Admitted
1988, Oklahoma, U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1997, Michigan; 2001, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Law School
Oklahoma City University, J.D., with honors, 1987
Law School Graduation Year
1987
College
Michigan State University, B.S., 1981; Oklahoma City University, M.B.A., with high honors, 1984
Memberships
Ingham County, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan; Michigan Association of Professional Landmen; Michigan Basin Geologic Society.
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Recipient: Kerr Foundation Scholastic Law Scholarship; American Jurisprudence Awards in Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, Oil and Gas Law, Debtor-Creditor Relations, and Evidence. Author: City of Oklahoma City v. Tuttle: Causation in Municipal Liability Cases Under Section 1983, 11 Oklahoma City University Law Review 207, 1986; Constitutional Line Drawing: Abortion vs. Homosexuality - Why the Difference?, 12 Oklahoma City University Law Review 865, 1987; The Benefits and Legal Authority for Directional Drilling Under the Great Lakes, 2002 L. Rev. M.S.U. - D.C.L. 1, 2002.