THOMAS M. ROEHLK is a retired corporate attorney from St. Charles, Illinois. He worked at a variety of major international corporations, including companies in the defense sector, and businesses in consumer products, transportation equipment and financial services. He spent more than 20 years as a general counsel of a public company, and as a chief compliance officer.Roehlk is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and John Marshall Law School, and received a Master in Management degree from Northwestern University. A devoted long-distance athlete, Roehlk has completed more than 100 marathons and ultramarathons around the world, including marathons in every U.S. state and Canadian province. In addition, he has completed ten Ironman triathlons. After 46 years in the Chicago metropolitan area, Thomas and his wife now split their time between Florida and New York. Red Deuce is his first book.