Admitted
1994, Minnesota; 1997, New Hampshire; 1998, Illinois. (Admitted in Minnesota; Not admitted in Washington)
Law School
University of Michigan, J.D., cum laude, 1993
Law School Graduation Year
1993
College
University of Chicago, B.A., Molecular Biology, with honors, 1986
Memberships
Illinois State, Minnesota State, New Hampshire and American Bar Associations.
Biographical
Recipient: George Buck Debate Award; Brown University Book Award for Written and Spoken English; Stanfield Scholarship for Academic Excellence. Nominee: Michigan Book Award for Legal Writing; Dean Wade Scholarship. Finalist, National Merit Scholarship, 1982. Vice-Chairperson, Parliamentary Debate Society, 1984-1986. Articles Editor, University of Michigan Journal of International Law, 1992-1993. Author: An Abuse of Science, The Journal of Religious Humanism, Fall 1982. Adjunct Professor, Legal Writing, William Mitchell Law School, 1995-1996. Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Jacque L. Wiener, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Military
United States Marine Corps, 1987-1990