Board Of Editors

Steven A. Meyerowitz
Editor in Chief
Financial Fraud Law

Steven A. Meyerowitz, the Editor-in-Chief of Financial Fraud Law, is a graduate of Harvard Law School. Mr. Meyerowitz was an attorney for a prominent Wall Street law firm for nearly five years before founding Meyerowitz Communications Inc., a law firm marketing communications consulting company that works with some of the largest and most successful law firms in the country.

Mr. Meyerowitz specializes in helping lawyers write, produce and place their bylined articles, newsletters, brochures, and other marketing materials, and in integrating publications into a firm's overall marketing program. He has written scores of articles on law firm marketing and management for publications including The New York Times and the ABA Journal, and is a columnist for the New York Law Journal, a contributing writer for The Pennsylvania Lawyer Magazine (published by the Pennsylvania Bar Association), Marketing Law Editor of Marketing Management Magazine (published by the American Marketing Association) and managing editor of the Federal Bar Council News. In addition, he is the author of a book on marketing, sales, and advertising law.

Based in Northport, New York, Mr. Meyerowitz is editor-in-chief of other Sheshunoff/Pratt publications, including The Banking Law Journal, the Privacy & Data Security Law Journal, and Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law. Mr. Meyerowitz is a member of the American Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association, and served for 12 years as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Northport-East Northport School District.

Frank W. Abagnale
Author, Lecturer, and Consultant
Abagnale and Associates

Frank W. Abagnale is one of the world’s most respected authorities on forgery, embezzlement and secure documents. For over 30 years he has worked with, advised and consulted with hundreds of financial institutions, corporations and government agencies around the world.

Mr. Abagnale’s rare blend of knowledge and expertise began more than 40 years ago when he was known as one of the world’s most famous confidence men. This was depicted most graphically in his best-selling book, Catch Me If You Can, a film of which was also made, directed by Steven Spielberg with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. Between the ages of 16 and 21, he successfully posed as an airline pilot, an attorney, a college professor and a pediatrician, in addition to cashing $2.5 million in fraudulent checks in every state and 26 foreign countries.

Apprehended by the French police when he was 21 years old, he served time in the French, Swedish and U. S. prison systems. After five years he was released on the condition that he would help the federal government, without remuneration, by teaching and assisting federal law enforcement agencies. Mr. Abagnale has now been associated with the FBI for over 30 years. More than 14,000 financial institutions, corporations and law enforcement agencies use his fraud prevention programs. In 1998 he was selected as a distinguished member of “Pinnacle 400” by CNN Financial News – a select group of 400 people chosen on the basis of great accomplishment and success in their fields. In 2004 Mr. Abagnale was selected as the spokesperson for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA). He has also written numerous articles and books, including The Art of the Steal, The Real U Guide to Identity Theft, and Stealing Your Life.

Stephen L. Ascher
Partner
Jenner & Block LLP

Stephen L. Ascher is a partner in the Litigation Department of Jenner & Block LLP.  He is a member of its Securities Litigation, Antitrust Litigation and Bankruptcy Litigation Practices.

Mr. Ascher’s practice focuses on claims for and against financial institutions, SEC enforcement work, and white-collar criminal matters, in addition to general commercial litigation.  He has represented institutions and individuals in cases involving the antitrust laws, RICO claims, fraud and breach of fiduciary duty claims, and the securities laws.  Many of those cases have gone to trial or arbitration.

Currently, Mr. Ascher is representing several financial institutions in a wide variety of disputes arising out of the ongoing crisis in the credit markets, including:

• A major financial institution in a dispute concerning billions of dollars of collateralized debt obligations, swaps, and other derivative transactions; 

• The trustee for a bankrupt fund in a well-publicized dispute with its prime broker; and

• A large mortgage originator in various matters relating to its origination, sale, and securitization of mortgages.

Over the last 15 years, Mr. Ascher has regularly defended institutions and individuals in civil litigation arising out of prior front-page financial scandals, including representing:

• A Big Four accounting firm in two dozen cases alleging malpractice and fraud in connection with tax motivated transactions; 

• Four of the underwriters in the historic WorldCom class action; 

• Various insurance companies in billion-dollar claims involving commodity derivative transactions and credit default swaps relating to Enron and Parmalat.

Mr. Ascher also frequently represents plaintiffs in significant civil litigation.  For example:

• From 1999 through 2002, he was responsible for a series of lawsuits that yielded more than $400 million in settlements, including the largest recovery ever obtained by a Japanese company from a U.S. institution.

• From 2002 through 2006, Mr. Ascher represented a large European bank in $500 million claims against two major U.S. banks relating to their foreign exchange trading and prime brokerage units.

In addition, in his SEC and white-collar criminal practice, Mr. Ascher recently defended a securities trader who was indicted as part of the largest insider-trading prosecution in the last twenty years.  He also represented a mutual fund executive in the first federal trial involving securities claims relating to “market-timing.”  Moreover, Mr. Ascher has represented defendants accused by the SEC and the New York State Attorney General of insider trading, accounting fraud, and “late trading.”  Mr. Ascher has appeared in numerous federal and New York State criminal matters, including a seven week jury trial in the Eastern District of New York.

Mr. Ascher has made a significant commitment to pro bono work. For a decade, he represented the Legal Services Corporation in matters relating to various congressional restrictions on recipients of the federal legal aid subsidy. In these matters, Mr. Ascher argued a successful appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and also appeared before the United States Supreme Court. In his pro bono work, Mr. Ascher has also represented more than a dozen families of 9/11 victims before the federal Victims’ Compensation Fund, and a number of indigent criminal defendants pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act.

Mr. Ascher graduated from Harvard College magna cum laude in 1988 and Harvard Law School cum laude in 1991. From 1991 to 1992, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable Jesse E. Eschbach, Senior Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Mr. Ascher is a member of the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, the Bar of New York State, and the Bars of several federal courts.

Robert E. Eggmann
Partner
Lathrop & Gage LLP

Robert E. Eggmann is a partner in the bankruptcy department of Lathrop & Gage LLP. He focuses his practice representing both debtors and creditors in Chapters 7, 11, and 13 bankruptcy litigation.

Mr. Eggmann has served as attorney for Chapter 7 trustee and attorney for the unsecured creditors committee in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings; he has also served as trial counsel on general commercial litigation matters as well as counsel to various lending institutions in complex lending transactions.

Mr. Eggmann is Board Certified in Business Bankruptcy by the American Bankruptcy Board of Certification since 1995. His represented cases include:

• In re Johnson, 132 B.R. 403 (Bankr. E.D.Mo. 1991)

• In re So Good Potato Chip Company, 137 B.R. 330 (Bankr. E.D.Mo. 1992)

• In re Valley Steel Products Company, Inc., et al., (Missouri Department of Natural Resources v. Valley Steel Products Company, Inc., et al.), 157 B.R. 442 (Bankr. E.D.Mo. 1993)

• In re Granite Sheet Metal Works, Inc., 159 B.R. 840 (Bankr. S.D.Ill. 1993)

• In re Valley Steel Products Company, Inc., et al., (Plan Committee v. Champion Distribution), 166 B.R. 1012 (Bankr. E.D.Mo. 1993)

• In re Valley Steel Products Company, Inc., et al. (Plan Committee v. G & M Fabricating, Inc.), 166 B.R. 1017 (Bankr. E.D.Mo. 1993)

• In re Mehra, 166 B.R. 393 (Bankr. E.D.Mo. 1994)

• In re Mahendra, 131 F3d 750 (8th Cir. 1997)

• In re Valley Steel Products Company, Inc., et al. (Plan Committee v. United States of America), 214 B.R. 202 (E.D.Mo. 1997)

• In re Steaks to Go, Inc., 226 B.R. 32 (Bankr. E.D.Mo. 1998)

• In re Lottes, 226 B.R. 634 (Bankr. E.D.Mo. 1998)

• In re Wolfe, 232 B.R. 741 (8th Cir. BAP 1999)

• In re Feinberg, 232 B.R. 164 (Bankr. E.D.Mo. 1999)

• In re Feinberg, 238 B.R. 781 (8th Cir. BAP 1999)

• In re Callier, 251 B.R. 850 (8th Cir. BAP Mo. 2000)

• In re Graham, 272 B.R. 705 (Bankr. E.D.Mo. 2002)

• In re NHB, L.L.C., 287 B.R. 475 (E.D.Mo. 2002)

• In re Omniplex Communications Group, LLC, 297 B.R. 573 (Bankr. E.D.Mo. 2003)

• In re Crystalin, 293 B.R. 455 (8th Cir. BAP 2003)

• In re D’Amato, 341 B.R. 1, (8th Cir. BAP 2006)

• Golf 255, Inc. v. Eggmann, 2007 WL 781916 (S.D.Ill., Mar. 14, 2007)

• In re Seitz, B.R., 2008 WL 5169350 (Bankr. E.D.Mo. 2008)

Mr. Eggmann graduated with a B.A. of History from Saint Louis University in 1986. He received his J.D. in 1989 from the St. Louis University School of Law. He was admitted to the state bar of Missouri in 1989 and Illinois in 1990. His court memberships include:

• U.S. Supreme Court

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

• U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri

• U.S. District Court for the Southern and Central Districts of Illinois

His honors include:

• Selected for Missouri Super Lawyers, 2009

• Appeared on ESPN Radio as Legal Analyst, 2004-2006

• Appointed as Co-Chair of BAMSL Bankruptcy Committee, 1996-1997

• Appointed to BAMSL Subcommittee on the Establishment of an 8th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, 1994

• Served as Chairperson, BAMSL Young Lawyers Division Homelessness Committee, 1994-1999   Served as a member of the Board of Directors of Professional Housing Resources, Inc., 1997-2004

• Member, Board of Directors of Housing Resources, Inc., 1996-1998

• Member, St. Louis Lawyers Project on Homelessness and Inadequate Housing, 1994-1999

• Served as volunteer attorney, KMOX Call to Action, 1993

• Appeared on WGNU Law Talk Program in 1991 and 1995

Mr. Eggmann has the following professional affiliations:

• The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL), Member, 1989-present

• The American Bar Association, Member, 1989-present

• American Bankruptcy Institute, 1990-present

• Habitat for Humanity Law Committee, 1994-present

• Turn Around Management Association, Member, 2004-present

• National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, 2005-present

• TMA Board of Directors, 2006-present

• Member of the Panel of Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustees for the Southern District of Illinois

Joseph J. Floyd
Floyd Advisory, LLC

Joseph J. Floyd has worked on financial reporting engagements, special investigations, forensic accounting assignments, valuation matters and other problem solving assignments for a diverse group of industries. He has qualified as an expert and testified on accounting and financial issues in the trial courts of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maine, the United States District Courts in Virginia and Massachusetts and in the United States Bankruptcy Court in New York and Massachusetts. He has also appeared before the SEC to discuss and explain the underlying facts, accounting treatment and reasons for restatement, related to public company financial statement changes.

Prior to being one of the founding managing directors of Huron in 2002, Mr. Floyd served as the partner in charge of Arthur Andersen's Financial Consulting practice in New England. At Huron, Mr. Floyd has held several management positions while also maintaining an active client list.  In particular, Mr. Floyd has led Huron’s national Disputes and Investigations practice as well as the national Financial Consulting segment.  Under Mr. Floyd's leadership, the Financial Consulting segment grew organically to over $100 million in less than five years. 

Representative examples of Mr. Floyd's engagement experience include:

• Financial Statement Errors and Irregularities Investigations. Investigated alleged accounting errors and irregularities in the financial statements of public companies. Issues under review included revenue recognition, inventory accounting, expense deferrals and other misapplications of generally accepted accounting principles. Assignments often resulted in the restatement of prior-period financial results for Securities and Exchange (SEC) registrants. Conducted interviews of responsible accounting and finance personnel. Assisted counsel with board of director, audit committee and special committee presentations related to the accounting investigation results and related matters.

• Forensic Accounting and Dispute Analysis Assignments. Analyzed and prepared economic damage and lost profit calculations due to alleged breach of contract and tort claims. Performed investigative accounting procedures and analysis to identify defalcation schemes. Provided expert testimony at deposition and trial on numerous occasions to describe and support the analysis and opinions.

• Served as the accounting referee in a post accusation dispute, establishing the protocols for submissions, presentations, follow on submittals and the delivery of the referee’s opinion on complex accounting and financial reporting matters.

• Valuation and Financial Analysis Matters. Assisted clients with decision making financial analyses for strategy purposes and corporate planning uses. Assignments included market research and the preparation of complex financial models and spreadsheets.

Mr. Floyd received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1983. He received his Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School, Evening Division, in 1990. He has earned the following professional licenses:

• Certified Public Accountant, New York

• Certified Fraud Examiner

• Certified in Financial Forensics

• Earned AICPA Accreditation in Business Valuation (ABV)

• Admitted to Massachusetts Bar

Mr. Floyd is a member of the following professional associations:

• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

• University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Accounting Department Advisory Council

• Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

• Named as Best Lawyers “Recommended” for expert services in 2006 and 2007 in Best Lawyers in America

Jeffrey T. Harfenist
Managing Director
UHY Advisors FLVS, Inc.

Jeffrey T. Harfenist is a Managing Director of UHY Advisors FLVS, Inc.; the Houston Practice Leader for the Forensic, Litigation and Valuation Services Group; and the National Fraud and Forensic Service Line Leader. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the State of Texas.
 
Through his many years of experience, Mr. Harfenist has developed an excellent grasp of the technical issues, logistical hurdles, staffing requirements and project management challenges inherent in the investigative process. His engagements include both domestic and international investigations, and range from long-term projects lasting several years and staffed by in excess of 50 consultants, to short-term projects with teams of less than five professionals. He offers clients an exceptional value from the efficiencies, hands-on involvement, and accumulated knowledge he brings to each project.

• Forensic Investigations

  • Financial Statement Manipulation
  • Misappropriation of Company Assets
  • Foreign Corrupt Practice Act Violations
  • Options Backdating
  • Bankruptcy Fraud
  • False/Misleading Disclosures
  • Acceleration of Revenues
  • Structured Finance Transactions

•  Litigation Support Services

  • Damage Analysis Relating to Breach of Contract 
  • Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes
  • Employment Discrimination Class Action 
  • Business Interruption
  • Franchise Disputes
  • Insurance Fraud
  • Lost Profits

• Business Consulting

  • Business Plans
  • Financial Models
  • Operational Controls

Mr. Harfenist joined UHY Advisors FLVS, Inc. in 2001. Prior to his position, he served as CFO for a telecom entity and an e-commerce entity; established Harfenist & Associates, a financial consulting firm; served as Manager of Audit and Financial Advisory Services at Burch and Company; and worked at Deloitte, Haskins & Sells as Senior Consultant in 1980.

Mr. Harfenist received his M.B.A from Rice University in 1999. He was a Jones Scholar Award Recipient and graduated in top 5% of class. He received a B.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Texas at Austin in 1980.
 
He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

James M. Keneally
Partner
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

James M. Keneally is a partner in the  New York office of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP. He focuses his practice on the defense of clients in white-collar crime and investigation matters.

Mr. Keneally has defended individuals, corporations, partnerships, and professional associations before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD n/k/a FINRA), federal courts throughout the country, and in the state courts of New York.

Current and former employees of leading financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, consumer goods and other companies have relied on Mr. Keneally for defense against charges of accounting and tax fraud, mail and wire fraud, securities fraud, money laundering, antitrust violations and other alleged criminal behavior.

Mr. Keneally has been integrally involved in the representation of numerous individuals who have been witnesses, subjects and targets in criminal investigations, and he has helped them avoid prosecution. He also has represented parties in commercial litigation matters that are related to or arise from criminal or regulatory proceedings.

His experience includes:

• Representing a major multinational corporation in connection with an investigation of a subsidiary's contracting practices.

• Representing present and former employees of a major pharmaceutical company in an investigation of possible violations of the Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act and other statutes.

• Represented a former officer of a major financial institution in the Enron multidistrict litigation pending before the Honorable Melinda Harmon in federal district court in Houston, Tex.

• Representing individuals involved in the KPMG and Deutsche Bank tax shelter investigations in the Southern District of New York.

• Representing an individual involved in the Bristol Myers-Squibb investigation in the District of New Jersey.

• Defended at trial in state court and obtained an acquittal of a major accounting firm partner accused of assaulting a small child.

• Defended Ana Marie Santi, who was accused of practicing medicine without a license. Mrs. Santi was found guilty by the jury after a trial in state court, but was sentenced only to probation.

• Won the acquittal of Carlton Stewart at a jury trial before the Honorable Denny Chin in the Southern District of New York. In a multi-defendant indictment, Mr. Stewart had been charged with conspiring to ship stolen cars from New York to western Africa.

• United States v. Rastogi, et al.

• Defended an individual at trial before the Honorable Richard Berman in the Southern District of New York. Defendant was accused, along with several other individuals, of being part of a wide-ranging conspiracy by which Allied Deals fraudulently obtained financing from financial institutions and then laundered the money through sham corporations.

• Defended Jesse Bailey in a homicide trial before the Honorable Denise Cote in the Southern District of New York.

• Assisted in the trial of Robert Ike George, an individual from Ghana charged with immigration fraud. Argued Mr. George's appeal before the Second Circuit and gained a reversal of his conviction; the Second Circuit later reversed its decision in an en banc opinion.

• Represented and obtained a probationary sentence for an individual before the Honorable Loretta Preska in the Southern District of New York. Client had been charged along with his employer, an art dealer, of taking part in a complex, multimillion-dollar fraudulent art conspiracy that involved the sale of fake paintings of well-known artists to customers in the Far East.

• Represented an individual before the Honorable John Martin in the Southern District of New York. The client had been charged with being part of a wide-ranging automobile theft and "chop shop" ring that was believed to have ties to organized crime figures. Obtained substantial downward departure from the defendant's guidelines sentence.

• Represented individuals involved in the Schering-Plough investigation in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

• Represented several employees of a major financial institution who were called to testify in the grand jury investigation that was conducted by the Enron Task Force in Houston, Tex.

• Represented an individual who was a target of then-New York Attorney General Spitzer's investigation of the insurance brokerage industry.

• Represented several employees of Computer Associates in connection with the investigation of that company by the Eastern District of New York and subsequent prosecution of its senior management.

• Represented individuals employed by a major auto retailer being investigated by the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division for its pricing practices.

• Represented in a "whistleblower case" an individual who worked for a provider of financial advice to fashion models that was defrauding its clients. The individuals responsible for the fraud were prosecuted, and the victims were able to recoup at least part of their losses.

• Represented numerous officers, directors and employees of major financial institutions and public companies in regulatory matters before the SEC and other agencies.

He is a member of the following associations:

• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

• New York Criminal Bar Association

• Stony Brook Alumni Association, president-elect

• Federal Bar Foundation, director

• Journal of Financial Fraud, Board of Editors

He was admitted to the state bar of New York in 1983. His court memberships include:

• U.S. Supreme Court

• U.S. Court of Appeals – Second Circuit

• U.S. District Court – Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

• U.S. District Court – Southern District of Texas

Frank C. Razzano
Partner
Pepper Hamilton LLP

Frank C. Razzano is a partner in the Washington office of Pepper Hamilton LLP. Mr. Razzano focuses his practice on all areas of civil, commercial and criminal litigation, with an emphasis on U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission enforcement.

Mr. Razzano has 35 years of civil and criminal jury trial experience, concentrating in securities litigation, broker-dealer regulation, SEC enforcement and white-collar criminal defense.

Recent matters he has handled include obtaining an acquittal in a criminal insider trading case; a judgment after trial dismissing an SEC cease-and-desist proceeding against the managing director of a major bank involving late trading and market timing; and a dismissal of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) disciplinary proceeding against the CEO of a major broker-dealer. He also has represented executives of Fortune 500 companies in grand jury investigations and SEC investigations.

Mr. Razzano joined Pepper Hamilton in 2008 from Dickstein Shapiro LLP in Washington, where he had been a partner since 1996. He started his legal career at Shea & Gould, where he eventually became managing partner of the Washington office.

Mr. Razzano has served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, where he handled political corruption and mail and wire fraud cases, and as Assistant Chief Trial Attorney at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where he tried “cooked books” and “pump and dump” cases.

Mr. Razzano is a member of the American Bar Association, for which he served as chairman of the Criminal Laws Committee of the Business Law Section (1996-1999); the District of Columbia Bar, where he served as chairman of the Litigation Section (1987-1989); the Virginia Trial Lawyers’ Association; the Virginia State Bar; and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. In 1994 and 1995, he served as president of the Association of Securities and Exchange Commission Alumni, and currently is a director of the Association.

He also serves as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Maryland Law School (1996-present), where he has taught classes on business crimes, federal securities fraud litigation, international criminal law, regulation of securities markets, and evidence.

Mr. Razzano is a frequent news commentator, appearing on CNN, CNNfn, CBS, Fox and CNBC regarding SEC enforcement and white-collar crime. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America.

Mr. Razzano is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, Virginia, New York and New Jersey, as well as before the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Ninth Circuits, and various districts courts across the country.

He graduated with a B.A. in 1969, magna cum laude, from St. Louis University; Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his J.D. in 1972 from Georgetown University Law Center. He served as the editor of the Georgetown Law Journal. Mr. Razzano is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, Virginia, New Jersey, and New York

Bethany N. Schols
Member of the Firm
Dykema Gossett PLLC

Bethany Schols concentrates her practice in the representation of financial institutions.  She has litigated state and federal court cases involving bank fraud, foreclosure, priority disputes and lender liability.  Ms. Schols' practice includes representing secured creditors in workouts and creditors' rights litigation, including matters involving fraud and those governed by the Uniform Commercial Code.
 
Ms. Schols also has international litigation experience.  She handles multijurisdictional litigation matters related to the recovery of foreign claims and assets.
 
In addition, Ms. Schols is a valued member of the firm's pro bono practice.  In 2005, she notched a rare reversal in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals when the court agreed with her argument in U.S. v. Costello, 3-7 F.3d 553 (7th Cir. 2004), that a statute under which the client was sentenced was applied incorrectly by the trial court.
 
Ms. Schols has presented seminars and collaborated on articles on various topics associated with recovery of foreign claims and assets and multijurisdictional litigation.

• Represented a U.S. financial institution in recovery of $1 million that was fraudulently transferred to Uruguay. Successfully traced monies embezzled and secreted out of the country to Uruguay and recovered assets using the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty. Through cooperation with the United States Attorney's Office, this case provided the stage for the first testing of the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with Uruguay.

• Represented a U.S. financial institution in successfully defending against claims of payment over forged endorsement.

• Represented a metal stamping company in federal jury case in New Mexico. Successfully defended client against claims that it received fraudulently transferred assets. Calstrip v. MJ Celco.

• Represented the bankruptcy estate of a graphics card manufacturer in redressing breaches of fiduciary duty, covenants not to compete, and violations of the Illinois Trade Secrets Act, which forced the company out of business. Cohen v. Lewis, et al.

Ms. Schols is a member of the following professional associations:

• American Bar Association (Illinois Membership Coordinator, The Woman Advocate, Section of Litigation; Seventh Circuit Case Notes Chairperson, Business Torts Committee, Section of Litigation)

• Illinois Bar Association

• Chicago Bar Association

• Risk Management Association

• Chicago Inns of Court (Associate)