Admitted
1992, Tennessee; 1994, Colorado, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Law School
Vanderbilt University, J.D., 1991
Law School Graduation Year
1991
College
Vanderbilt University, B.A., cum laude, 1988
Memberships
Southwest Colorado (Vice President, 1999-2000; President, 2000-2001) and Colorado Bar Associations.
Biographical
Omicron Delta Kappa; Mortar Board Society; Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities. Member of the Inns of Court. Staff Member, 1989-1990 and Associate Editor, 1990-1991, Vanderbilt Law Review. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Book Award, Criminal Constitutional Law; Moore & Peterson Academic Recognition Award for Highest G.P.A., Contracts I & II. Law Clerk: to Honorable Gilbert S. Merritt, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1993-1994; to Honorable Jose A. Gonzalez, Jr., U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1991-1993. Co-Author: The Sixth Circuit: Relevant Conduct, Prior Convictions, Drug Quantity, and Enhancements, Federal Sentencing Reporter, Vol. 6, No. 5, 1994. Instructor, Fort Lewis College, 1996-1997.