Admitted
1978, Iowa, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Tulsa University, J.D., 1977
Law School Graduation Year
1977
College
Tulsa University, B.A., 1974
Memberships
Jasper County (President, 1990, 5A Judicial District, Bar President, 1991), Iowa State (Chairperson, Family and Juvenile Law Section, 1991-1992, 1998-1999; Chairman, Juvenile Law Committee, 1985; 5A Representative, Executive Council, Young Lawyers Division 1987-1989; Co-Chairman, Young Lawyers Division Membership and Minority Affairs Committee, 1988; Contributor: Young Lawyers Division and Juvenile Law Manual; Member, Family Law Resource Panel, Volunteer Lawyers Project, 1997—; Member, Family and Juvenile Law Section Council, 1997-2000) and American (Member: Executive Committee of the Juvenile Justice Committee, 1987-1990; Regional Coordinator for Child Advocacy and Protection Committee Juvenile Law Update, 1987-1990; Executive, Young Lawyers Division Committee, Child Advocacy and Protection Committee, 1988-1989; Vice-Chairperson, Family Law Committee, General Practice Section, 1991-1993) Bar Associations; Supreme Court Special Study Panel on Family Courts, 1990; Iowa Council for the Protection of Chemically Exposed Infants, 1991-2001; Iowa Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Judicature Society; National Association of Counsel for Children (Prevent Child Abuse, Iowa Board of Directors, 2000-2003; Vice President, 2003; 5A Judicial Nominating Commission, 2002) .
Biographical
Presenter: Iowa State Bar Association Family Bar Section, Ethics, Drake University, 1993; Child Custody & Visitation in Iowa, NBI, 1997; Family Law, NBI, 1998; Family Law for Paralegals, Des Moines, 1995; Iowa State Bar Association Hot Topics Family Law Practice, June 1998; Iowa Association of Trial Lawyers, Family Law Seminar: Ethics, July 1998; Iowa State Bar Association Family Law, From Birth to Dissolution, 1998; Adoption Law, NBI Seminar, Iowa, 2003; Family Law in Iowa, August 25 & 26, 1998. Member, Iowa Supreme Court Select Committee to Review State Court Practices in Child Welfare Matters, 1998—, Co-Chair Judicial Oversight of the Permanency Process Task Force, 1997. Iowa State Bar Association's Lawyers Professional Liability Insurance Company, 1999—.