MICHAEL ANTONIO CANGANELLI, Attorney and Counselor at Law

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MICHAEL ANTONIO CANGANELLI
Attorney and Counselor at Law
1404 Boca Lago Drive
Valparaiso, Indiana 46383-4420
1(219) 477-4688, (219) 707-1771 cell, (831) 597-3844 eFax, (530)734-3358 jConnect fax

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The Supreme Court of Illinois (November 1, 1982).
Federal Courts:
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (December 6, 1982),
U.S. District Courts for the:
Northern District of Illinois (General bar, December 16, 1982),
(Trial bar, February 1, 1990);
Central District of Illinois (May 10, 1995);
Northern District of Indiana (February 14, 1986);
Southern District of Indiana (May 18, 1994), and
Eastern District of Wisconsin (January 6, 1986).

I have been a solo practitioner since November 1, 1982 in Chicago, Illinois. Some of the cases I have litigated include: Indiana University v. Canganelli, 501 N.E.2d 299, 301 (Ill. App. Ct. 1986); Canganelli v. Lake County Ind. Dept. of Pub. Welfare (In re Canganelli), 132 B.R. 369, 383 (Bankr. N.D. Ind. 1991) which was disparaged in http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/getcase/7th/case/972761.html as to the portion which had gone against me; and CANGANELLI v. CANGANELLI, 766 N.E.2d 411, (Ind. Ct. App., 2002).
I was concurrently an attorney at ComPsych Corporation from April 17, 2007 through July 31, 2007, providing general legal information and referrals to local attorneys by telephone and email to its clients in the United States, Canada, and the Phillipines.
I was concurrently an Hearings Referee, Illinois Department of Employment Security from July 2, 1990-September 30, 1998, in Chicago, Illinois, beginning at $29,604 and ending at $56,184, where I wrote the original decision after hearing in DIRECTOR OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY vs National Data Services of Chicago, Inc., H-37509 which was upheld in http://www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/AppellateCourt/2001/2ndDistrict/March/Html/2000078.htm. .
I was concurrently a Managing Attorney, Hyatt Legal Services, Forest Park and Homewood, Illinois from November 9, 1988-August 31, 1989, beginning at $24,000 and ending at $40,200.
I was concurrently a Staff Attorney, Hyatt Legal Services, Burbank, Chicago (Ford City Shopping Center), Tinley Park, and occasionally in Homewood and LaGrange, Illinois from July 7, 1987-November 9, 1988, at $23,000.
I was concurrently an Associate Attorney, Klimek & Ricchiardi in Chicago, Illinois, from 1984-July 7, 1987.

In Cheyenne, Wyoming I was a Land Law Examiner in the Lands and Mining Section, Lands and Mineral Operations Branch, Technical Division, Wyoming State Office, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior from November 1, 1979-January 24, 1981.
I had previously been a Paralegal Specialist for the Oil and Gas Section, Lands and Mineral Operations Branch, Technical Division, Wyoming State Office, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior from July 1, 1979-October 31, 1979.
I was the Senior Law Clerk and Law Librarian for Gottlieb & Schwartz in Chicago, Illinois from January 8, 1975-November 23, 1978.

I was awarded a Juris Doctor degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law on June 18, 1978.

Although I never started the graduate seminar or thesis, I did finish the course work required for a master of arts in Religious Studies at Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana) which I never finished but concluded working toward in December 1974.
I was awarded a Bachelor of Arts from Indiana University (Double Major in Religious Studies and History) (Bloomington, Indiana), May 15, 1974.
Previous thereto I graduated 67/201 in my class from West LaFayette, Indiana High School, June 3, 1970.

I am also a former member of the:
the American Bar Association, 1977-1978, 1983, and 1990-2002;
American Bankruptcy Institute, January 2000-June 2001;
American Judicature Society, 1983;
Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1983;
Catholic Lawyers Guild, St. Thomas More Society, (Diocese of Gary in Indiana), 1995;
the Chicago Bar Association, 1978-2005, wherein:
in the Administrative Law Practice Committee,
Elected Chair (1997-1998 and again 2002-2003),
Elected Vice-Chair (1996-1997 and 2001-2002),
and Elected Legislative Liaison (1998-1999 and 2001-2004);
in the Administrative Law Judges Service Committee, I was the elected Chair (2002-2003);
in the (Illinois) Civil Practice Committee (Division III), I was the Elected Chair (2002-2003);
Elected Vice-Chair (2001-2002);
and Elected Representative to the Executive Section (2000-2001), and
in the Solo/Small Firm Practitioners Service Committee, I was the Elected Chair (2003-2004) and
Elected Vice-Chair (2002-2003),
and in addition, at various times since 1983, I have belonged to the following additional committees thereof:
Appellate Practice Committee,
Asset Protection Practice Committee,
Bankruptcy/Reorganization Practice Committee,
Federal Civil Procedure Practice Committee
(as well as the Local Federal Rules Practice Ad Hoc Subcommittee thereof),
Government Service Committee,
Income Tax Committee,
Law Office Technology Service Committee,
Legislative Committee,
Professional Responsibility Service Committee,
and the Unauthorized Practice of Law/Multi-Disciplinary Practice Service Committee.
Chicago Council of Lawyers, 1983;
Federal Bar Association, 1983;
Illinois Association of Administrative Law Judges, 1990-2005, where I was also either the elected secretary or an elected member of the Board of Directors for 1990-1999;
the (Illinois) Government Bar Association,
the Illinois Native American Bar Association, and
Illinois State Bar Association, 1977-1978 and 1983;
Justinian Society of Lawyers (Northwest Indiana), 1985-1990;
National Association of Administrative Law Judges, 1993-2005
The Seventh Circuit Bar Association, 1983-1986, and
the Student Bar Association of the Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law from January 21, 1975 through June 18, 1978.

Elected Delegate, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, Local #1006, Bargaining Unit RC-10, Illinois State Convention, Springfield, Illinois, November 1997.
Elected Negotiator for Illinois Statewide Master Contract, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, Local #1006, Bargaining Unit RC-10, 1996-1997.
Lead Steward for the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, Local #1006, 1995 until September 30, 1998, singlehandedly representing most grievants and disciplinees in all but one case during that time in the Chicago central office, as well as some departmental local offices and another department's Chicago office, both in my own bargaining unit of attorneys and in other bargaining units.
Elected Negotiator for the first Illinois Statewide Contract for Hearings Referees, Hearings Referee Intermittents, and Technical Advisors I-III (all attorney positions), American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, Local #1006, Bargaining Unit RC-10, July 1, 1991-October 31, 1992.
Member, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, Local #1006, RC-10, July 2, 1990-September 30, 1998.
Organizer, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, Local #1006, RC-10, July 2, 1990-June 30, 1991.
Elected Chief Steward for Chicago, Illinois and Battle Creek, Michigan, Region V offices of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the American Federation of Government Employees, Local #1626 in 1985.
Steward for Chicago, Illinois and Battle Creek, Michigan, Region V offices of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the American Federation of Government Employees, Local #1626 in from March 1981 through July 17, 1987, singlehandedly representing grievants in all but one case during that time in the Chicago regional office.
Member, American Federation of Government Employees, Local #1626 from March 1981 through July 17, 1987.
Organizer, American Federation of Government Employees, Local #1626 in Chicago, Illinois during 1981.
Associate Member, National Association of Letter Carriers, 1980-1981.
Associate Member, American Postal Workers Union, July 1979-June 1980.
Member, American Postal Workers Union, November 1978-June 1979.

Elected Chair, International Association of Workforce Professionals (Illinois Chapter, Chicago Central Office Subchapter), 2003-2005;
Awarded 2001 Presidential Inaugural Commission, May 29, 2001;
First District Delegate to the Indiana State Democratic Convention, June 2000;
Elected Delegate, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, Local #1006, Bargaining Unit RC-10, Illinois State Convention, Springfield, Illinois, November 1997;
Elected Negotiator for Illinois Statewide Master Contract, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, Local #1006, Bargaining Unit RC-10, 1996-1997;
Member, Valparaiso Area Democrat Club, Valparaiso, Indiana, since 1995;
Advisory Board Member, Valparaiso Area Democrat Club, Valparaiso, Indiana, 1995-1997;
Member, Valparaiso, Indiana Mayor`s Sign Ordinance Task Force, 1995-1996;
Elected Negotiator for the first Illinois Statewide Contract for Hearings Referees, Hearings Referee Intermittents, and Technical Advisors I-III (all attorney positions), American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, Local #1006, Bargaining Unit RC-10, July 1, 1991-October 31, 1992;
Elected Chief Steward for Chicago, Illinois and Battle Creek, Michigan, Region V offices of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the American Federation of Government Employees, Local #1626 in 1985.

I substitute taught Spanish at Portage and Valparaiso, Indiana High School in September 2005.
I substitute taught French at Portage, Indiana High School in September 2005.
I substitute taught German at Portage, Indiana High School in September 2005.
I substitute taught Spanish at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Valparaiso, Indiana in September 2005.
I substitute taught French at Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Valparaiso, Indiana in September 2005.
I substitute taught Spanish at Whiting, Indiana High School in April 1990.
I studied first-year classical Latin while at the Graduate School,
I studied two years of Spanish while at the College of Arts and Sciences,
I studied one and one-half years of Italian, also while at the College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
I studied three years of Spanish at West LaFayette,
I also studied more than a year each of French and German at West LaFayette, Indiana High School.
I have also studied Serbian, Koine Greek, vulgar Latin, and a smattering of other languages on a much less concentrated and more informal basis at my own leisure and in conjunction with my other fields of study.

I substitute taught Spanish at Boone Grove, Portage and Valparaiso, Indiana High Schools in September and October 2005.
I substitute taught French at Portage, Indiana High School in September 2005.
I substitute taught German at Portage and Valparaiso, Indiana Indiana High Schools in September and October 2005.
I substitute taught Spanish at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Valparaiso, Indiana in September 2005.
I substitute taught French at Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Valparaiso, Indiana in September 2005.
I substitute taught Spanish at Whiting, Indiana High School in April 1990.
I substitute taught Computer Literacy at Whiting, Indiana High School in April 1990.
I substitute taught History at Whiting, Indiana High School in April 1990.
I taught my fellow land law examiners and a paralegal specialist a two-day course on legal research and writing at Cheyenne, Wyoming while I was a Land Law Examiner in the Lands and Mining Section, Lands and Mineral Operations Branch, Technical Division, Wyoming State Office, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior during August 1980.
I taught a two-day course on Africa to my fellow World History class students while at West LaFayette, Indiana High School, during my sophomore class year from 1967 through 1968.

I substitute taught Spanish at Boone Grove (Porter Township, Porter County), Portage and Valparaiso, Indiana High Schools in September and October 2005.
I substitute taught French at Portage, Indiana High School in September 2005.
I substitute taught German at Portage and Valparaiso, Indiana Indiana High Schools in September and October 2005.
I substitute taught Spanish at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Valparaiso, Indiana in September 2005.
I substitute taught French at Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Valparaiso, Indiana in September 2005.
I substitute taught Spanish at Whiting, Indiana High School in April 1990.
I substitute taught Computer Literacy at Whiting, Indiana High School in April 1990.
I substitute taught History at Whiting, Indiana High School in April 1990.

Since September 23, 2003, I have also concurrently been an independent contractor personal financial analyst, now holding the rank of District Leader at a 50% commission level with Click Here to visit Primerica Financial Services
, Solution #BERN3, licensed both as a life insurance producer and loan originator in both Indiana and Illinois, and as a legal insurance producer only in Indiana.

Since January 11, 2001, I have also concurrently been an independent contractor having attained the rank of Associate Three, #20310108, with Life Force International Click Here to visit Life Force International.

From August 2000 until August 2004, I was concurrently an independent contractor Team Trainer with ACN (formerly American Communications Network).

From August 1999 until August 2004, I was concurrently an Independent Business Owner with Unicity Network (formerly Rexall Showcase International, Inc.), #305905.

From October 1, 1998 until December 31, 2004, I also served concurrently as a Public Service Administrator for the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES), Revenue Bureau, Remittances and Reporting Division, Document Control Subdivision, Magnetic Media Unit, Diskette Section, wherein I supervised up to eight full-time Unemployment Insurance Revenue Analyst II staff persons, beginning at $61,800 per annum, ending at $70,704.

From August 16, 1998 until September 30, 1998, I also served concurrently as a Hearings Referee, Board of Review, Illinois Department of Employment Security in Chicago, Illinois, beginning and ending at $56,184.

From December 1, 1993 until August 15, 1998, I also served concurrently acted as a Hearings Referee, Appeals Division, Administrative Hearings Subdivision, Tax Unit, Illinois Department of Employment Security in Chicago, Illinois, beginning at $35,000 and ending at $56,184.

From July 1, 1990 until November 30, 1993, I concurrently acted as a Hearings Referee, Appeals Division, Benefits Appeals Subdivision, Metro South Unit, Illinois Department of Employment Security in Chicago and Burbank, Illinois, beginning at $29,604 and ending at $35,000.

From November 9, 1988 until August 31, 1989, I also served concurrently as a Managing Attorney for Hyatt Legal Services in Forest Park and Homewood, Illinois, supervising up to four staff attorneys and four legal assistant staff persons, beginning at $24,000 and ending at $40,200.

From July 7, 1987 until November 9, 1988 I also served concurrently as a Staff Attorney for Hyatt Legal Services in Burbank, Chicago (Ford City), Tinley Park, and occasionally in Homewood and LaGrange, Illinois, beginning and ending at $23,000.

From 1984 until July 7, 1987, I was concurrently an attorney with Klimek & Ricchiardi in Chicago, Illinois.

I was an independent dealer for Southwestern Petroleum Company (SWEPCO) from July 1, 1982-October 31, 1982 in Hobart, Indiana.

In addition, I had an income tax preparation business from January 1, 1982-October 31, 1982 in Hobart, Indiana.

From January 25, 1981 until July 7, 1987, I was concurrently an Emergency Management Program Specialist, Series 301, General Schedule 12, for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region V, in both Chicago, Illinois and Battle Creek, Michigan, beginning at $23,942 and ending at $37,997.

From November 1, 1979 until January 24, 1981, I was a Land Law Examiner in the Lands and Mining Section, Lands and Minerals Operations Branch, Technical Division, Wyoming State Office, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, beginning at $19,604 and ending at $23,000.

From July 1, 1979 until October 31, 1979, I was a Paralegal Specialist for the Oil and Gas Section, Lands and Minerals Operations Branch, Technical Division, Wyoming State Office, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, beginning and ending at $19,604.

From November 24, 1978 until June 30, 1979, I was a postal clerk five at the Main Post Office, Chicago, Illinois, beginning at $7.09 and ending at $7.21 per hour.

From January 8, 1975 until November 23, 1978, I was the Senior Law Clerk and Law Librarian for Gottlieb & Schwartz in Chicago, Illinois, beginning at $6,900 and ending at $10,000.

I was a manager for Mother Bear Pizza in Bloomington, Indiana from September 1974-November 1974.

I worked as an ad hoc manager while running the front desk for Brunswick Bowling in Bloomington, Indiana from July 1972-August 1972.

I was an independent contractor store manager and pizza delivery person at Fred's Pizza in Bloomington, Indiana from May 1972-June 1972.

I worked in food preparation and counter services at Mr. Roast Beef in West LaFayette, Indiana during June 1971.

I worked as an independent contractor in building services in LaFayette, Indiana from June 1970-September 1970.

I was Head Doorman for Cinema West in West LaFayette, Indiana from March 1970-September 1970.

I worked in food services for MCL Cafeteria in West LaFayette, Indiana from September 1969-November 1969.

I worked in food services for St. Elizabeth Hospital in LaFayette, Indiana from June 1969-August 1969.

I worked as an independent contractor in financial services in West LaFayette, Indiana from May 1969-September 1970.

In addition, I was an independent contractor for two different greeting card companies and Grit newspaper during the 1960's.

I have managed my solo practice of law in Chicago, Illinois since November 1, 1982.
I have worked since October 1, 1998 as a public service administrator, option one-general, supervising eight full-time unemployment insurance revenue analysts II with the Diskette Section, Magnetic Media Branch, Document Control Subdivision, Reports and Remittances Division, Revenue Bureau, Illinois Department of Employment Security, 401 South State Street, 4th Floor, W-4c, Chicago, Illinois, beginning at $61,800 per annum, and presently making $70,704.00 per annum.
See Private Business Ownership below for additional current management-related information.
I had also previously managed up to four attorneys and four legal assistant staff persons at Hyatt Legal Services as a Managing Attorney in Forest Park and Homewood, Illinois, beginning at $24,000 and ending at $40,200, from November 9, 1988-August 31, 1989.
I managed my own independent dealership for Southwestern Petroleum Company (SWEPCO) in Hobart, Indiana, from July 1, 1982-October 31, 1982.
In addition, I managed my own income tax preparation business in Hobart, Indiana from January 1, 1982-October 31, 1982.
I managed the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region V Equal Employment Opportunity program from February 1, 1981-January 31, 1982.
I managed the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region V, Government Preparedness Section for only one week until its demise in 1982, with only one GS-11 staff person, while I was a GS-12 Emergency Management Program Specialist.
I managed as many as three other law clerks as the Senior Law Clerk and Law Librarian for Gottlieb & Schwartz in Chicago, Illinois from January 8, 1975-November 23, 1978.
I also managed two waitresses as Saturday manager at Mother Bear Pizza in Bloomington, Indiana from September 1974-November 1974.
I was ad hoc manager of the Ice Cream Bar at the Indiana Memorial Union from August-September, 1974.
I managed the evening dinette and maintenance staff for Brunswick Bowling in Bloomington, Indiana from July 1972-August 1972.
I was ad hoc manager for the wait staff on an independent contractor basis at Fred's Pizza in Bloomington, Indiana from May 1972-June 1972.
I managed my own independent contractor business in building maintenance services in LaFayette, Indiana from June 1970-September 1970.
I was ad hoc manager for a cashier, two ushers, and a snack counter person as Head Doorman for Cinema West in West LaFayette, Indiana from March 1970-September 1970.
I managed my own independent contractor business in financial services in West LaFayette, Indiana from May 1969-September 1970.
Lastly, I managed my own independent contractor sales business for two different greeting card companies and Grit newspaper during the 1960's.

I worked as an Emergency Management Program Specialist, GS-301/12, for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region V (FEMA, R5) in both Chicago, Illinois and Battle Creek, Michigan from January 25, 1981-July 7, 1987, having started at a salary of $23,942 per annum and ending at $37,997.
While at FEMA, R5, I also served as the Regional Equal Employment Opportunity Officer from February 1, 1981-January 31, 1982.
Previously I had worked as a Land Law Examiner, GS-945/11, in Cheyenne, Wyoming in the Lands and Mining Section, Lands and Mineral Operations Branch, Technical Division, Wyoming State Office, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior from November 1, 1979-January 24, 1981, at an ending salary of $23,000 per annum.
I had also worked as a Paralegal Specialist, GS-950/11, in Cheyenne, Wyoming for the Oil and Gas Section, Lands and Mineral Operations Branch, Technical Division, Wyoming State Office, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Department of the Interior from July 1, 1979 until October 31, 1979, having started at a salary of $19,604 per annum.
Previous thereto I had been a postal clerk 5 at the Main Post Office in Chicago, Illinois from November 24,1978-June 30, 1979, at a beginning hourly wage of $7.21 and an ending wage of $7.51, and was training to become a clerk 6 working on ZMT machines when I transferred to the BLM.

I worked from October 1, 1998 as a public service administrator, option one-general, supervising up to eight full-time unemployment insurance revenue analysts II with the Diskette Section, Magnetic Media Branch, Document Control Subdivision, Reports and Remittances Division, Revenue Bureau, Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) in Chicago, Illinois, beginning at $61,800.00 per annum, and ending at $70,704.00 per annum.
I was a Hearings Referee with the Board of Review, IDES in Chicago from August 16, 1998 until September 30, 1998, at a salary of $56,184.00 per annum;
I was previously a Hearings Referee with the Tax Unit of the Administrative Hearings Subdivision, Appeals Division, IDES in Chicago (also doing hearings at its local offices around the northern part of the state of Illinois) from December 1, 1993 until August 16, 1998, at a salary beginning at $35,000.00 and ending at $56,184.00 per annum, and
I had previously thereto been a Hearings Referee with the Benefit Appeals Subdivision, Appeals Division, IDES in Chicago from July 2, 1990 until November 30, 1993, with six months of the last assignment spent at the local office in Burbank, Illinois during mid-1993, having started at a salary of $29,604.00 per annum and ending at $35,000.00.

I worked in retail food services for the Indiana University Memorial Union, Bloomington, Indiana, in August 1974-September 1974.
I worked as a laboratory assistant for the Indiana State Geological Survey, Bloomington, Indiana, from May 1974-August 1974.
I worked in two different campus dormitory cafeterias for Indiana University Residence Halls, Bloomington, Indiana, from January 1974-April 1974.
I worked at the physical plant at Indiana University Memorial Union, Bloomington, Indiana, from August 1973-December 1973.
I worked as a proofreader for the Indiana University Office of Publications, Bloomington, Indiana, from August 1972-August 1973.
I worked as a library assistant at Swain Hall Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, from August 1971-May 1972.
I worked at the physical plant at Purdue University, West LaFayette, Indiana, from June 1968-August 1968.

Substitute high school and middle school teacher for Valparaiso, Indiana during September 2005 for $60 per diem.
Substitute high school teacher for Portage, Indiana during September 2005 for $60 per diem.
Member, Valparaiso, Indiana Mayor`s Sign Ordinance Task Force, 1995.
Substitute high school teacher for the School City of Whiting, Indiana during April 1990 for $45 per diem.

Elected Chair, International Association of Workforce Professionals (Illinois Chapter, Central Office Subchapter), 2003-2004;
Co-Chair Bylaws Committee, International Association of Workforce Professionals (Illinois Chapter), since 2003;
Parliamentarian, International Association of Workforce Professionals (Illinois Chapter), since 2002;
Member, International Association of Workforce Professionals (Illinois Chapter, Central Office Subchapter) since 1999,
First District Delegate to the Indiana State Democratic Convention, June 2000;
Member, National Arbor Day Foundation, 2000-2001;
1998 Twentieth Anniversary Reunion Chairman, 1978 Graduating Class, Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law;
Member, Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law Alumnae/i;
Life Member, Indiana University Alumni Association;
Member, Illinois Unemployment Insurance Adjudicators' Association, 1999-2001;
Elected Delegate, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, Local #1006, Bargaining Unit RC-10, Illinois State Convention, Springfield, Illinois, November 1997;
Elected Negotiator for Illinois Statewide Master Contract, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, Local #1006, Bargaining Unit RC-10, 1996-1997;
Member, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, Local #1006, Bargaining Unit RC-10, July 2, 1990-September 30, 1998;
Member, Valparaiso Area Democrat Club, Valparaiso, Indiana, January 1, 1995-2000;
Advisory Board Member, Valparaiso Area Democrat Club, Valparaiso, Indiana, 1995-1997;
Member, Valparaiso, Indiana Mayor`s Sign Ordinance Task Force, 1995-1996;
Lead Steward, Chicago Central Office, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, Local #1006, Bargaining Unit RC-10, March 1, 1995-September 30, 1998;
Elected Negotiator for the first Illinois Statewide Contract for Hearings Referees, Hearings Referee Intermittents, and Technical Advisors I-III (all attorney positions), American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, Local #1006, Bargaining Unit RC-10, July 1, 1991-October 31, 1992;
Elected Chief Union Spokesperson in the first labor-management agreement between FEMA, Region V, and the American Federation of Government Employees, Local #1626, July 1, 1983-May 31, 1985;
Elected Chief Steward for Chicago, Illinois and Battle Creek, Michigan, Region V offices of FEMA in 1985;
Steward, the American Federation of Government Employees, Local #1626, Janury 25, 1981-July 7, 1987;
Member, the American Federation of Government Employees, Local #1626, Janury 25, 1981-July 7, 1987;
Member, The Naturist Society, 1981-1982;
Member, The National Wildlife Federation, 1981-1982;
Member, The Save the Dunes Council, 1981-1982;
Contributor, Citizens' Action Coalition, 1981-1982;
Associate Member, National Association of Letter Carriers, 1980-1981;
Associate Member, American Postal Workers Union, 1979-1980;
Member, American Postal Workers Union, November 24, 1978-June 30, 1979;
Contributor, Indiana Public Interest Research Group, 1970-1974;
Second Class Boy Scout, Tippecanoe Council, West LaFayette, Indiana from 1963-1964;
Webelos Scout, Tippecanoe Council, West LaFayette, Indiana from 1963;
Cub Scout, Tippecanoe Council, West LaFayette, Indiana from 1961-1963.

I have been a registered parishioner at St. Paul Roman Catholic Church, Valparaiso, Indiana, within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gary in Indiana since 1992.
I have served as a Eucharistic Minister at St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Student Newman Center, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana.
I am a fourth degree Knight of Columbus, Father Sorin Assembly, Valparaiso, Indiana.
I served the Father Sorin Assembly as Faithful Scribe from 1995-1997.
I also belong to the Knights of Columbus, Council #738, Valparaiso, Indiana.
I have served as Chancellor with Council #738 from 2000-2003 and 1994-1996.
I had also been a member of the board of directors of the Columbian Club (the holding company for the Knights of Columbus, Council #738) from 2000-2002, Valparaiso, Indiana.
I was the delegate from Council #738 to the Ninety-ninth Convention of the Indiana District of the Knights of Columbus at Indianapolis, in April 2000.
I am a student of Retrouvaille, having begun at Ancilla Domini College, Donaldson, Indiana in November 1999.
I have been a cursillista in the Diocese of Gary, Indiana since March 1998.
I have continued to belong to the Portage, Indiana Worldwide Marriage Encounter Community since 1995.
I gave a testimonial at Christ Renews His Parish, St. Paul Church, February 1994.
I was a founding member of the reborn St. Thomas More Society of the Catholic Lawyers Guild (Diocese of Gary, Indiana), 1995.
My wife and I helped found the Valparaiso, Indiana Worldwide Marriage Encounter Community in 1995.
I served as a registered member of Sacred Heart Parish, at Whiting, Indiana, within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gary in Indiana from 1985-1992.
I served as a lector/commentator at Sacred Heart Parish, at Whiting, Indiana, within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gary in Indiana from 1989-1990.
I served as a registered member of St. Bridget Parish, Hobart, Indiana, within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gary in Indiana from 1982-1985.
I served as a registered member of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish, Valparaiso, Indiana, within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gary in Indiana from 1981-1982.
I served as a registered member of St. Mary Cathedral Parish, Cheyenne, Wyoming, within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne in Wyoming from 1979-1981, where I took three adult religion courses.
I was a registered parishioner and served as a member of the liturgy committee at St. Frances of Rome Parish, at Cicero, Illinois, within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago in Illinois from 1975-1976.
Purely as an anti-Vietnam War protest I was an ordained Universal Life Church minister from 1968-October 31, 1982.
I served as a lector/commentator at Blessed Sacrament Parish, West LaFayette, Indiana of the Roman Catholic Diocese of LaFayette in Indiana from 1967-1968.
I served as an altar boy at Blessed Sacrament Parish, West LaFayette, Indiana of the Roman Catholic Diocese of LaFayette in Indiana from 1962-1968.

I regularly walk and occasionally swim.
I served as a tackle in football on the B-Team at West LaFayette, Indiana Senior High School from 1967.
I served as a tackle in football on the freshman team at West LaFayette, Indiana Senior High School in 1966.
I served as a tackle in football on the eighth-grade team at West LaFayette, Indiana Junior High School in 1965.
I served as an end in football on the seventh-grade team at West LaFayette, Indiana Junior High School in 1964.
I served as a center in basketball on the freshman team at West LaFayette, Indiana Senior High School in West LaFayette, Indiana from 1966-1967 and at West LaFayette, Indiana Junior High School from 1964-1966.
I put shot in track at West LaFayette, Indiana Senior High School in 1967.
I put shot in track at West LaFayette, Indiana Junior High School in 1966.
I served as a Little League baseball outfielder at Burtsfield Elementary School in West LaFayette, Indiana from 1963-1964.
I served as a center in intramural basketball at Burtsfield Elementary School in West LaFayette, Indiana from 1963-1964.

I have been a solo practitioner of law since November 1, 1982 in Chicago, Illinois.

From August 2000 until August 2004 I owned and managed a number of Internet businesses or affiliations, and was a representative with ACN.

In addition, I owned and managed a timeshare rental business from my home office, including free resort stays at Blue Tree or Vistana in Lake Buena Vista, or Parkway in Kissimmee, all in Florida, and I also give away free hotel stay certificates for various areas in North America.
In my pursuit of learning this latter business, I have traveled to:
a bed and breakfast stay in Hanover, PA.
I have taken the day cruise to Freeport, Bahamas, and
the three-night cruise to Nassau, Bahamas twice.
I have sampled hotel stays in:
Lake Havasu City and Phoenix, AZ,
Denver, CO,
Fort Lauderdale, Kissimmee, Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, and Tampa, FL;
Alton, Chicago, Cicero, Galena, Godfrey, Lyons, Moline, Peoria, Springfield and Urbana, IL;
Anderson, Chesterton, Evansville, Fremont, Indianapolis, LaFayette, and Muncie, IN;
Lexington and Louisville, KY;
Emmitsville and Baltimore, MD;
Minneapolis and Red Wing, MN;
Las Vegas, NV,
Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Dayton, OH;
Hanover and York, PA;
Memphis and Nashville, TN;
Madison, Neenah and Waukesha, WI;
three different ones in Cheyenne, WY, as well as:
Freeport, Bahamas.
We have also stayed at timeshare or interval resorts in:
Lake Buena Vista, FL,
French Lick and Mishawaka, IN,
Atlanta, GA;
Taylorville, KY,
New Orleans, LA,
Ocean City, MD,
Las Vegas, NV,
Lake Lure, NC,
Columbus, OH,
Hershey and Shawnee-on-Delaware, PA;
and Bayse and three different ones in Williamsburg, VA.

Lastly, I formerly owned and managed an independent business ownership, within the Unicity Network, and I have also attained Associate 3 with Life Force International.

See below for more related information under the topic Private Business Ownership.

I had also previously worked for Hyatt Legal Services as a Managing Attorney in Forest Park and Homewood, Illinois from November 9, 1988-August 31, 1989, beginning at $24,000 and ending at $40,200. In addition, I worked for Hyatt Legal Services as a Staff Attorney in Burbank, Chicago (Ford City), Tinley Park, and occasionally in Homewood and LaGrange, Illinois from July 7, 1987-November 9, 1988, at $23,000.

I was also associated with Klimek & Ricchiardi in Chicago, Illinois, from 1984-July 7, 1987.

In addition, I had an income tax preparation business from January 1, 1982-October 31, 1982 in Hobart, Indiana.

I was an independent dealer for Southwestern Petroleum Company (SWEPCO) from July 1, 1982-October 31, 1982 in Hobart, Indiana.

I was the Senior Law Clerk and Law Librarian for Gottlieb & Schwartz in Chicago, Illinois from January 8, 1975-November 23, 1978.