Admitted
1995, Wisconsin, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Law School
Drake University Law School, J.D., with honors, 1994
Law School Graduation Year
1994
College
Millsaps College, B.S., magna cum laude, 1990
Memberships
State Bar of Wisconsin (Member, Young Lawyers Division Programs and Events Committee, 1995-1998; Member, Board of Bar Examiners Review Committee, 1996—); Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers; Defense Research Institute (Member, 1995-1999, Young Lawyers Publications Committee, 1996-1999, chair, 1998-1999 ); Blackstone Inn of Court.
Biographical
Order of the Coif; Order of the Barristers. Delta Theta Phi. Editor-in-Chief, Drake University Law Review, 1993-1994. Member, American Trial Lawyers Mock Trial Team, 1993, 1994. Law Clerk to the Honorable Justice Marsha Ternus of the Iowa Supreme Court, 1994-1995. Author: The Conservation Preserve Program and Its Effect on Farmers Filing Bankruptcy, 43 Drake Law Review, 1994; The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978: Violating Personal Rights for the Sake of the Tribe, 10 Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy, 1996; Selecting and Handling Expert Witnesses in Litigation, 39 For the Defense 15, 1997; Experts: Finding and Handling Yours; Investigating the Other Party's, Wisconsin State Bar Midwinter Convention, January 24, 1997; Defending Orthopedic Claims: Strategies from the Surgeon and the Attorney, DRI's 1997, Young Lawyers Seminar, June 13, 1997. Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin, 1995-1999.