Admitted
1981, Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2000, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 2003 U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Law School
Marquette University School of Law, J.D., 1981; John Marshall Law School, LL.M., with honors, 2000
Law School Graduation Year
2000
College
Carthage College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1978
Memberships
State Bar of Wisconsin; American Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Biographical
Author: When a Lack of Equivalence Can Still Be Equivalent: Litigating Infringement of Means Plus Function Claims, IDEA: The Journal of Law and Technology, Volume 4, Issue 4, Spring 2000, Franklin Pierce Law Center; Software Licensing & Copyright Misuse, IPL Newsletter, American Bar Association, Section of Intellectual Property Law, Vol. 17, No. 4, Summer 1999; Resolving Coverage Disputes and the Duty of Defense: Perils & Pitfalls, Milwaukee Bar Association Messenger, March 1999. Seminars: Introduction to Trademark and Copyrights; Basics of Trademark Litigation; Introduction to Property Law; Analyzing Claims of Copyright Infringement of Literary Works. (Certified Civil Trial Specialist, National Board of Trial Advocacy)