Admitted
1998, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1999, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; 2003, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Oklahoma, J.D., with distinction, 1998
Law School Graduation Year
1998
College
California State Polytechnic University, B.Arch., 1993; University of Oklahoma, M.B.A., 1998
Memberships
Clark County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Nevada; State Bar of California; American Bankruptcy Institute.
Biographical
Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Robert Clive Jones, Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel and U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Nevada, February, 1999-September, 2000. Adjunct Criminal Law Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, College of Urban Affairs, Department of Criminal Justice, August, 1999-December, 1999. Author: Board of County Commissioners, Wabaunsee County, Kansas v. Umbehr and O'Hare Truck Service, Inc. v. City of Northlake--Extension of First Amendment Protection to Independent Contractors, 50 Oklahoma Law Review 557 (1997), republished at 27 Pub. Cont. L. J. 799 (1998); Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island v. Narragansett Electric Company: When Dependent Indian Communities Fall within Indian Country, 21 American Indian Law Rev. 193 (1997).