbitrator and Mediator Panels, 1976-2000
- Chicago Region Construction Arbitration Advisory Committee
- Member, 1982-1996
- Chairwoman, January 1987-December 1988
- Member, Commercial Arbitration Advisory Committee, 1998-2000
- Illinois Supreme Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Coordinating Committee
- Member, 1992-1993
- Expert Advisor, Illinois Judicial Conference Alternative Dispute Resolution Coordinating Committee, 1994-2000
- Mediator, Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR), 1992-2000
- Member, Federal Magistrate Judges Association, 2000-2016
- Member, Rules Committee, 2008-2016; Chair, 2013-2016
- Member, American Bar Association, 1978-present
- Member, Litigation Section, 1978-present
- Member, Dispute Resolution Section, 1995-present
- Member, Chicago Bar Association, 1975-present
- Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, 1987-present; Chair, 1999-2000
- Member, Alliance for Women, 1994-present; Co-Chair, 2003-2004
- Member, Architecture and Law Committee, 1981-1985
- Member, Chicago Council of Lawyers, 1975-present
- Chairwoman, Judiciary Committee, 1977-1978
- Member, Federal Bar Association, 2000-present
- Member, Women’s Bar Association of Illinois, 1993-present
- Member, Committee on the Administration of the Hooton Trust, 1997-2000
- Board of Directors, Cook County Court Watching Project, Inc., 1979-1982
- Adjunct Professor, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1993-1995
Author of numerous articles including the following:
- Author, “The Top Five Things to Know about the New Federal Discovery Rules." The Circuit Rider 10 (Nov. 2015)
- Author, “When is a Foreigner Diverse?: Diversity Jurisdiction in Cases Involving Foreign Citizens and Businesses,” 62 The Federal Lawyer, No. 1, 66 (Jan. 2015)
- Contributor, “Symposium: The Restyled Federal Rules of Evidence,” 53 William and Mary Law Review, No. 5, 1470 (2012)
- Author, “Reining in E-Discovery,” 37 Litigation, No. 4, 18 (2011)
- Author, “What Happens to Cases that Don’t Settle,” 11 Dispute Resolution Magazine, No. 3, 25 (2005)
- Co-author with Michael L. Shakman and Barry A. Miller, “Primer on Acting Rationally When Lawyers Relocate,” 14 CBA Record, No. 2, 24 (2000)
- Author, “One Firm’s Tradition of Breaking Traditions,” Breaking Traditions, American Bar Association (1993)
- Author, “Differences Between Private Arbitration and Mandatory Court-Annexed Arbitration,” 5 CBA Record, No. 4, 20 (1991)
- Author, “Some Practical Thoughts on Arbitration,” The Corporate Litigator, American Bar Association (1989)
- Editor, The Practical Guide to Illinois Preservation Law. Chicago Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section (1984)
Admissions
- United States District Court, N.D. Ill. (1975), E.D. Mich. (1994)
- United States District Court Trial Bar (1983)
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (1980), Sixth Circuit (1993)
- United States Supreme Court (1979)
- Illinois State Bar (1975)
