Involvement in the Republican Party

Fred was first appointed as a precinct committeeman in the Naperville Township Republican Organization over ten years ago. Soon thereafter, Fred became Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. As Chair of this committee, Fred successfully oversaw fundraising activities for NTRO for five years, raising approximately $100,000.00 for Republican Party candidates and causes. Recognizing his leadership skills, Fred’s fellow committeemen subsequently elected him as Recording Secretary, Vice Chairman and eventually Chairman of NTRO from 2006 to 2008. During this time, Fred also sat on the Executive Committee of the DuPage County Republican Party, serving along with Senator Kirk Dillard and Senator Dan Cronin.

In 2002, Fred was appointed by the Naperville Township Board as a Township Trustee. Since then, voters have twice re-elected Fred as a Township Trustee by wide margins over his opponents. During his tenure, Fred has used his knowledge and skills as an attorney and small business owner to streamline meetings and to reduce the tax rate for the citizens. He is a fiscal conservative.

Fred has also introduced new programs such as “Flag Day” to honor our country and “Local Government Week” to promote openness and transparency in government.

Fred helped draft the Township Ethics Ordinance and has served as its unpaid Ethics Advisor since its inception.

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Community Activities

Fred first moved to Naperville almost 20 years ago. He has been actively engaged in the community ever since, serving as a Little League coach and sponsor, alumnus of the Naperville Citizens Police Academy, member of the Chamber of Commerce and Adjunct Professor at North Central College (NCC). At NCC, Fred teaches a class called “Conflict Resolution” in the Leadership Ethics and Values Division. The class, offered at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, focuses on generating problem solving strategies to resolve disputes.

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Fred graduated from DePaul University with an undergraduate degree in psychology “With Highest Honors”. While an undergraduate, Fred was a member of several honor societies, enjoyed intramural sports and was Chapter President of his fraternity, Alpha Phi Delta.

Following graduation, Fred obtained a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from DePaul University and worked with special education students for several years in a suburban school district.

Fred attended Loyola University School of Law at night while working for the school district during the day to support his family. Notwithstanding his heavy workload, Fred excelled in law school, serving as Captain of both the National Trial Practice Team and Chicago Bar Association Moot Court Team and winning the Seventh Circuit (Midwestern) Championship of the ABA’s Client Counseling Competition. Fred graduated law school “Cum Laude” (with honors) and received the Loyola University Leadership and Service Award.

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-Early Career

Upon graduation from Loyola University’s Law School in the top 10% of his class, Fred accepted a position with a prestigious law firm located in the Civic Opera Building in Downtown Chicago. There, Fred honed his courtroom skills litigating cases with and against some of the finest lawyers in the Chicagoland area. Fred developed considerable courtroom expertise representing insurance companies and their insured’s business owners in a wide variety of complex civil litigation in both State and Federal Court.

-Later Career

In 1993, Fred left the firm and opened his own office in DuPage County. During this time, he became an active member of the DuPage County Bar Association, serving as Chair of the Civil Practice Committee and the Judiciary Committee, among others, sitting on its Board of Directors and eventually serving as President of the DCBA in 2007-08.

In 1989, the DuPage County court system adopted a mandatory arbitration program in the Civil Law Division. The Chief Judge hand-picked Fred and a number of other local attorneys to serve as the initial group of certified arbitrators for the program. With 20 years of experience as a certified arbitrator, Fred is one of the more experienced arbitrators in the State of Illinois and estimates that he has arbitrated over 500 cases during this time. He is one of the co-authors of the “Arbitrators Handbook” used in the 18th Judicial Circuit, DuPage County, Illinois.

Fred is also a certified mediator. He has successfully mediated over 90% of the cases which he has handled in this regard.

At one time, Fred served as a prosecutor for the Illinois Secretary of State’s office. He helped to keep our streets safe by prosecuting drunk drivers and keeping them off the road. His success earned him a promotion to Hearing Officer, adjudicating administrative hearings involving persons whose driver’s licenses had been revoked. Fred has also served as an Administrative Law Judge for the Illinois State Board of Education resolving disputes between special education students and their school districts.

Fred is admitted to practice before both the Illinois Supreme Court and United States Supreme Court.

Fred is currently a sole practitioner in Naperville, Illinois concentrating in civil practice.

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