Admitted
1991, Alaska, U.S. District Court, District of Alaska; 2002, Arizona, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Law School
University of Washington, J.D., 1991
Law School Graduation Year
1991
College
State University of New York at Binghamton, B.A., with honors, 1988
Memberships
State Bar of Arizona; Alaska and American Bar Associations.
Biographical
Associate Articles Editor, Washington Law Review. Law Clerk to the Honorable Barry G. Silverman, United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit, 2002-2003; Honorable John W. Sedwick, Chief Judge United States District Court , Alaska, 1998-2002. Author: Cracking Down on Soccer Moms and other Urban Legends on The Frontier of The Fourth Amendment: Is It Finally Time to Re-Define Searches and Seizures?, 38 Willamette L. Rev. 137 (2002); After-Acquiring an Audience: A Brief Reply to the June 2001 Critique Regarding After-Acquired Evidence, 18 Alaska L. Rev. 287 (2001); A Brief Analysis of After-Acquired Evidence in Employment Cases: A Proposed Model For Alaska and Points South, 17 Alaska L. Rev. 271 (2000); Search & Seizure: Third Party Consent, 66 Wash. L. Rev. 189 (1991). Essay: Breaking Up is Hard to Do: A Brief Summary of recent Legislation to Split the Ninth Circuit, Alaska Bar Rag, vol. 27, no. 3 (May-June 2003); Similar Rules, Dissimilar Results: A Brief Survey of Some Actual or Potential Distinctions between Rules of Evidence and Civil Procedure Governing Practice in Alaska State and Federal Courts, Alaska Bar Rag, vol. 26, no. 4 (July-August 2002); So you are, will be (or want to be) a law clerk: some job observations, Alaska Bar Rag, vol. 26, no. 3 (May-June 2002).