Admitted
1983, Wisconsin; 1995, Illinois
Law School
University of Wisconsin-Madison, J.D., cum laude, 1983
Law School Graduation Year
1983
College
University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.A., with honors, 1979
Memberships
Seventh Circuit Bar Association (Illinois Chair, Committee on Rules and Practice); Chicago Inn of Court; Appellate Lawyers' Association of Illinois.
Biographical
Solicitor General, State of Illinois, 1999-2002. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Illinois (Chicago), Criminal Division, 1987-1999; Senior Appellate Counsel, 1989-1994. Staff Attorney, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1985-1987. Law Clerk to The Honorable Aaron E. Goodstein, U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1983-1985. Member, Seventh Circuit Committees on Criminal and Civil Jury Instructions. Vice Chairman, Illinois Criminal Code Rewrite and Reform Commission, 2000-2002.