Admitted
1972, Michigan; 1987, Indiana; 1990, Illinois; 1991, U.S. Tax Court; 1994, Florida; 1996, Minnesota; 2002, Wisconsin, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Michigan, J.D., 1972
Law School Graduation Year
1972
College
University of Michigan, B.A., 1969
Memberships
Kalamazoo County (Director, 1983-1986), Federal and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Tort and Insurance Practice; Chair, Committee on Commercial Torts, 1993; Professionalism, 2000—) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Corporation, Finance & Business Law; Probate and Trust Law; Member: Committee on Commercial Litigation, 1985; Committee on U.S. Courts, 1982-1990; Committee on CLE, 1989-1994; Ethics Committee, 1994-2001; Chair, 1998-2001); Grievance Committee, Chair, 2002—The Florida Bar (Member, Out of State Practitioners Div., Secy., 1995-1996; Chair, Multi-State Practice Committee, 1995-1998).
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, University of Michigan Law School Estate Planning Award, 1973. Author: The Duty Defense, ABA Annual Meeting, 1994. Instructor: Constitutional History, University of Michigan, 1969-1972; Commercial Law and Real Estate Law, Western Michigan University, 1975-1983; ICLE, Trial Advocacy, 1984—. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy)
Military
Capt., JAGC, USAR, 1971-1979