"I am fully committed to ensuring that all property owners in Cook County have access to the Board of Review to contest their property assessments. No citizen should be required to pay more than their fair hare of property taxes."

• IIT-Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., 1993
• University of California, Davis, B.S. Managerial Economics, 1990

• Attorney, Power Rogers & Smith, P.C.

• Robert Taylor Boys & Girls Club of Chicago
  Board of Directors, 1997 - 1999
• Windows of Opportunity
  Board of Directors, 1998-2000
  Chairperson Auxiliary Board of Directors, elected 1996-2000
• Rainbow PUSH Coalition
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
• Providence St. Mel School
  Board of Trustees, 2003-Present
• Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education
  Board of Directors, 1999-2001

• American Bar Association
• American Trial Lawyers Association
• Association for Professional Development in the African American Community
• Chicago Bar Association
  Vice Chairperson, Coordinating Counsel of Minority Affairs, 1998-1999
  Chairperson, Young Lawyers Division, 1998
• Cook County Bar Association
  President, 2004-2005
• Illinois State Bar Association
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
  Board of Advocates, 2002-Present
• National Bar Association
  Chairperson, Young Leadership Division, 2001-2002
• Trial Lawyers for Public Justice