Admitted
1971, Minnesota and U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
Law School
William Mitchell College of Law, J.D., 1971
Law School Graduation Year
1971
College
Bemidji State University, B.A., 1967
Memberships
Ramsey (Chair, Family Law Section, 1989; Member, Ethics Committee, 1988-1997), Washington County, Minnesota State and American Bar Associations
Biographical
Selected, Outstanding Alumni, Bemidji State University, 2001. Author: Article, Marital and Nonmarital Assets: The Law in Minnesota, Minn. Family Law Journal, Vol. 4, No. 9, July/August, 1989. Member and Faculty, Judicial College Family Law Curriculum. Diplomat, American College of Family Trial Lawyers (only 100 nationwide and only 1 from Minnesota). Chair, Ramsey County Placement. Listed in all issues of Consumer Guide Book, Leading American Attorneys and selected in every survey as a Super Lawyer in practice areas of personal injury and family law. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Million Dollar Advocates Forum and in Markham's Negligence Counsel. Part-time Family Court Referee and Arbitrator in other Civil cases in Hennepin County District Court. Frequent Lecturer at Continuing Legal Education Seminars. Qualified Panel Member as Mediator/Arbitrator by Minnesota State Supreme Court. Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (President, Minnesota Chapter, 1990-1991); Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Arbitration Association (Member, Arbitration Panel); Minnesota Association of Mediators. (Civil Trial Specialist Certified by the Civil Litigation Section, Minnesota State Bar Association). (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy).