Jim joined Clearview in 2007 after a thirty plus year career in the banking industry. Jim was with LaSalle Bank NA for 13 years as a Senior Vice President. At LaSalle Jim was a Division Head and a member of the Leveraged Finance Group. Prior to joining LaSalle he was with American National Bank & Trust Company of Chicago (now part of JP Morgan Chase) for 18 years. While at American he started their Corporate Finance Group and SBIC.

Jim holds a BS in Industrial Management from Purdue University and a MBA from the University of Chicago. Jim established the Clearview office in Chicago which covers the Great Lakes Region.