BIOGRAPHY:
Mr. Petti is a resident of Elburn, IL.  He was born in Philadelphia, PA, and grew up in Pittsburgh PA and Evanston IL. He has acted as legal counsel for both small and large businesses. He has been associated with private law practice firms in Chicago and the Chicago Suburban area. For the past twenty two years, he has maintained his principal law office in Kane County, Illinois.

Mr. Petti's corporate law work includes serving as staff counsel for Motorola and General Counsel of Andrew Corporation, two international electronic businesses.

His trial work has taken him from Connecticut to California. Most of his trial work has been in Cook, Kane and DuPage Counties, Illinois. He has appeared and argued before the First and Second Districts of the Illinois Appellate Court, and the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

EDUCATION:
Lake Forest University, Lake Forest, Illinois, B.A., 1955
University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois, J.D., 1958

LICENSES:
Licensed to Practice before the Courts of the State of Illinois and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and the United States 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of the Federal Trial Bar.
 
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member of the Illinois State Bar Association; the Kane County, Illinois, Bar Association; the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; and the American Association For Justice. He has served as Arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association, Construction Division; and serves in Kane County, Illinois as a Chairperson-Arbitrator for the Illinois Supreme Court’s Mandatory Arbitration Program.