American Bar Association Section of Taxation

Vice-Chair of the Membership and Marketing Committee (2009)

Editorial Board of The Practical Tax Lawyer, a joint publication of The ABA Tax Section and the American Law Institute (2005 to 2008)

Vice-Chair of the Technology Committee (2006)

Nolan Fellow (2000 charter class)

Chair of the Young Lawyers Forum (2003 to 2005)

Member of the section’s Nominating Committee (2004 to 2007)

Chicago Bar Association

Member of the Board of Managers (2009-2010)

Chair of the Employee Benefits Committee (2008)

Chair of Financial and Investment Services Committee (2005)

Chair of IRS Liaison Subcommittee of the Employee Benefits Committee (2005)

Member of the finance committee of the Board of Managers (2004 to present)

Founder and Chair of Young Lawyers Section Employee Benefits Committee (2000)

Chair of the Young Lawyers Section Estate Planning Committee (while still a law student) (1999)

Internal Revenue Service Great Lakes Area Tax Exempt /Government Entities Advisory Council

Secretary (2005 and 2006)

Association of American Law Schools

Secretary (2009) and Chair-Elect (2010), Section on Employee Benefits

Member of Executive Committee, Section on Aging (2010)

American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries

Chair of The ASPPA Journal editorial committee (2005 to 2006), remains an active member

Member of the Government Affairs Communication committee as an editor for its asap communications (2004 to present)

Member of the executive committee of the annual IRS / ASPPA Great Lakes Employee Benefits Conference (2004 to present)

Member of the Board of Directors of the ASPPA Benefits Council of Chicago (2005 to 2007)

American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law

Rewrite Editor in its treatise, Employee Benefits Law (Second Edition, 2006 Cumulative Supplement)