Admitted
1976, Minnesota, Wisconsin, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota and U.S. District Court, District of Wisconsin, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and Federal Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
William Mitchell College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1976
Law School Graduation Year
1976
College
University of Michigan; University of Minnesota, B.A., 1972
Memberships
Hennepin County, Minnesota State and American (Past Co-Chair, Appellate Practice Committee, Section of Litigation; Past Chair, Appellate Advocacy Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin; Defense Research Institute; Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association (Past President)
Biographical
Law Clerk to: Hon. Douglas K. Amdahl, Minnesota State District Court, 1975-1976; Hon. Robert J. Sheran, Chief Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court, 1976-1977. Co-Author: Minnesota Practice: Appellate Rules Annot., (West, 2003); Minnesota Practice: Methods of Practice, The Appellate Process, (West, 1989). Co-Editor, Eighth Circuit Appellate Practice Manual (2nd Edition 2003); Art of Advocacy - Appeals (Matthew Bender, 2003 Supp.). Adjunct Professor of Law, William Mitchell College of Law, 1978-1987; University of St. Thomas School of Law (2003—). Co-reporter, Minnesota Supreme Court Appellate Rules Advisory Committee (1998—). Rider Bennett Managing Partner, 1999-2000; Chair, Litigation Department (2002—). Recipient, William Mitchell College of Law Outstanding Alumnus Award, 2000. Selected as a Lawyer of the Year for 2000, by Minnesota Lawyer. Named one of the Top 25 Super Lawyers, by Minnesota Law & Politics, top Super Lawyer vote-getter among appellate lawyers, 2002, selected to 2003-2004 Best Lawyers in America. Fellow, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers (President, 1999).