Rick is the Corporation Counsel of the City of Aurora and comes to Schain Banks with over 20 years’ experience in Illinois state and local government. After interning with the Illinois House of Representatives while in law school, Rick was appointed as an assistant state’s attorney for DuPage County and served as a felony prosecutor in the office’s criminal bureau, and later in the office’s civil bureau. After working in private practice and in government relations, Rick returned to the State’s Attorney’s Office as deputy chief of the civil bureau and was responsible for providing day-to-day legal advice to county leaders. In 2017, Rick joined the City of Aurora as its the chief legal officer and has led efforts to modernize its Code of Ordinances and reorganize its law department.