Board of Visitors

The purposes of the Board of Visitors of the Northern Illinois University College of Law are to:

• Increase awareness of the College's mission and programs within the Illinois legal community, with particular emphasis on the northern tier of the state;
• Serve in an advisory capacity to the administration and the faculty in self-study and evaluation of the College and its educational programs;
• Provide linkage between the College and the Illinois legal community and develop mechanisms for the interchange of ideas between the College and the legal profession;
• Assist in developing strategies for enhancing the resources and financial support of the College; and
• Advise the College with regard to recruitment and improvements in the areas of recruitment and retention of students and career counseling and placement.

2012-13 Board of Visitors
Northern Illinois University
College of Law

Chair
John S. Monical ’94
Partner, Lawrence, Kamin, Saunders & Uhlenhop
Chicago, IL

Vice Chair
Louis G. Apostol ‘78
Executive Director, State of Illinois Property Tax Appeal
Springfield / Des Plaines, IL

Secretary
Robert K. Downs 
Downs Law Offices, P.C. 
Chicago, IL

Leonard F. Amari
Amari & Locallo
Chicago, IL

Salvatore Barbatano
Partner, Shaw Fishman
Chicago, IL

Hon. Manuel Barbosa
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Illinois
Rockford, IL

John Burke
Partner, Higgins & Burke
St. Charles, IL

Kenneth C. Chessick ‘84
Law Office of Kenneth Chessick, M.D., J.D.
Schaumburg, IL

Hon. Rodney Equi ’79
18^th Judicial Circuit
Wheaton, IL

Ald. Robert W. Fioretti ’78
2^nd Ward Alderman
Fioretti, Lower & Carbonara, LLP
Chicago, IL

Hon. Lawrence Flood ’84 
Circuit Court of Cook County 
Chicago, IL

Rosemary Gullikson
Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
Chicago, IL

Hon. William Haddad
Circuit Court of Cook County
Chicago, IL

Hon. Susan Fayette Hutchinson
Illinois Appellate Court, Second District
Woodstock, IL

Hon. Anthony Iosco ’78
Circuit Court of Cook County
Chicago, IL

David Keay ’80
Keay & Costello, P.C.
Wheaton, IL

Hon. Thomas Kilbride
Chief Justice, Illinois Supreme Court
Rock Island, IL

Richard Lenkov ‘95
Bryce, Downey & Lenkov LLC
Chicago, IL

Kate G. McCabe '01
Judicial Clerk, Third District, Illinois Appellate Court
Chicago, IL

Hon. Mary McDade
Illinois Appellate Court, Third District
Peoria, IL

Robert Meltzer ’85
CEO/President, VISANOW.COM, Inc.
Chicago, IL

Cherilyn G. Murer ’78
President/CEO, Murer Consultants, Inc.
Joliet, IL

John O’Brien
Law Offices of John G. O’Brien
Arlington Heights, IL

Lonny B. Ogus ’78
Law Offices of Lonny B. Ogus
Chicago, IL

J. Matthew Pfeiffer ‘00
Owner, Pfeiffer Law Offices, P.C.
Naperville, IL

Paul Vella ‘96
Vella & Lund
Rockford, IL

Hon. Bonnie M. Wheaton '78
Circuit Court of Illinois
Eighteenth Judicial Circuit
Wheaton, IL