Admitted
1979, Indiana, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana, U.S. Court of Military Appeals, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 1995, U.S. Tax Court
Law School
Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis, J.D., cum laude, 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
University of Indianapolis, B.A., magna cum laude with honors, 1976
Memberships
Seventh Circuit Bar Association; American Board of Trial Advocates (Associate Member, 1998—). Indiana Supreme Court Committee on Character and Fitness; American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects; Outstanding Lawyers of America
Biographical
Editor, Indiana Law Review, 1978-1979. Law Clerk to Chief Justice Richard M. Givan, Indiana Supreme Court, 1977-1979. Author: Indiana Procedural Forms and Indiana Civil Trial Practice, , West Publishing, 1996—. Contributing Author: chapter on Appellate Brief, The Attorney's Guide to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, 1987 and Supplement, 1998—. Faculty, National Institute of Trial Advocacy and National Trial Advocacy College. Member, 1993-1998 and Secretary, 1995, Indiana Supreme Court Continuing Legal Education Commission. Member, Committee on Local Rules of United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, 1992-1998. Fellow, Indiana Bar Foundation. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy)
Military
Capt., U.S. Marine Corps, 1979-1982