Education Qualifications:

• Graduated 1959        Austin High School, Chicago, Illinois
• Graduated 1963        University of Illinois, Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Graduated 1965        DePaul University College of Law (Degree: Juris Doctor)

• Graduate Studies in Psychology:

• DePaul University Graduate School
• Roosevelt University Graduate School

• National Judicial College:    Awarded Certificate of Mediator Certification

Professional Qualifications:

Admitted to Practice:

• United States of America Supreme Court
• State of Illinois Supreme Court – 1965
• U.S. District Court Trial Bar – 1982
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois – 1967
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois – 1965

Judicial Experience:

• Appointed May 1986, Associate Circuit Judge Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Lake and McHenry Counties.
• Assigned to Chief Judge for Special Assignments including trials both bench and jury in all divisions including criminal, civil, family, traffic, probate, chancery and civil motions.
• Currently assigned as the Civil Back-up.
• Certified Mentor of new Judges for 19th Judicial Circuit.

Professional Memberships:

• Member of Advisory Board DePaul University College of Law’s Center for Jewish Law & Judaic Studies
• Illinois State Bar Association
• Elected and re-elected for five terms on the Illinois State Bar Association Assembly from Nineteenth Circuit
• Former member of By-laws Committee Illinois State Bar Association
• Member Civil Practice & Procedure Section Council (2000-2002) Illinois State Bar Association
• American Inns of Court-Jefferson Inn
• Lake County Bar Association
• McHenry County Bar Association
• Chicago Bar Association
• Jewish Judges Association
• Former Chairman, Municipal law Committee: Former Chairman Traffic and Misdemeanor Committee Lake County Bar Association; Member various Lake County bar Association Committees
• Illinois Judges Association
• Member Membership Committee, Illinois Judges Association (2000)
• Former Member Speakers Bureau Committee Illinois Judges Association

Professional Experience in Practice of Law:

• Law Office of Dunn and Diambri -1985 to 1986, Partner, 300 Green Bay Road, Highwood, IL 60040
• Law Office of Wallace B. Dunn – 1974 to 1985, Sole Owner, 300 Green Bay Road, Highwood, IL 60040
• Law Office of Kvistad and Dunn – 1968 to 1974, Partner, 188 W. Randolph St., Chicago, IL
• Law Office Wallace B. Dunn – 1965 to 1968, Sole Owner, One North LaSalle St., Chicago, IL
• Past Member American Arbitration Association Panel of Arbitrators

Governmental Positions:

• Associate Judge Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, 1986 to Present
• Corporation Counsel, City of Highwood, 1969 to 1986
• Village Attorney, Village of Wauconda, 1971 to 1975
• Village Prosecutor, Village of Bannockburn, 1980 to 1986
• Special City Attorney, City of Zion
• Del Mar Woods Sanitary District, Attorney, 1983 to 1986
• Assistant Prosecutor, Village of Elmwood Park, 1968 to 1974
• Special Prosecutor, Village of Wheeling
• Special Prosecutor, Village of Deerfield
• Special Prosecutor, Village of Vernon Hills
• City of Highwood Library, Attorney
• Member Lake County Zoning Board of Appeals, 1980 to 1986

Author and Lecturer:

• Article:    Northwest Suburban Bar Association Journal.
• Article:    Lake County Bar Association Journal, February 1996, Supreme Court Rule Changes in Article V
• Pamphlet:    Summary of the Illinois Mental Health Code of 1965 for use in Illinois Mental Institutions
• Presenter at:
  • Illinois Judicial Conference – Civil Law topic; Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education – DUI Seminars
  • Lake County Bar Association Seminars: - Family Law Seminar, DUI Seminars, Civil Law and Appeals
  • Critical Solutions – Litigation Issues ’96, Forum and Continuing Education Seminar on Business Valuation and Divorce Taxation
  • Young Lawyers Seminars on Chancery Court
  • National Business Institute Seminar:  Panelist for What Civil Court Judges Want You to Know (2009).

Awards:

• Certificate of Award: - Bancroft Witney Co., Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Co., American Jurisprudence Prize for Excellence in Contracts.
• A Fellow of the Illinois Bar Foundation 1995
• Certificate of Appreciation: The Lake County Volunteer Program, 1985
• Certificate of Award: Meehan Society of the College of Law of DePaul University.
• Certificate of Appreciation: Member Governor’s Advisory Council, Richard B. Ogilvie, Governor
• The Illinois Retail Liquor Association Certificate of Appreciation: Sky Ranch for Boys Foundation
• Veterans of Foreign Wars Highwood Award
• Certificate of Appreciation: City of Highwood
• Chicago Youth Award for Service to Chicago Youth
• Certificate of Appreciation: Lake County Zoning Board of Appeal
• Certificate of Appreciation Northern Illinois Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse

Republican Party Activities:

• Former Parliamentarian, Moraine (Deerfield) Township Republican Party
• Former Precinct Committeemen of Moraine (Deerfield) Township
• Member Republican Federation

Community Activities:

• Member Deerfield Lions Club, 20 year pin
• Chairman Deerfield Lions 4th July Fireworks
• Former member Highland Park-Highwood Lions Club
• 33rd Degree Mason
• Scottish Rite Commander-in-Chief (2006-2008)
• Member Board of Directors Valley of Chicago, Scottish Rite (2008-Present)
• Member Lake County Shrine Club
• Member A.O. Fay Highland Park Masonic Lodge

Family:

• Joan and I have been married over 46 years and we have a daughter Lisa, a lawyer, and a son Jonathan, an orthopedic surgeon.  We currently have 5 grandchildren.