Admitted
1985, Minnesota; U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
Law School
William Mitchell College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1985
Law School Graduation Year
1985
College
Lewis & Clark College, B.A., 1981
Memberships
Hennepin County, Minnesota State, Federal and American (Past Chair, Steering Committee on Unmet Legal Needs of Children; Member, Commission on Homelessness and Poverty; Past Chair, Advisory Council to the Center on Children and the Law; Fellow, Young Lawyer's Division) Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Fellow, American Bar Foundation.
Biographical
Chair, Rider Bennett Commercial Litigation Practice Group. Co-Chair, Rider Bennett Temporary Restraining Order Practice Group. Recognized: Super Lawyer, Minnesota Law & Politics (2001 and 2003); Forman Advocates for Children - Chronicle, Lewis and Clark College, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Winter/Spring 2002); Champions of the Children - The Magazine of St. Paul Academy and Summit School (Summer 2001); 100 Who Made a Difference - William Mitchell College of Law (2001); Attorneys with a Heart - Minnesota Lawyer (Feb. 20, 1998). Boards: Director, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; Former Trustee, William Mitchell College of Law; Past President, Board of Alumni, Lewis and Clark College; Director, Loan Repayment Assistance Program of Minnesota; Past Director, Minnesota Organization Adolescent Parenting, Pregnancy and Prevention (MOAPPP); Fund Advisory Board Member, Casa de Esperanza; Editorial Board Member, Business Law Today. Author, Co-Author or Presenter on Non-Competition Agreements, Inevitable Disclosure of Trade Secrets and Confidentail Information; Shareholder Dissenters' Rights, Piercing the Corporate Veil, and Confidentiality of Settlements. Co-Editor and Contributor - America's Children Still at Risk - ABA Streering Committee on the Unmet Legal Needs of Children (2001); Co-Author, Forward - NIMBY: A Primer for Lawyers and Advocates - ABA Steering Committee on the Unmet Legal Needs of Children and Commission on Homelessness and Poverty (1999); Author, Introduction - Make a Difference in a Child's Life: 25 Projects for Lawyers - ABA Streering Commission on the Unmet Legal Needs of Children (1996).