Admitted
1978, California; 1979, Iowa; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of California at Berkeley, J.D., 1977
Law School Graduation Year
1977
College
Stanford University, B.A., with distinction/honors in History, 1973; Stanford University, M.A., 1973
Memberships
Polk County, Iowa State and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Iowa Association of Trial Lawyers. American Inns of Court (Master C. Edwin Moore Inn of Court, 1999—)
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Winner: McBaine Moot Court Competition, 1977; Jamieson Award, Outstanding Scholar and Advocacy, 1977. Member, Board of Editors, 1975-1977 and Research Editor, 1976-1977, California Law Review. Comment: Emergency Mayor Power: An Exercise in Charter Interpretation, 65 Cal. L. Rev. 636, 1977; Author: The Inevitable Discovery Exception to the Exclusionary Rule, 21 Crim. L. Bull. 101, 1985; Co-Author: with T. McGrane, Client Perjury and the Criminal Justice System, 23 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 19, 1985; Author: Nix v. Whiteside, The Role of Apples, Oranges and the Great Houdini in Constitutional Adjudication, 23 Crim. L. Bull. 5, 1987; The Limited Impact of Nix v. Whiteside on Attorney-Client Relations, 136 U. Penn. L. Rev. 1913, 1988. Co-Author: Employment at Will in Iowa: A Journey Forward, 39 Drake Law Review 67 (1989-1990); Item Veto Litigation in Iowa: Marking the Boundaries Between Legislative and Executive Power, 41 Drake L. Rev. 1 (1992). First Assistant Attorney General of Iowa, 1979-1980. Deputy Attorney General of Iowa, 1983-1986. Fellow, Iowa State Bar Association Foundation.