District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit in 1984, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan, Southern Division, in 1992, U.S. Court of Federal Claims in 1994, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan in 1998, U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida in 1998. He is a graduate of University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, where he received a B.A. Degree in 1972 and is a graduate of the John Marshall Law School where he received a J.D. degree in 1976. While at the fund, he was an officer and compliance director of an Illinois Investment Advisor and an Illinois Investment Advisor representative.