Admitted
1987, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court; 2000, District of Columbia; 2001, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, U.S. Court of Appeals f
Law School
Indiana University at Bloomington, J.D., cum laude, 1987
Law School Graduation Year
1987
College
Wabash College, A.B., cum laude, 1984; Aberdeen University, Scotland
Memberships
Bar Association of the District of Columbia (Appellate Courts Committee, 2000—).Indianapolis (Co-chair, Bench-Bar Conference, 2000), Indiana State (Chair: Appellate Rules Project, 1997—; Appellate Practice Section, 1996-1997; Appellate Issues Study Committee, 1995-1996) and American (Chair, Council of Appellate Lawyers, 2000-2002; Member: Appellate Practice Committee, Litigation Section; Appellate Advocacy Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations.
Biographical
Law Clerk to Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard, Indiana Supreme Court, 1987-1989. Author: 24 Indiana Practice—Appellate Procedure, 3rd Edition, West Publishing Co. (2001); Recent Developments in Indiana Appellate Procedure: New Appellate Rules, A Constitutional Amendment and a Proposal, (33 Ind. Law Rev. 1275, 2000); Appellate Civil Case Law Update, (Res Gestae, quarterly, September, 1998—). Co-Author: 1991 and 1993 Supplements and 1996 Revision to Chapter 12-The Brief, The Attorneys Guide to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Appellate Practice Institute, ICLE, (Chair, 1997, Presenter, 1996, 1998, 2000). Adjunct Assistant Professor of Appellate Advocacy and Procedure, Indiana School of Law at Bloomington, 1990-1994. Consumer Member, Hearing Officer, Administrative Law Judge and President, Indiana State Board of Nursing, 1991-1998. Co-Chair, National Ad Hoc Committee on Judicial Election for the National Center for State Courts, 2002—. Barrister, 2000— and Treasurer, 2002—, Edward Coke Appellate Inn of Court, Washington, D.C.