Admitted
1976, Alaska and Rhode Island; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Northeastern University, J.D., 1975
Law School Graduation Year
1975
College
Northeastern University, B.A., with honors, 1972
Memberships
Anchorage, Alaska (Member, Board of Governors, 1986-1992; President, 1989-1990; President-Elect, 1988-1989, Discipline Advisory Committee, 1994-1997; Chairman, Law Related Education Committee, 1982-1986), Rhode Island and American Bar Associations; American Judicature Society; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Alaska Academy of Trial Lawyers (President, 1993-1995-1997; Vice President, 1992-1993); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; American Board of Trial Advocates; American Academy of Appellate Lawyers; The American Law Institute; Washington State Trial Lawyers Association; Anchorage Inns of Court; American Inns of Court.
Biographical
Recipient: United States District Court Public Service Award, 1987 and 1995; American Civil Liberties Union Public Service Award, 1993. Law Clerk, Hon. Edmond W. Burke, Alaska Supreme Court, 1975-1976. Author: Search and Seizure in Alaska: A Comprehensive Review, 7 U.C.L.A.—Alaska Law Review 75, 1977; Criminal Procedure in Alaska, 9 U.C.L.A.—Alaska Law Review, 109, 1980; The Fifth Amendment, Self-Incrimination and Foreign Prosecution: The Saga of the Ryuyo Maru, 11 U.C.L.A.—Alaska Law Review 119, 1982. Co-Author: Compelling Testimony in Alaska: The Coming Rejection of Use and Derivative Use Immunity, 3 Duke-Alaska Law Review 229, 1986. Author: Justice Rabinowitz and Personal Freedom: Evolving A Constitutional Framework, 15 Duke- Alaska Law Review 1 (1998). Author: Certifying Professional Competence: The Alaska Experiment, 52 The Bar Examiner 4, 1983; Pre-Trial Diversion of the Mentally Retarded Offender, 1975, Massachusetts Bar Association Report. Assistant Public Defender, 1976-1978. Member: Alaska Supreme Court Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions, 1979-1985; Alaska Committee of Bar Examiners, 1981-1986; 1995-1998. Attorney Representative, 1983-1987 and Member, Judicial Evaluation Committee, 1985-1987, Judicial Conference of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Member, Ninth Circuit Judicial Screening Panel, 1988-1989. Member, 1984-1990 and Chairman, 1984-1989, Alaska Supreme Court Standing Criminal Rules Committee. Reporter, District of Alaska Advisory Group for Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990, 1991-1996. Commissioner and Chairman, Alaska Commission on Judicial Conduct, 1993—. Member, Governor's Task Force on Civil Justice Reform, 1996.