Admitted
1991, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1997, North Carolina
Law School
Northwestern University, J.D., magna cum laude, 1991
Law School Graduation Year
1991
College
Duke University, B.S., summa cum laude, 1984
Memberships
North Carolina and American Bar Associations; Computer Law Association; International Trademark Association.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Recipient, John Paul Stevens Award for Academic Excellence. Author: A Plea For Due Processes: Defining The Proper Scope of Patent Protection for Computer Software, 85 Northwestern University Law Review 1103, 1991; Digital Images and Copyright Law, ImageBase Magazine, 5, July, 1993; The Reno Decision and its Aftermath: Limiting Censorship on the Net, Computer Law Association Bulletin, Vol. 12, No.4, 1997. Law Clerk to the Honorable Walter J. Cummings, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1991-1992. United States Recent Developments Editor, Computer Law Association Bulletin. Member, Board of Directors, Communities in Schools of Wake County, 2001—.