Admitted
1965, Michigan; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan; 1968, U.S. Tax Court; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court; 1972, District of Columbia
Law School
University of Michigan, J.D., 1965; Awarded Doctor of Laws degree, causa honoris from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 1988
Law School Graduation Year
1988
College
General Motors Institute and Michigan State University, B.A., cum laude, 1962
Memberships
The District of Columbia Bar; Ingham County, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Family Law; Law Practice Management); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Judicature Society
Biographical
Director, Lansing Legal Aid Bureau, 1967-1971. Co-Founder, President, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan, 1972-1994. Serves on Advisory Council, University of Notre Dame Law School, 1987—. Member, Board of Directors, Empire National Bank of Traverse City, 1976-2000; Advisory Board, The Huntington National Bank, 2000—; Board of Trustees, Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, Michigan, 1988—. Director of Universal Forest Products, Inc. (NASDAQ), 1993—. Member, Board of Directors, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, 2002-2003. Member, Gubernatorial Appointee and Supreme Court Nominee to The State Board of Law Examiners, 2002—. Member, State Tenure Commission, 1997-1999. Fellow: Michigan State Bar Foundation.
Military
With U.S. Army Reserve, 1957-1965