Admitted
1981, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Third Circuits
Law School
Thomas M. Cooley Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1981
Law School Graduation Year
1981
College
Grand Valley State University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1977
Memberships
Grand Rapids, Federal (Regional Director, 1985-1989) and American (Member, Task Force on Environmental Insurance Coverage Litigation; Co-Chair, Insurance Coverage Committee, 1992-1996; Co-Chair, Special Committee on Rewards, Section of Litigation; Co-Chair, Advertising Injury and Intellectual Property Subcommittee) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Standing Committee on Professionalism); Defense Research Institute; American Judicature Society; International Society of Primerus Law Firms
Biographical
Recipient, Distinguished Student Award, 1981. Faculty: ICLE, University of Michigan Law; ICLE Advocacy Institute, Spring, Summer and Fall programs, 1990—. Faculty and Steering Committee Member, Hillman Advocacy Program, 1991—. Lecturer, National CLE Programs on environmental coverage and trial advocacy issues. Co-Author: How to Use Video in Litigation, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1986. Contributing Author, Women Trial Lawyers: How They Succeed in Practice and in the Courtroom, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1986. Author: Life Is A Nonstop Event, Baker Book House, 1996; Marriage Is A Balance Beam, Baker Book House, 1997. Special Attorney to United States Attorney General, 1997—. Fellow, Michigan State Bar Foundation. (Also Of Counsel to Meyers & McConnell at Los Angeles, California)