Admitted
1982, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit; 1985, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circ
Law School
Indiana University School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, first in class, 1981
Law School Graduation Year
1981
College
Purdue University, B.A., 1975
Memberships
Indiana State, Illinois State and Seventh Circuit Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Biographical
Order of the Coif; Order of Barristers. Recipient, American College of Trial Lawyers Medal for Excellence in Advocacy, National Moot Court Competition, 1981. Three Time Recipient, Hornbook Award, West Publishing Co. Four Time Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award. Executive Editor, Indiana Law Journal, 1980-1981. Law Clerk to: Justice John Paul Stevens, U.S. Supreme Court, 1983-1984; Judge Jesse E. Eschbach, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, 1981-1983; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, 1981.