As a Judge and former law partner of Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP, with experience on the ISBA Board of Governors, Assembly and multiple section councils, I bring a breadth of different experiences to ISBA leadership and extensive institutional knowledge. It is my mission to increase growth and diversity of ISBA membership, contain costs and maximize membership benefits. Having worked closely with ISBA members for 18 years, I have a strong sense of how to achieve our goals of enhancing the image of lawyers and making the practice of law more civil, efficient and satisfying.
BACKGROUND
- Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Domestic Relations Division
- Judicial Education Faculty Member
- Former Law Partner of Schiller DuCanto & Fleck llp
- Served one term on ISBA Board of Governors
- Served multiple terms on ISBA General Assembly (current)
- Former member of Board of Directors of ISBA Mutual Insurance Company
- Chaired ISBA Women and the Law
- Member of ISBA Bench and Bar (current)
- Member of ISBA Judicial Disqualification Standards Committee (current)
- Former member of ISBA Unauthorized Practice of Law Task Force
- Former member of Young Lawyers Division (YLD) and started its annual volunteer day at Greater Chicago Food Depository
- Recipient of ISBA Young Lawyer of the Year Award
- Five-time award recipient in ISBA Lincoln Writing Contest
- Long-time IBF Fellow (current)
- Author of many articles in the Illinois Bar Journal and Chicago Lawyer Magazine
- Secretary of The John Marshall Law School Board of Trustees (current)
- Past President of Justinian Society of Lawyers
- Former Secretary of the Chicago Bar Foundation
- Past Co-Chair of CBA Alliance for Women
- Co-Founder of Women Everywhere: Partners In Service Project
- Member of WBAI, ABA and CBA (current)
- Recipient of CBA Alta May Hulett Award
- Recipient of The John Marshall Law School Distinguished Service Award
- Listed in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin’s “40 Under 40”
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America for Appellate and Family Law and AV Rated
- Listed in the Top 50 Women Illinois Lawyers by Super Lawyers and Leading Lawyers
- B.S. Business, Indiana University; J.D. cum laude, The John Marshall Law School
- Mother of Caroline (9) and married to Rob (former YLD Chair and Assembly member)
