Experience
ASSISTANT STATE‘S ATTORNEY, COOK COUNTY STATE’S ATTORNEY‘S OFFICE
Special Prosecutions/Public Corruption and Financial Crime Unit – 1/2019 - Present
Prosecuted Multi-jurisdictional Counterfeiting, Embezzling, Money Laundering, Intellectual Property Crimes, Official Misconduct, Murder for Hire, Identity Theft, Financial Exploitation of the Elderly, Hate Crime
Long-term Grand Jury Investigations
Felony Trial Division (1st Dist. – City, 2nd Dist. Skokie, 3rd Dist. – Rolling Meadows, 5th Dist. – Bridgeview) – 1/2016 – 1/2019
12 Felony Juries, including 1st Degree Murder, Home Invasion, Aggravated Kidnapping, Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault, Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault, and Manufacturing of Child Pornography
Preliminary Hearings/Felony Review Unit – 1/2013 –12/2015
Misdemeanors/Traffic/Preliminary Hearing/Bond Court (6th Dist. - Markham) – 1/2010 – 12/ 2013
23 Misdemeanor Jury Trials
Obtained $25,000 in restitution for a deceptive practices case
Criminal Appeals – 8/2007 – 12/2009
Wrote dozens of briefs
Argued in front of the 1st Appellate District
Law Clerk – Cold Case & Auto Theft Units – 5/2004 – 5/2007
Owner, COLLEGE PRO PAINTERS, NW Chicago suburbs, IL – 1/2001 – 10/2003
Duties Duties included all sales, labor management, accounting, marketing, advertising, hiring/firing, and customer service for a business with over $100,000 of work produced, and over a dozen employees, annually.
Education
JURIS DOCTOR, DEPAUL COLLEGE OF LAW, CHICAGO, IL – 5/2007
Recipient of Law Merit Scholarship (based on LSAT)
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN PHILOSOPHY, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, URBANA, IL – 5/2003
James Scholar, Cohn Scholar
Community Involvement
Rolling Meadows High School Mock Trial Team, Co-Founder and Coach
Barrington, Rolling Meadows, and Palatine H.S. Law & Gov’t Guest Lecturer
Northwest Suburban Bar Association Mock Trial Competitions, Judge
UIC John Marshall Law School Mock Trial Competitions, Judge
Arlington Heights Historical Society, Board Member