Admitted
1968, Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; 1971, U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Fifth Circuits; 1990, U.S. Court of Appe
Law School
Marquette University, J.D., 1968
Law School Graduation Year
1968
College
University of Iowa; Marquette University, A.B., 1964
Memberships
Milwaukee, Chicago, Federal and American (Vice Chairman, Products, General Liability and Consumer Law Committee, Section of Tort and Insurance Practice, 1984-1990; Member, Litigation Section, Co-Chairperson of the Discovery Committee, 1985-1987 and Manufacturers Liability Sub Committee of Litigation Section, 1983-1989) Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin (Member, Litigation and Environmental Law Sections); Bar Association of the Seventh Federal Circuit; American Judicature Society; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Trial Attorneys of America; Defense Research Institute; Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers; Life Member, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine; Member, Supreme Court Historical Society; Member, Association for the Advancement of Science; Master, American Inns of Court; Law Committee Industrial Truck Association, 1983—; American Law Institute; American Agricultural Law Association
Biographical
Alpha Sigma Nu; Delta Theta Phi. Lead Article Editor, Marquette Law Review, 1967-1968. Marquette University Law School Alumnus of the Year, 2000. Brother Rice High School (Chicago) Man of the Year Award, 2000. Judicial Court Commissioner, Circuit Court for Milwaukee County, 2001; Diplomate, American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys, 1981—. President, 1977-1978 and Member, Board of Directors and Executive Committee, 1982-1988, Marquette University Law Alumni Association. Sustaining Member, Product Liability Advisory Council, 1987—, Member: Executive Committee and President's Council, Marquette University, 1986-1992. Dean, Search Committee, Marquette University Law School, 1984. Member: President's Club, Wake Forest University, 1989—, Board of Visitors, Wake Forest University Law School, 1989—, National I-Club, University of Iowa, Circle of Champions, University of Alabama and President's Circle, Boston College, 1998-1999; President's Council, University of Dayton, 2000-2002. Listed: Who's Who in America; Who's Who in American Law; Who's Who in the Midwest; International Who's Who of Product Liability Defense Lawyers; Best Lawyers in America; Best Lawyers in Milwaukee. Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers.