Biography

Admitted to practice in Illinois; associate, Weiner, Wexler and Spak, Chicago, 1975-77; Research Associate and Staff Attorney, American Society of Planning Officials, Chicago, 1975; Instructor, U.S. School for Law Enforcement, Chicago, 1976-78; Senior Research Fellow, Energy Resources Center, University of Illinois, 1975-76; Instructor, Administration of Criminal Justice, City Colleges (Chicago Police Academy), 1976-78; Chief, Litigation Section, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Chicago, 1976-77; Chief, Criminal Housing Unit, Office of the State’s Attorney of Cook County, 1977; Chief of Staff, Office of the 7th Congressional District of Illinois, Washington, DC, 1977-78; Instructor, Cook County Sheriffs Academy, 1978-80; Trial Counsel and Adjutant, 7th JAG Detachment, US Army Reserves, Chicago, 1978; Administrative Officer and Legal Counsel, U.S. Army Reserves, Chicago, 1978-79; attorney, LaFontant, Wilkens and Butler, Chicago, 1979-80; Lecturer, Lewis University, 1979-80; Assistant Staff Judge Advocate, U.S. Army Reserves, Stuttgart, Germany, 1980-81; Los Angeles, 1981-83; Visiting Associate Professor, Pepperdine University School of Law, 1981-82; Professor, Southern California Institute of Law, 1983-84, 1986-90; Associate Professor, Southern University School of Law, 1984-86; Visiting Legal Scholar, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago, fall 1986; Instructor, Santa Monica College, 1989-90; Of Counsel, Tuggle, Hasbrouck and Bordelon, Chicago, 1989-90; Associate Professor, Western State University College of Law, 1990-91; Visiting Associate Professor, Faculte d’Lettres (USAC), University de’Pau, France, fall 1992; Visiting Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters, University of London, spring 1993; Visiting Legal Expert, United Nations, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Section, Vienna, Austria, 1996-97; Associate Professor, University of Nevada, 1991-97; Adjunct Professor of Law, Golden Gate University, summer 1997; Adjunct Professor, Santa Clara University, 1997-–; Visiting Professor, United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, 1998-2000; Professor, U.S. Naval War College, 2000-06; Visiting Professor-School of Law and Visiting Scholar-Center for Russian, Eastern European and Eurasian Studies, Stanford University, 2006; Visiting Professor, University of California, 2007–-; Bahnson-Stanley Professor of International Law, Virginia Military Institute, 2008–: Visiting Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University, 2009—.