Admitted
1975, Michigan; 1978, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court; 1986, U.S. Tax Court
Law School
Ohio Northern University, J.D., 1975
Law School Graduation Year
1975
College
University of Michigan, B.A., 1972
Memberships
Detroit, Oakland County (Vice-Chairperson, Federal Court Committee, 1986; Chairperson, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1992-1994, Chairperson, Membership Committee, 1997—; Member: Board of Directors, 1994-2003), Federal (President, 1995; Member, Executive Board of Directors, Eastern District of Michigan Chapter, 1988-1997) and American (Chairperson, Section of Litigation, Detroit Geographic Subcommittee of the Committee on Complex Crime Litigation, 1990-1991; Member, White Collar Crime Committee, Criminal Justice Section, 1991—) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member: Representative Assembly, 1986-1992; Board of Commissioners, 1998—; Chairperson, 1993-1997, Standing Committee on Grievance; Treasurer, 2001-2002; Secretary, 2002-2003; Vice President, 2003-2004); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan; American Judicature Society; American Inn of Court (Master of the Bench, Chapter XI, 1991—; Founding Member, Oakland County Bar Association Chapter); American Board of Trial Advocates
Biographical
Recipient: United States Attorney General's Special Achievement Award, 1980; Leonard R. Gilman Award, Outstanding Practitioner of Criminal Law, 1995; Distinguished Service Award, Oakland County Bar Association, 1996. Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Federal Criminal Practice Rules, James Publishing, 1996. Contributing Author: Federal Civil Procedure Before Trial/Sixth Circuit, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 1996. Co-Author: Civil Trials and Evidence , West Group Michigan Practice Guides, 2001. Lecturer/Instructor: International Money Laundering Conference, University of Windsor/University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, 1996; Survival Skills in U.S. District Court, The Rutter Group, 1995-2003; Federal Corporate Sentencing Guidelines and Internal Audits, State Bar of Michigan, Business Law Section Annual Meeting, 1993. Faculty Member: Evidence: Sharpening Your Direct and Cross-Examination Skills, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1995; National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1987—; Trial Advocacy Workshop, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1988—; Deposition Skills Workshop, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1993; Trial Advocacy Workshop, Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of Michigan, 1986—. Hearing Panelist, 1987-1991 and Hearing Panel Chairperson, 1992—, Attorney Discipline Board. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Oakland County, Michigan, 1975-1978. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 1978-1980. Assistant Chief, Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Michigan, 1980-1982. Member: U.S. Attorney General's Advocacy Institute, 1980-1981. Member: Local Rules Advisory Committee, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1989-1994; Special Committee on Review of Local Rules, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1990-1991; Historical Society for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1993—. Life Member, Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Ass