Civil Litigation
Banking and Finance
Contracts and Business Organizations
Estate Planning, Tax Law, and Probate
Local Government, Education, and School Law
Real Estate
State of Illinois- 1969
State of Iowa- 1969
U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois-1969
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa- 1975
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit- 1974
Augustana College (B.A. Accounting 1965)
University of Illinois College of Law (J.D. 1968)
Illinois State Bar Association, 1969-Present
Iowa State Bar Association, 1969-Present
Rock Island County Bar Association, 1969-Present
American Bar Association, 1969-Present
Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Character and Fitness, 2007-2016
Illinois Holding Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, 1st Community Bank
• Chairman of the Board, Director, 1980-Present
Southeast National Bank, Moline, Illinois, 1970-1987
• Director
• Executive Committee
• Chairman, Audit Committee
Midstates Banc Shares (Holding Company for First National Bank of Moline)
• Director, 1987-1994
First National Bank of Moline a/k/a Bank One, Moline, Illinois
• Director, 1987-1998
• Executive Committee Member, 1987-1998
First Federal Savings & Loan Association, Moline, Illinois
• General Counsel and Secretary, 1980-1992
• First Moline Financial Corp., Moline, Illinois
• General Counsel and Secretary, 1992-1995
WFS Bancorp, Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiary, Wichita Federal Savings & Loan Assn.
• Director, 1995-1997
Circle C Ranch Co.
• President/Director, 1997-Present
Commissioner of Banks and Trust Companies for Illinois Banks
• Lecturer, 1992
Illinois Association of School Boards
• Lecturer, 1990
National Cutting Horse Association,
• Member, 1971-Present
• Grievance Committee, 2002-2007
American Quarter Horse Association,
• Member/Breeder, 1962-Present
RHS Foundation
• President, 2010- Present
• Director, 2010-Present
Quad City Symphony Trust (Endowment)
• Vice Chairman, Board of Directors, 2002-Present
Lowell N. Johnson Charitable Foundation
• President and Director, 2015- Present
Christ Church, Moline, Illinois, 1950-Present
• Past Member Board of Trustees of Vestry
Rotary Club of Moline, Illinois, 1969-Present
• Finance Committee, 2002-Present
• Chairman, Finance Committee 2004-2006
• Paul Harris Fellow, Major Donor
Quad City Symphony Orchestra Association, 1995-2017
• Vice President, 2001
• President 2003-2004
• Executive Committee, Finance Committee, and Conductor Search Committee Member
• Chairman, Program Assessment Structure
• Subcommittee of Planning Committee
Trinity Health Foundation, Moline, Illinois
• Advisory Council, 1990-2015
Orion Community Unit School District No. 200
• Board Member, 1989-1990