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DePaul University, J.D., 1968; Internal Revenue Service, 1964-1968, Principal, Goldberg Law Group.

Practice: Concentrates in representing all types of medical providers in investigations and contested hearings before the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, Illinois Department of Public Aid, Illinois Department of Public Health, and at Hospital and Professional Society Disciplinary Proceedings.

Memberships: Illinois State Bar Association: Past Chair, Administrative Law Section Council; Standing Committee Bar Elections Supervision; HealthCare Section Council, Chicago Bar Association: Pathways Mentoring Program; Judiciary Committee; Administrative Law Committee Decalogue Society of Lawyers- Judicial Evaluations; Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys. AWARDS: Elected by my legal peers to the Leading Lawyers of Illinois for Health Care; Superlawyer in Illinois for Health Care>

Publications: Author, Practical Lawyering: The Skills You Did Not Learn in Law School (Kaplan Publishing, 2009). Author, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Administrative Law Chapter 6; Author, Adjudication Pre-Hearing, Chapter 7; Author, Commencing the Action.Co-Author, Southern Illinois University Law Journal, Summer 1994, "Survey of Illinois Administrative Law."Illinois State Medical Society - Member of ISMS Lawyer Referral Service when it was in existence. Participant in drafting material for ISMS Model Medical Staff Bylaws (2000).Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys-Contributing Editor of material for 2006-2007 IAHA Survey.Illinois Association of Hospital Attorneys - Contributing Author of material for 2000 Health Law Survey.Illinois State Bar Association - 2001 contributing author Handbook of Illinois Administrative Law.Illinois State Bar Association-2007 Contributing Author-Administrative Law Handbook, "The Pre-hearing Stage" and "discovery", 2nd Edition

Lectures: -Illinois State Bar Association, The Basics of Regulation and Discipline of Health Care Professionals in Illinois and The Latest Developments and Trends in Healthcare Law (June 2009).-Illinois State Bar Association, Law Ed Series, Medical Malpractice Reform, Physician Profiling (April 2006).-Illinois State Bar Association, Law Ed Series, Defending Against Government Subpoenas and Investigations in the Health Care Area (January 2006).-American Medical Association, Speaker on Representing Physicians Before Licensing and Disciplinary Boards (June 2005).-Illinois State Bar Association, Law Ed, Healthcare Transactions and Litigation (April 2004).-Illinois State Bar Association, Law Ed, Representing Providers in a Changing Enviornment (May 2003).-Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education First Annual Health Care Conference, Lecturer on Presenting an Effective IDPR Defense (March 2002)-Illinois State Bar Association, Law Ed Series, Speaker on Administrative and Healthcare Law (1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001). -Southern Illinois School of Law, Judge, National Health Law Moot Court Competition. (2001, 2002, 2006). -Southern Illinois University School of Medicine M.D. and J.D. Program, Lecturer, on Illinois Department of Professional Regulation (2001). -Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, M.D., J.D. Program, Lecturer on Illinois Licensing of Physicians (January 2000).-Westlake Community Hospital, CME Legal issues in the practice of medicine (2000).-Illinois Osteopathic Medical Society- Annual Winter CME Conference- Licensure and Disciplinary Proceedings Involving Physicians (2000)-Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, M.D., J.D. Program, Lecturer on Illinois Licensing of Physicians (January, 2000).Westlake Community Hospital, CME Legal issues in the practice of medicine ( February, 2000).--Southern Illinois School of Law, Judge, National Health Law Moot Court Competition. (1999) -Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. Seminar for fourth year Residents on Illinois Medical Licensure (1997).-Chicago Bar Association Health Care Seminar (1996).-Sangamon State University Government Bar Association Administrative Law Programs (1990, 1992).-lllinois State Bar Association, Law Ed Series Instructor (1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998).