Admitted
1983, Minnesota and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Law School
University of Iowa, J.D., magna cum laude, 1983
Law School Graduation Year
1983
College
Colgate University, B.A., cum laude, 1979
Memberships
Hennepin County, Minnesota State (Member, Legislation Committee of Bankruptcy Section, 1986-1987; Chairman, Litigation Committee, Bankruptcy Section, 1990-1991; Member, Editorial Board of Minnesota Bankruptcy Bulletin, 1988-1990) Federal Circuit and American Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association; American Bankruptcy Institute.
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Member, Moot Court Board, 1982-1983. Law Clerk to the late Honorable William H. Thinnes, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Northern District of Iowa, 1983. 2001 Adjunct Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Hamline University School of Law. 1998 Faculty Member, Arthur Anderson in House Expert Witness Training Class. Continuing Legal Education Instructor, 2000, Using the Internet to Support Your Litigation Practice, 1998, The Dynamics and Life Cycle of Trade Secret Litigation, 1997, Intellectual Property Update, 1998 Bankruptcy Institute, 1991 Current Issues in Bankruptcy, Minnesota State Bar Association; 1992, Bankruptcy Institute; Protection of Secured Creditors in Minnesota, 1993, 1994.