Education

• Washington University

  (A.B., magna cum laude, 1976)

• Boston College Law School

  (J.D., cum  laude, 1979)

• University of Chicago

  (Bigelow Fellow, 1981-1982)

Admissions

• State of Illinois
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois – Trial Bar

Publications

• “The Seventh Amendment Right to Jury for Violations of the Commodity Exchange Act – Parts I and II,” Ulmer & Berne LLP (April 2019)
• “The Illinois Caregiver Act: Mercy with Justice,” Illinois State Bar Association Real Estate Newsletter (May 2018)
• “Suitability: At the Corner of Series 3 and Series 7,” Nat’l Introducing Brokers Assoc. J. (Winter 2014)
• “The Bail Reform Act of 1984,” 35 Emory Law Journal 685 (1985)
• “Implied Malice–The Coming Constitutional Crisis in Tennessee,” 15 Mem St. Law Review 369 (1985)
• “Model Adoption Act & Commentary,” 29 Family Law Quarterly103 (1985) (with ABA Executive Committee on Adoption)
• “Are All Murderers Unfit Parents?,” 29 Journal of Family Law415 (1982)
• “The Israeli Standard Contract Law,” 28 International and Comp. Law Quarterly560 (1979)

Presentations

• “DOL Fiduciary Rule and the Futures and Derivatives Industry,” Midland IRA and Ulmer DOL Fiduciary Rule Seminar (August 2017)
• “Comparison of SEC and CFTC Early Reporting Obligations,” Futures Industry Conference, Washington D.C. (April 2015)
• “Good Advice: What to Expect from your Lawyer,” Introducing Broker Seminar (April 2013)
• “Is Aiding and Abetting Liability Really Dead?” Hot Topics: Financial Services Update 2008 (December 2008)
• “Marketing of Hedge Funds,” Hot Topics: Financial Services Update 2006 (May 2006)
• “Secondary Liability,” Hot Liability Topics for Financial Service Providers (March 2005)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Chicago Bar Association
• Securities Industry Association (Member)
• National Introducing Brokers Association (Member)
• Futures Industry Association (Member)
• Northern Illinois University School of Law (Visiting Professor, 1986-1987)
• University of Memphis Law School (Professor of Law, 1983-1986)
• University of Chicago Law School (Lecturer in Law, 1981-1982)

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• JNF Chicago (Board of Directors)
• JNF Loop Professionals Group (Founding Member)
• Ida Crown Jewish Academy (Past Member, Board of Governors)
• Congregation Or Torah (Past Officer)
• Chicago Volunteer Legal Services (Former Volunteer)

HONORS

• AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated – Martindale-Hubbell®
• Named to the Illinois Super Lawyers list (2007, 2009-2021)
• Named a “Leading Lawyer” in a survey of lawyers by the Leading Lawyers Network (2010, 2011, 2013-2020)

• Investment News, June 21, 2018, “Supreme Court ruling on SEC judges unlikely to upend advice industry“
• Pensions & Investments, June 21, 2018, “Supreme Court rules SEC in-house judges are subject to appointments clause“

• Ulmer Attorneys Named to 2022 Illinois Super Lawyers List
• Ulmer Attorneys Named to 2021 Illinois Super Lawyers List
• Ulmer Attorneys Named 2020 Illinois Super Lawyers
• Judge Rules FINRA Lacks Jurisdiction in Futures Clearing Firm Arbitration
• The Seventh Amendment Right to Jury for Violations of the Commodity Exchange Act – Part II
• The Seventh Amendment Right to Jury for Violations of the Commodity Exchange Act – Part I
• Ulmer Attorneys Selected to 2019 Illinois Super Lawyers List