Achievements

• Driving force behind having the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Alton, Illinois named in honor of Judge William L. Beatty, a beloved judge in the Southern District of Illinois. See the article (PDF) from The Alton Telegraph.
  
  
• Organized, hosted and provided the following seminars for federal criminal defense attorneys: 

1. How to WIN a Federal Criminal Case, 11/09/01.
   See brochure (PDF)
2. A Practitioner’s Road Map to Practicing in the Southern District of Illinois, 05/10/02.
3. Going to WAR with the Government in the 21^st Century, 01/16/03. See brochure (PDF)
4. White Collar Federal Criminal Law: How to Avoid the “Perp” Walk, 10/10/03. See brochure (PDF)
5. Blakely v. Washington, 07/23/04. See brochure (PDF)
6. Round Table Discussion on Federal Criminal Practice, 06/10/05. See brochure (PDF)
7. Terry MacCarthy Seminar, 09/28/06 and 09/29/06.
   See brochure (PDF)

• Organized and co hosted dinners in honor of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for members of the state and  federal judiciary, U.S. Attorneys Offices, Local prosecutors and criminal defense bars in the Southern District of Illinois and Eastern District of Missouri.
  
  
•  Cosponsor of the prestigious Silver Gavel Award given to a member of the bar who shows a dedication to justice.
  
  
• Leading member of the Criminal Justice Act Panels for the Southern District of Illinois and Eastern District of Missouri
  
  
• Life Member of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  
  
• Former board member of the Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  
  
• Recipient of Certificate of Appreciation for work done on CJA Panel
  
  
• Member of Southern District of Illinois committee to retain Magistrate Gerald Cohn
  
  
• Member of selection committee which culminated in the appointment of Magistrate Donald Wilkerson in the Southern District of Illinois