VITAE OF JOHN R. CLEMONS

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1 VITAE OF JOHN R. CLEMONS I. PERSONAL A. Date and Place of Birth: born June 9, 1948 in Oak Park, Illinois B. Present Home Address: 375 Mt. Joy Road Murphysboro, Illinois (618) C. Family wife Susan and three sons all over 21 years of age II. PRESENT EMPLOYMENT Attorney at Law and senior member/manager of Southern Illinois Law Center, LLC Attorneys at Law 813 W. Main Street (618) law office -silc@ll.net web site faculty member (part-time) Criminology & Criminal Justice Lecturer Mailcode 4504 Faner Hall Carbondale, IL (618) Paralegal Studies Program Lecturer Mailcode 4425 Faner Hall Carbondale, IL (618) School of Law Adjunct Professor Lesar Law Building Mailcode 6803 (618) President of Mt. Joy Enterprises, Inc., an Illinois corporation

2 Vitae p. 2 same as home address III. EDUCATION A. FORMAL: May 1970: January 1975: Bachelor of Arts in Political Science & History from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Juris D o c: t or from DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois B. CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION: Areas of continuing education: juvenile law search & seizure trial evidence/techniques labor law personal injury law employment law criminal law worker's compensation Specific courses/programs: depositions & discovery municipal law discrimination law drunk driving prosecution and defense family law general practice personnel administration legal malpractice avoidance Child Abuse Seminar, Illinois State Bar Association and University of Illinois College of Law Child Abuse Training Program, Sexual Abuse Training & Treatment Program, Bolingbrook, Illinois Prosecuting Attorneys Course, Northwestern University, Chicago, post-jd course Forensic Evidence, Illinois Department of State Police, Training Academy, Springfield, Illinois, and update at John A. Logan College, 2004 National Institute of Trial Advocacy, through Illinois State's Attorneys Association Prosecution of Violent Crime, National College of District Attorneys completed iintroduction to Microcomputers, John A. Logan Community College, Carterville, Illinois, 3 semester hour course dbase II and III, Computer Applications,, Carbondale, Illinois Criminal Investigations, National College of District Attorneys Seminar - Domestic Violence Act, Illinois State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor Seminar - Child Witnesses, Illinois State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor and National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges Representing State & Local Government, National College of District Attorneys.

3 Vitae p. 3 Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse, American Prosecutors Research Institute Seminar - Child Witnesses Update, Illinois State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor Federal Public Defenders Seminar on Federal Criminal Sentencing Guidelines Federal Public Defenders Seminar on general defense issues Federal Public Defenders Seminar on cross-examination Federal Public Defenders 3 Day Seminar-Indianapolis, IN June, 2011 Illinois State Bar Association update programs-family law, criminal law, employment law, personal injury, workers compensation IV. PAST EMPLOYMENT & EXPERIENCE Employer Position Period Southern Illinois Law Center, Senior member 2007 to present LLC Attorneys at Law 813 W. Main Street Clemons and Hood Senior attorney 11/91 to 2005 Attorneys at Law firm became 813 W. Main Street Clemons, Holley & Williams 2006 (618) U.S. Senate candidate Southern Illinois Coordinator Barack Obama (part time position) John R. Clemons solo practitioner 12/88 to 11/91 Law Office 600 Eastgate Drive (618) State's Attorneys Office Jackson Co. State's Attorney 12/80 to 12/88 Jackson County Courthouse (two 4 yr terms) Murphysboro, Illinois (618) John R. Clemons solo practitioner 1/80 to 11/80 Law Office 105 S. 11th Street Murphysboro, Illinois State's Attorneys Office First Assistant and 9/77 to 1/80 Jackson County Courthouse Assistant State's Atty. 5/75 to 8/77 Murphysboro, Illinois (618)

4 Vitae p. 4 Klein, Thorpe, & Jenkins Law Clerk/Researcher 1/74 to 2/75 Attorneys at Law (part-time) 111 W. Washington Street Chicago, Illinois (312) Des Plaines Valley Southwest Area 5/72 to 10/73 Community Center Director for the Cook (a Hull House affiliate) County Office of Economic 6215 South Archer Road Opportunity (OEO) Summit, Illinois (708) Village of Riverside Assistant Village Manager 6/70 to 5/72 27 Riverside Road and paid on-call firefighter Riverside, Illinois (708) District 208 Youth Center Co-Director (part-time) 9/70 to 4/73 45 Riverside Road Riverside, Illinois No phone V. TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Paralegal Studies Program Carbondale, IL 2010-present family law Criminology & Criminal Justice formerly known as Center for the Study of Crime, various times Delinquency & Corrections 1978-present Jurisprudence; Criminal Behavior: Legal Aspects (Juvenile & Mental Health Law); Case Preparation and Prosecution; Introduction to Criminal Law Criminal Procedure Juvenile Justice Law Enforcement Program 8/87 to 5/96 College of Applied Sciences & Arts program discontinued 1996

5 Vitae p. 5 Criminal Procedure Substantive Criminal Law Criminal Behavior Criminal Investigation Advanced Technical Studies & Off Campus Academic Programs Carbondale, IL /95 to1998 Legal Aspects of Technical Studies ( business law course) Electronics Management Legal Aspects (business law course) College of Applied Sciences & Arts 1998 to 2002 Health Care Management Program Carbondale, IL Health Care Management Legal Aspects School of Law 2004 to 2011 Adjunct professor in Trial Advocacy program VI. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: Illinois State Bar Association ( present) Jackson County Bar Association ( present) National Emergency Number (911) Association American Bar Association ( ) Illinois State's Attorneys Association ( ) National District Attorneys Association ( ) Federal Criminal Defense Bar for the Southern Dist. of Illinois (2003-present) union membership in Illinois and National Education Association VII. INVITATIONAL PRESENTATIONS AND TRAINING PROGRAMS: - Guest speaker for, Carbondale (hereafter SIU-C)

6 Vitae p. 6 Social Welfare & Child & Family classes concerning child abuse/neglect and operation of juvenile court system - Guest speaker for SIU-C Administration of Justice classes concerning operation of a prosecutor s office, search and seizure, police-prosecutor relations, and capital case procedures - Frequent guest speaker for SIU-C Political Science and College of Law classes concerning operation and overview of criminal court system and legal ethics - "Mental Health & the Law," guest lecturer for SIU-C Rehabilitation Institute, October, "The Juvenile Court System," guest lecturer for SIU-C Project 12 Ways Program, September 1979 and September "Court and Kids: The Juvenile Court Act," presentation for Alternative Placements for Youth Conference, Juvenile Justice Council of the Greater Egypt Region, October "The Child Abuse Mandate," presentation for SIU-C College of Human Resources 1982 Conference, April "Child Abuse - A Prospective," presentation for SIU-C College of Human Resources 1983 Conference, March "Identifying & Prosecuting Child Sexual Abusers," presentation for SIU-C College of Human Resources 1984 Conference, April "The Juvenile Justice System and Implications for Foster Parents," keynote presentation at the Marion Regional Conference for Illinois Foster Parents Association, September Guest attorney and faculty member for Summer Law Camp, 1993 and CLE Presenter, spring 2011 program at School of Law, Criminal Law update on cases and statutes - Training program presentations for: Carbondale Police Department Murphysboro Police Department Jackson County Sheriff's Department Security Police Illinois Police Association Illinois State Police Department of State Police - Forensic Services & Identification Rape Action Committee concerning new statutes, domestic violence, drunk driving, search & seizure, courtroom testimony, use of force, and sexual assault statutes - Training program presentations for:

7 Vitae p. 7 Illinois Department of Children & Family Services Foster Parents Association Carbondale Chamber of Commerce Jackson County Teachers Institute Counseling Center and Department of Psychology concerning juvenile court system, child abuse, school law, bad checks, forgery, and credit card fraud - Guest speaker for Lions, Kiwanis, Rotary, Ministerial Alliance, Women's Center, Senior Citizens Center and WSIU television station - "Law & Social Work," panel presentation for Illinois Association of Social Workers, March Presenter for Illinois State Bar Association/Land of Lincoln Public Service Video Project, April 1995 (television production on legal issues) - Training presentations for Jackson County 911 telecommunicators (since beginning of program in 1991 to present) - Featured presenter on legal issues at statewide conventions of Illinois Emergency Number Association - Commencement speaker for the Illinois Department of Corrections Juvenile Boot Camp, 2005 VIII. COMMUNITY AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES: (past and present activities) - Member of Illinois Violent Crime Victims Commission (appointed by Attorney General Neil Hartigan) - Chairperson & Member of the Jackson County Youth Service Bureau Advisory Board - Member of Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Team (SCAN) under sponsorship of the Illinois Department of Children & Family Services & Memorial Hospital of Carbondale - Vice-President of the Lake Chautauqua Homeowners Association -Member of the Our Savior Lutheran Church, Carbondale, Illinois - Member of Criminal Justice Standards Project of the Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission - Member of Murphysboro Lions Club - Member of the Coalition for Safety - Member of the Southern Illinois Community Correctional Center Advisory Council - Judge for National Appellate Advocacy Competition (moot court) at SIU-C School of Law

8 Vitae p. 8 - Member of the Governor's Task Force on State Detentions (appointed by Governor James R. Thompson) - Member of Coordinated Systems Response Project of the Illinois Department of Children & Family Services (appointed by Director Gordon Johnson) - Member of Marion Regional Citizen Advisory Council, Illinois Department of Children & Family Services (appointed by Director Gordon Johnson) - Board of Directors, Good Samaritan Ministries - A Project of the Carbondale Interchurch Council, Inc. (facility for homeless & hungry) ( ) pro bono attorney for organization (1991-present) - President Jackson County Democrat Booster Club ( ) - Chair of Covenant Christian School - Publicity - Public Relations Committee ( ) -licensed foster parents with Illinois Dept. of Children & Family Services -pro bono attorney for community organizations (1992-present) IX. OTHER: - Author of The State's Attorneys Office, A Guide for Citizens, Victims, and Witnesses, Murphysboro, Illinois, Special Prosecutor in Jackson, Perry, Pope and Williamson Counties, Illinois - First State's Attorney in 32 years in Jackson County, Illinois, to be elected unopposed in either primary or general election (1984) - Listed in numerous editions of: Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America The International Director of Distinguished Leadership Men of Achievement Personalities of the Americas Who's Who in American Law Who's Who in America Who s Who in the World - Licensed to practice law before: United States Supreme Court United States Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit United States District Court, Southern District of Illinois Illinois Supreme Court Illinois Appellate Courts Illinois trial courts Illinois administrative bodies admitted pro hac vice to United State District Court, Eastern District of Missouri

9 Vitae p. 9 -over 40 years of political activity in local, state, and national campaigns XI. REFERENCES William J. Kilquist, former Warden, Illinois Dept. of Corrections, Murphysboro Youth Center, and Jackson County Sheriff, Murphysboro, Illinois, 62966, 618/ Howard L. Hood, Menominee Falls, WI 262/ / Michael L. Wepsiec, State s Attorney of Jackson County, Illinois, Courthouse, Murphysboro, Illinois, 62966, 618/ Mickey Korando, Jackson County Board, 36 Tornado Rd. Murphysboro, IL / Shirley Booker, Jackson County Treasurer and former Jackson County Democrat Party Chairperson, Jackson County Courthouse, Murphysboro, Illinois 62966, 618/ Persons familiar with academic/teaching: Former Dean Peter Alexander, School of Law, now at University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN reach through SIU at 618/ Dr. Eileen Troutt-Ervin, 130 N. Rod Lane, Carbondale, IL / , retired member of Health Care Professions Program, Dr. James LeBeau, Professor, Dept. of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Southern Illinois University, Mailcode 4504, Carbondale, Illinois, / Dr. Kimberly Kempf Leonard, Director & Professor, Dept. of Criminology & Criminal Justice, now Dean of College of Liberal Arts,, Mailcode 4504, Carbondale, Illinois, / Professor Chris Behan, School of Law, directs the Trial Advocacy Program, Mailcode 6804, 618/ rev. 08/11