Practice Areas:

• Health Care
• Antitrust
• Corporate Counseling
• Litigation

Education:

• University of Chicago, J.D. (cum laude)
• Order of the Coif
• Comment Editor, University of Chicago Law Review
• Oberlin College, A.B. (magna cum laude)
• Phi Beta Kappa

Employment:

Law Clerk to Judge Bernard M. Decker, United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1968-1969.

Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Illinois (Associate, 1969-1973; partner, 1973-2010).

Practice Overview:

General representation of a wide variety of clients, including corporate counseling (health care, antitrust, commercial transactions) and litigation in all tribunals.

Representative Clients:

American Medical Specialty Boards of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, and Urology; American Veterinary Medical Association; BlueCross BlueShield Association.

Significant Representations:

American Board of Medical Specialties and various member Boards, American Medical Association, Apache, Baxter, BCS Financial, Caremark, Centene, CF Industries, FMC, Harnischfeger, Motorola, Navajo Freight Lines, S&C Electric, and BlueCross/BlueShield companies in many states: Alabama, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and others.

Selected Judicial Decisions:

• Ball Memorial Hospital, Inc. v. Mutual Hosp. Ins. Inc.,   784 F.2d 1325 (7^th Cir. 1986).
• Navajo Terminals, Inc. v. U.S., 620 F.2d 594 (7^th Cir. 1980), 55 A.L.R. Fed. 308.
• Sanjuan v. American Bd. of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc.,  40 F.3d 247 (7^th Cir. 1994).

Bar Admissions:

• 1968, Illinois
• 1969, United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois
• 1971, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• 1975, United States Supreme Court
• 1979, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• 1982, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• 1986, California
• 1998, United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar

Illustrative Publications:

• "Credentialing for Board Admission," Legal Issues in Specialty Board Certification 15 (1997), edited by Elliott L. Mancall, M.D., et al. (with S. A. Miller).
• "Private Credentialing of Health Care Personnel: A Pragmatic Response to Academic Theory," 10 American Journal of Law & Medicine 189 (1984) (with B. A. Hubbard).
• "Overview: Legal Aspects of Certification and Accreditation, and Current Developments Affecting Hospital Staff Privileges," Legal Aspects of Certification and Accreditation 1 (1983), edited by Donald G. Langsley, M.D.
• "Sausalito Pharmacy and the Antitrust Consequences of Insurer-Imposed Maximum Limitations on Fees," 26 Saint Louis Law Journal 601 (1982) (with R. G. Wilson).
• "Visual Plume Readings - - Too Crude for Clean Air Laws," 7 Natural Resources Lawyer 457 (1974) (with R. E. Haythorne).
• "Security Interests in Government Contracts: Wherein the Tortoise Wins the Res," 34 University of Chicago Law Review 661 (1967).

Memberships & Affiliations:

• Member: American Bar Association (health, federal civil litigation, antitrust)
• Clubs: Mid-America, University (Chicago), Michigan Shores, Kenilworth, Ephraim Yacht
• Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation
• Secretary & Director, Ephraim Historical Foundation Heritage Fund
• Many Who's Who Publications