Seminar Presentation and Teaching

• Chicago Bar Association, 1985
  Young Lawyers Section-Bench/Bar Relations Committee
  “Observations Regarding Jurors”
• Chicago Bar Association, 1986
  Young Lawyers Section-Bench/Bar Relations Committee
  “Recent Developments in the First Municipal District”
• Chicago Bar Association Symposium, 1986
  “Ethical Issues Facing the Legal Community”
• Illinois Judicial Conference, 1985-1986
  “Judicial Ethics and Conduct”
• American Bar Association, 1987
  Litigation Section, Products Liability Seminar
  “Consumerism in Closing Arguments” Fall Annual Meeting
• Illinois Supreme Court New Judges seminar, 1983-1988
  “Trial Practice”
• National Conference on Metropolitan Courts, 1989
  “Pre-Bench Judicial Training”
• American Bar Association, 1989
  National Conference on Judicial Performance Evaluation
• Chicago Bar Association, 1989
  Circuit Court Committee, “Raising the Jurisdictional Limit of the Law Division”
• American Bar Association, 1989
  Judiciary Committee, “Judicial Performance Evaluation”
• American Judicature Society/American Arbitration Association, 1989
  Mediation Training Program, “Ethics of Judicial Mediation”
• Circuit Court of Cook County, Law Division Judges’ Workshop, 1991
  “Improving the Performance of the Circuit Court of Cook County”
• Conference of Chief Judges, 1991
• Chicago Bar Association, 1991
  Continuing Legal Education Seminar,
  “Motion Practice in the Law Division”
• Chicago Bar Association, 1992
  Civil Practice Committee
• Chicago Bar Association, 1992
  Young Lawyers Section-Bench/Bar Committee “Experience as a Judge”
• Chicago Bar Association, 1992
  Young Lawyers Section-Bench/Bar Committee
  “Successful Practice in the Law Division”
• Chicago Bar Association, 1993
  “Voluntary Mediation”
• Illinois Supreme Court,
  Alternative Dispute Resolution Coordinating Committee, 1993
  “Civil Case Mediation Project”
• Chicago Bar Association, 1993
  Circuit Court Committee
• Women’s Bar Association, 1993
  Tort Committee
• Illinois State Bar Association, 1993
  Alternative Dispute Resolution Coordinating Committee
• Chicago Bar Association, 1993
  Tort Litigation Committee
• Chicago Bar Association, 1991-1993
  Judiciary Committee
• Illinois State Bar Association, Tort Litigation Committee, 1985
  “Practice in the Law Division”
• Cable Television Program “Law Corner”, Northwest Suburban Area, 1995
  “Circuit Court of Cook County”
• West Suburban Bar Association, 1995
  “Practice in the Law Division”
• West Suburban Bar Association, 1995
  “Expansion of Suburban Jurisdiction”
• Society of Trial Lawyers, 1995
  “Practice in the Law Division”
• Northwest Suburban Bar Association, 1995
  “Expanding Jurisdiction of the Suburban Courts”
• National Association of Women Lawyers
  and Women’s Bar Association of Illinois, 1996
• Chicago Bar Association, Civil Practice Committee, 1996
• American Judicature Society, Oak Brook Hills Hotel & Resort, 1996
  “Serving the Public: an Education Module for Court Employees”
• Cook County Bar Association, 1996
  “New Discovery Rules”
• Chicago Bar Association, Tort Litigation Committee, 1996
  “Mandatory Arbitration”
• Chicago Bar Association, Long Range Planning Committee, 1996
  “Court Records”
• North Suburban Bar Association, 1996
  “Successful Practice in the Law Division”
• Women’s Bar Association of Illinois, 1997
  Tort Committee
• Chicago Bar Association, 1997
  Annual Pro Bono Service Awards
• Chicago Bar Association, 1997
  Civil Practice Committee
• Circuit Court of Cook County Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Sexual Orientation Awareness in the Courts, 1998
• Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee, 1998
  “Remote Electronic Access”