graduated from the John Marshall Law School in 1975 and he quickly found his civil rights niche. He successfully argued his first civil rights case in the state appellate court in 1976. He has been trying civil rights jury trials as lead counsel for over 30 years. In the areas of law enforcement, outside the routine civil rights cases, such as unlawful search and seizure and the use of excessive force, Bill has defended deadly force cases, deaths occurring in local lock-ups and county jails resulting from suicide and failure to provide medical care. In the employment context, the representation of public entities has included discrimination claims, whether based on race, sex, disability, age, speech or religion, either presented as constitutional claims or statutory claims under the various Civil Rights Acts. He is licensed to practice law in the state courts in Illinois and Indiana, the United States District Courts throughout Illinois and Indiana, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. While the vast majority of this practice is in the Northern District of Illinois, he also handles litigation in the Central and Southern Districts of Illinois and the Northern District of Indiana. Bill has been a lecturer at the Northwestern Instiute for the Public Safety and ICLE. Along with Betty Knight, they were presenters in a national symposium on racial profiling sponsored by Northwestern University. Professional memberships include the Federal Trial Bar, the State Bar Associations of Illinois and Indiana, the American Bar Association and the Defense Research Institute.