Law School
Wayne State University, J.D., cum laude, 1980
Law School Graduation Year
1980
College
Calvin College, B.A., 1977
Memberships
Kalamazoo County (Member, Board of Directors, 1999-2002) and American (Member, Environmental Energy & Resources & Litigation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Environmental Law Section, Negligence Law Section); Air and Waste Management Association.
Biographical
Author: Governmental Immunity in Michigan, (ICLE 1991); Governmental Immunity, in Atkinson & Soper, Torts: Michigan Law and Practice (ICLE 1992); Governmental Immunity In Local Government Law & Practice in Michigan (Mich. Municipal League 1999). Speeches & Papers, Government Automobile Accidents and Highway Claims: The State of Immunity Law After Nawrocki, Institute of Continuing Legal Education (Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 2001); Governmental Immunity 2000: Millenial Madness? Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys Institute, (Lansing, Michigan, March 2000); Environmental Compliance: Who Says It's My Problem And So What If It Is? Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, Virginia-Carolina Section (Wilmington, North Carolina, June 1997); What Every Municipal Lawyer Should Know About Air Quality Issues, State Bar of Michigan, Public Corporation Law Section (June 1996); The Manager's Role in Preparing for Compliance with New Air Quality Regulations: Caught in the Middle, SUR/FIN '95 Technical Conference, AESF (Baltimore, Maryland, June 1995); Handling Emerging Compliance Issues (As You Prepare for Title V), Air and Waste Management Association (Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 1995); Preparing for Compliance with the Clean Air Act, Wire Association International, Inc. (Detroit, Michigan, June 1994); Enforcement: Duties and Liabilities of the ‘Responsible Official’, Air and Waste Management Association (Ypsilanti, Michigan, April 1994); Required Certifications Under the Clean Air Act, State Bar of Michigan, Environmental Law Section (October, 1993). Member, 1989-1992 and Vice Chairman, 1990-1992, Board of Directors, Friends of the Kal-Haven Trail, Inc. Member, 1992-1995 and Chairman, 1993-1995, Board of Directors, Kalamazoo Christian School Association; President and Member, 1999-2002, Board of Directors, Calvin College Alumni Association.