Admitted
1976, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1998, District of Columbia; 2002, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Law School
University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1976
Law School Graduation Year
1976
College
University of Iowa, B.A., with high distinction/special honors, 1971
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient: Distinguished Service Award, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1991; Group Awards for Excellence (2), U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1994; Unit Award for Superior Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1993; Certificates of Merit (6), U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996. Author: Furthering the Reforms of Agricultural Policies in the Millennium Round, 9 Minn. J. of Global Trade 41, 2000; Blowing Smoke: Does Congress Lack the Willpower to Reform Federal Tobacco Policies?, 3 Journal of Medicine and Law 95, 1999; The First Case under the WTO's Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement: The European Union's Hormone Ban, 39 Va. J. Int'l L. 89, 1998; United States' Agricultural Protectionism after the Uruguay Round: What Remains of Measures to Provide Relief from Surges of Agricultural Imports?, 23 N.C.J. Int'l L. & Com. Reg. 281, 1998; The NAFTA Panel Decision on Canadian Tariff-Rate Quotas: Imagining a Tariffying Bargain, 22 Yale J. Int'l L. 345, 1997. Senior Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1988-1997. Partner: McLeod, Watkinson & Miller, P.C., 1997-1999; Ablondi, Foster, Sobin & Davidow, P.C., 1999-2000.