Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1989

Education

• University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois, June, 1989
  Juris Doctor
  
  
• University of Illinois at Urbana - Champagin, May, 1986
  Bachelor of Science
  Honors: High Honors
  Major: Accountancy
  
  

Published Works

• "A Pragmatic Approach to Funding Bankruptcy Professionals in the Context of Superpriority Administrative Claims." (Co-Author), Annual Review of Bankruptcy Law, 225-248. Deerfield, Illinois: Callaghan & Co., 1991
• Fletcher Corporate Bankruptcy, Reorganization and Dissolution (Contributing Editor), Vol. I - IV. Deerfield, Illinois: Clark, Boardman & Callaghan

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Lecturer in Law, University of Chicago Law School, 1999 - Present
• Lecturer, Annual Sports Law Symposium, National Sports Law Institute, Marquette University Law School, 2001 - Present
• Lecturer, Loyola University Chicago, School of Business Administration, 2002 - Present
• Sports Law, University of Chicago Law School
• Ethics, Loyola University - Chicago, Graduate School of Business
• Lecturer, 2001 Intellectual Property Issues in Sports, National Sports Law Institute
• Lecturer, 2002 Intellectual Property Issues in Sports, National Sports Law Institute
• Speaker, International Drug Testing, 2002 Sports Lawyer Association Conference
• Speaker, Ethics in Sport, 2003 Sports Lawyer Association Conference
• Lecturer, International Sports Law and Business in the 21st Century, 2003 International Association of Sports Lawyers Conference
• Speaker, International Drug Testing, 2004 Sports Lawyers Association Conference
• Lecturer, Sports Arbitration and Creating Professional Sports Leagues, HuaQiao University 2004 China - US Sports Law Symposium

Professional Associations and Memberships

• National Sports Law Institute at Marquette University Law School, 2002 - Present
  Member, National Board of Advisors
  
  
• University of Illinois Athletic Board
  Member
  
  
• FIFA Legal Committee
  Member
  
  
• U.S. Soccer
  General Counsel
  
  
• American Youth Soccer Organization
  Outside General Counsel
  
  
• Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football
  Outside General Counsel
  
  
• United States Olympic Committee
  U.S. Soccer's Liaison
  
  
• USOC Task Force
  Member
  
  
• WUSA
  Initial President and Secretary
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Jenkens & Gilchrist, Chicago, Illinois, Shareholder, 2001 - 2002
• United States Soccer Federation, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, General Counsel, 1997 - 2001
• Women's Professional Soccer, LLC, Chicago, Illinois, President, 1999 - 2000
• Women's Professional Soccer, LLC, Chicago, Illinois, Secretary, 1999 - 2000
• United States Attorney Office, Chicago, Illinois, Assistant United States Attorney, Criminal Division, 1992 - 1997
• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Chicago, Illinois, Associate, 1989 - 1991
• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Chicago, Illinois, Summer Associate/Clerk, 1988 - 1989