He joined the firm in 2017 after clerking for the firm in 2016 and serving as a 711 Extern for the Sangamon County State’s Attorney’s Office. Bret graduated cum laude from Illinois College in 2014 with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Political Science. He received his J.D. from Southern Illinois University School of Law in 2017 where he was a staff writer and articles editor for the Southern Illinois University Law Journal.