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Areas of Practice
Tort Defense • Commercial Litigation

Bar Admissions 
Illinois, 1979 • Northern District of Illinois, 1979  

Education
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., 1978 • The Ohio State University, B.A, 1975 

Experience
Co-founder and co-managing partner of Greene and Letts in 1990 • Extensive litigation experience with primary focus on personal injury cases for corporations and governmental entities including: Shell, Travelers, State Farm, Liberty Mutual and General Casualty Insurance Companies, City of Chicago and Daimler Chrysler Financial • Emphasis on personal injury defense matters • Tried contract disputes and construction litigation claims  

Seminars and Presentations
Panelist, “Might Plus Right: Partnering Big and Small Firms for Diversity,” American Bar Association, Section of Litigation Corporate Counsel CLE, Carlsbad, CA and national teleconference, 2006 • Panelist, “Rising to the Lead Lawyer Role,” ABA, Women in Law Leadership Academy, Chicago, 2006 • Panelist, ABA Connection Teleconference: “Issues for Corporate Counsel,” August 18, 2004 • Panelist, ABA-CLE video program: “Raindance – Rainmaking Tips for Women Lawyers,” 2003 • Panelist, “Damages in Illinois Civil Trial Practice,” National Business Institute, 2002 • Speaker, “Trying The Soft Tissue Injury Case in Illinois,” National Business Institute Seminar, 2002, 1998 • Moderator, “National Conference for the Minority Lawyer,” ABA, Chicago and New York, 1999 • Moderator, “Cultural Differences: Do You See What I See?” ABA, Atlanta, 1999 • Panelist, “Which Way to Go – The Route of the Minority Firm,” National Bar Association Corporate Counsel Conference, 1998 

Awards and Honors
Listed in the inaugural edition of Who’s Who in Black Chicago, 2006 • Distinguished Service Award, Chicago Bar Association, 2005 • Distinguished Service Award, Chicago Bar Foundation, 2001 to 2003 • Ida Platt Award, Cook County Bar Association, 1987 •Maurice-Weigle Award, Chicago Bar Foundation, 1982 • Distinguished Service Award, Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation, 1982 • Junior Counselor Award, Cook County Bar Association, 1981  

Memberships
American Bar Association • National Bar Association • Chicago Bar Association • Cook County Bar Association • Past President of the Chicago Bar Foundation • IOLTA Board of Directors • Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association of Chicago-Kent College of Law • Minority Trial Lawyer Committee • President of Minority Legal Education Resources, Inc. • Black Women Lawyers Association  

Professional Activities
Co-Chair, Task Force on Elevating Your Game, Managing Director - ABA Section of Litigation • Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity, ABA Presidential Appointment • Steering Committee of the Pro Bono Initiative (a joint project of the Public Interest Law Initiative and the Chicago Bar Association) • Past Chair of the Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Character and Fitness • Past Co-Chair of ABA Committee on Corporate Counsel • Past member of Magistrate Merit Selection Panel for the Northern District of Illinois • Co-chair of the Section of Litigation of the ABA • Chair of the Long Range Planning Committee of the Chicago Bar Association • Minority Trial Lawyers Committee for the ABA's Young Lawyers Section of the Chicago Bar Association • Board of Directors of the Chicago Bar Association • Co-chair of the Solo and Small Firm Committee for the ABA’s Section of Litigation • Liaison to the ABA’s Special Committee on Solo and Small Firm Practitioners • Executive Committee of the Cook County Bar Association • Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Special Committee on Minority Federal Jury Service 

Community Activities
Served on the transition team for Chicago Mayor-Elect, Harold Washington • Economic Club of Chicago

 

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