Admitted
1972, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 1973, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1974, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1994, U.S. Cou
Law School
University of Michigan, J.D., 1972
Law School Graduation Year
1972
College
University of Michigan, B.A., 1968
Memberships
Kalamazoo County (Director, 1984-1986), Federal District for Western Michigan (President, 1999) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, 1983-1989, 1997-2003 and Chairman, 1986-1988, Committee on U.S. Courts).
Biographical
Recipient, American Jurisprudence Book Award, Constitutional Law. Law Clerk to Hon. W. Wallace Kent, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit, 1972-1973. Chairman, Subcommittee on Examinations of the Committee for Qualifications to Practice in the Western District of Michigan, 1980-1982. Editor, Michigan Bar Journal Western District of Michigan Opinion Notes, 1988-1999. Life Member, Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference. Treasurer, Western District of Michigan Historical Society, 2002—. Chairman, W.D. of Michigan Civil Justice Advisory Group, 1991-1995. Selective Service Local Board 40, 1981-1983; Selective Service, W.D. of Michigan Appeal Board, 1983-2001. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy)
Military
Legal Clerk, U.S. Army, 1969-1971