Admitted
1989, Michigan; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan; 1990, Florida; 1991, District of Columbia
Law School
Detroit College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1989
Law School Graduation Year
1989
College
Western Michigan University, B.S., 1983
Memberships
Oakland County Bar Association.
Biographical
Phi Sigma Alpha, National Criminal Justice Honors Society and Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Recipient: Detroit College of Law Alumni Scholarship; American Jurisprudence Awards, Research Writing Advocacy II; Juvenile Law. Author: Physical Child Abuse: Suing Perpetrators & Third Parties, National Crime Victim Bar Association National Conference, 2001; State Victim Compensation for Child Victims: Should the filling Deadline be Tolled during Infancy? Victim Advocate, 1999; What Every Psychologist Should Know About Crime Victims Rights: Knowledge is Power, Michigan Psychologist, 1999. Co-Author: with L. Charta, Potential Criminal Liability Under the 'Polluters Pay' Amendment, Laches, 1991; Mediation Services: Successes and Failures of Site-Specific Alternative Dispute Resolution, Villanova Environmental Law Journal, 1991. Co-Author: with J. Brinza, E. Kalinka, Protecting Software in the Sale of Equipment from Reverse Engineering, Michigan Bar Journal, 1990. Charter Member, National Crime Victim Bar Association, 1999. Director, Camp Oakland Youth Programs, 1994-1997, Director, Child Abuse and Neglect Council of Oakland County, 1993-1999. Director, Shaken Baby Alliance, 1994-2000. President, Advisory Board, National Crime Victim Bar Association, 2001. Vice-President, National Crime Victim Bar Association, 2000.