Admitted
1994, Iowa; 1995, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Iowa
Law School
University of Iowa College of Law, J.D., 1992
Law School Graduation Year
1992
College
Potsdam College of Arts and Sciences, B.A., with honors, 1985; Sigma Tau Delta
Memberships
Polk County and Iowa State (Co-Chairman and Member, Young Lawyers Division; Member, Senior Bar Women and Minorities Division, 1996—; Co-Chairman, 1998-1999; Member, Committees on: Minority Affairs, 1998—; Annual Meeting, 1998—; Member, Litigation Section, 1996—) Bar Associations; Iowa Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Inns of Court (Barrister, Blackstone Inns of Court, 1997—); Hispanic National Bar Association.
Biographical
Member: Chicano Hispanic Association for Legal Education, 1989-1992; Pace University Environmental Law National Moot Court Competition. Law Clerk, Hon. Senior Judge Donald E. O'Brien, United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, 1993-1995. Previous Employment: Walker Law Firm P.C. (Representing the Iowa Attorney General in health care benefit reimbursement litigation against the Tobacco Industry).