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Born St. Louis, Missouri. Admitted to bar 1984, Missouri; 1988; Illinois; also admitted to practice before US District Courts, Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri and Central District of Illinois. Preparatory and legal education, University of Missouri, Columbia (BS 1977); JD 1984. Law Review, 1983-84. Law Clerk to Hon. Harold Lowenstein, Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, 1984-1985; Hon. Scott O. Wright, US District Court, Western District, 1985-1987. Member: Adams County and Tenth Judicial Circuit Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Associate Member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys.

Born Kennett, Missouri. Admitted to bar 1987, Missouri; 1988; Illinois; also admitted to practice before US District Courts, Eastern District of Missouri and Central District of Illinois. Preparatory education, University of Missouri, Columbia (BA 1976). Legal education University of Missouri, Kansas City (JD 1987). Law Review, 1985-87. Member: Adams County and Tenth Judicial Circuit Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representative.

Born Harvard, Illinois.Admitted to bar 1996, Missouri; 1996; Illinois; also admitted to practice before Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, US District Courts, Eastern District of Missouri and Central District of Illinois. Accredited Veterans Advocate. Preparatory education Quincy College (BS 1990). Legal education, University of Missouri, Columbia (JD 1995). Member: Adams County and Tenth Judicial Circuit Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Illinois State Bar Association; National Organization of Veterans Advocates; Associate Member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys.

Born Madison, Wisconsin. Admitted to bar 2004, Missouri also admitted to practice before Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Accredited Veterans Advocate. Preparatory and legal education, University of Kansas, Lawrence (BFA 1996); JD 2004. Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy, 2002-2004. Member: Adams County and Tenth Judicial Circuit Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys; National Organization of Veterans Advocates.

Born Quincy, Illinois. Admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Preparatory education, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, (BA 2001); and legal education, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois (JD 2004). Law Review, 2002-2004. Law Clerk to Hon. Robert W. Cook, Illinois Court of Appeals, Fourth District 2004-2008. Member: Adams County and Illinois Bar Associations.

Born Park Ridge, Illinois. Admitted to bar 2005, Illinois; also admitted to practice before US District Courts, Northern District of Illinois. Preparatory education, University of Southern California, (BA 2002); and lega education, Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, (JD 2005). Private practice of law in Chicago, Illinois since 2005.