Admitted
1988, Iowa and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa; 1989, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Iowa, J.D., 1988
Law School Graduation Year
1988
College
Tulane University, B.A., 1985
Memberships
Washoe County and American Bar Associations (Executive Council Young Lawyers Division, Committee Chair; Nevada and Utah District Representative, 1994-1995; Business Law Liaison; Assistant Editor Barrister 1995-1996; Editor, The Young Lawyer, 1996-1997; Assembly Clerk, 1997-1998; Assembly Speaker, 1998-1999; Council of the Fund for Justice and Education, 2000—); State Bar of Nevada (Budget Director, Young Lawyers Section, 1991; Chair, 1992; Publications Committee, 1993-1998; Chair, 1997-1998; Functional Equivalency Committee, 1993-1997; Judicial Selection Commission, 1997; Board of Governors, 1999—); State of Nevada Board of Continuing Legal Education
Biographical
Delta Phi Alpha; Pi Sigma Alpha; Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Book Award. Note and Comment Editor and Contemporary Studies Project Editor, Iowa Law Review, 1987-1988. Author: Comment, Securities Arbitration-The Supreme Court Resolves the Issue of Enforceability of Mandatory Arbitration Clauses in Broker-Investor Contracts: Shearson/American Express, Inc., v. McMahon, 73 Iowa L. Rev. 449 (1988); Nevada Business Entities (1997, 2000, 2002); Nevada LLC's, California Limited Liability Companies (Forms and Practice Manual) (2002). Receiverships, Nevada Civil Practice Manual (5th Ed. 2001); Co-Author: The Impact of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act on Agricultural Land Use, 10 UCLA J. of Environmental L. & Policy (1991). Member, Panel of Commercial Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Fellow, American Bar Foundation.