Mr. Dishman earned his Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Hanover College, and his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School.  Prior to joining Jackson Lewis, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Roger B. Cosbey, U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.

Mr. Dishman won second place in the 2005 Lincoln Award Contest, a legal-writing contest sponsored by the Young Lawyers Division of the Illinois State Bar Association.  His winning entry, Deadline Extensions in Federal Court: The Procrastinator’s Guide, was published in the Illinois Bar Journal.  Mr. Dishman is also the author of The Search for Illegal Workers: When Homeland Security Comes Knocking (co-authored with Minnie Fu), which also appeared in the Illinois Bar Journal; The Expanding Rights of Transsexuals in the Workplace, which appeared in The Labor Lawyer; and Defending the Lack of Interest Defense: Why Title VII Should Recognize Differing Job Interests Between the Sexes, which appeared in the George Mason University Civil Rights Law Journal.

Mr. Dishman is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the American Bar Association (Labor and Employment Division).  He resides in Glen Ellyn, Illinois and is an active member of the Glen Ellyn Chamber of Commerce.  Mr. Dishman also serves on the boards of directors of both the Human Resources Association of Greater Oak Brook, as Co-Legislative Director, and the Glen Ellyn Economic Development Corporation, as Vice President.