Areas of Practice

• Corporate and Commercial Transaction and Litigation
• Real Estate and Municipal Law

Litigation Percentage

• 40% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Missouri, 1978
• Illinois, 1978
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 1978
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri, 1979
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1993
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1979

Education

• Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 1977
  Juris Doctor
  Honors: Rutledge Moot Court Society, Chairman 1976-1977
  Honors: Master of Arms, Class of 1977
  Honors: Recipient, Amandus Brackman Award, 1977
  
  
• Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1974
  Master of Business Administration
  
  
• Concordia College, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1971
  Bachelor of Arts
  
  

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Editorial Staff, St. Louis Metropolitan Bar Association, 1977 - 1978

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Illinois Bar Association, 1983 - 1985
  Chair, Membership & Bar Activities
  
  
• Bench and Bar, 1987 - 1990
  
  
• Missouri Bar Association
  
  
• American Bar Association
  
  
• St. Louis Metropolitan Bar Association
  
  
• St. Clair County Bar Association
  
  
• O'Fallon Public Library, 1980 - 1982
  Board of Directors
  
  
• Children's Wing Fund Raising Drive, 1982 - 1983
  Chairman
  
  
• Boy Scouts of America, Okaw Valley, 1996 - Present
  Executive Advisory Board
  
  
• Big Brothers Big Sisters, St. Clair County, 1997 - Present
  Board of Directors
  
  
• Belleville Philharmonic, 1997 - 1999
  Board of Directors
  
  
• Rotary International, O'Fallon, Illinois, 1999 - Present
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Gallop, Johnson :& Neuman, L.C., Managing Partner, 1996 - 1997
• Suelthaus & Walsh, Corporate Vice President & Managing Principal, 1993 - 1996
• Pessin, Baird, Belsheim & Wells, Partner, 1986 - 1993
• Law Offices of Harold G. Belsheim, Attorney, 1979 - 1986
• Missouri Court of Appeals, Staff Attorney, 1977 - 1979
• City Council, O'Fallon, Illinois, Alderman, 1983 - 1987