Admitted
1980, Oregon; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1994, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; 1999, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 2003, Washington
Law School
University of Toledo, J.D., 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
Monmouth University, B.S., cum laude, Business Administration, 1976
Memberships
Oregon State Bar (Member, Sections on: Debtor-Creditor; Business Litigation); Washington State Bar Association; American Bankruptcy Institute.
Biographical
Business Editor, University of Toledo Law Review, 1978-1979. Law Clerk to Hon. Donald D. Sullivan, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, District of Oregon, 1980-1982. Author: Foreclosing Security Interests, A Primer-Representing Secured Creditors in Bankruptcy Proceedings, Oregon State Bar Continuing Legal Education, 1984 Supp., 1988 and 1992; Working with U.C.C. Article 9, Oregon Law Institute, 1988 Supp. and 1991. Co-Author: Perfection of Security Interests in Personal Property and Fixtures, 1997 Supp.; Bankruptcy Litigation, 1988 Supp., 1992 and 1995; Bankruptcy Code Changes Affecting Family Law, 1996, Oregon State Bar Family and Juvenile Law Section. Speaker: Oregon State Bar, 1984, 1988, 1993, 1996 and 1997; Oregon State Bar, Professional Liability Fund, 1994. Panel Speaker: American Bar Association/Commercial Finance Subcommittee; National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (San Francisco), 1991.