Admitted
1969, Wisconsin; 2001, District of Columbia
Law School
University of Wisconsin, J.D., 1969
Law School Graduation Year
1969
College
University of Wisconsin, B.A., 1966
Memberships
Dane County Bar Association; Seventh Circuit Bar Association (Member, Board of Governor's, 1980-1995; President, 1985-1986); American Law Institute; American Academy of Appellate Lawyers
Biographical
Articles Editor, Wisconsin Law Review, 1968-1969. Awards: President's Award of Excellence (1989); Gordon Sinykin Award of Excellence (1996); L.A.W.'s Beyond The Call Award. Law Clerk to Hon. Thomas E. Fairchild, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1969-1970. Chairman, Board of Visitors, University of Wisconsin Law School, 1988-1989. President, Equal Justice Coalition (1997-2000); President, State Bar of Wisconsin (1995-1996); President (Elect), Wisconsin Law Foundation (2000-2002); Trustee, American Inns of Court Foundation, 1995-1998. President, Wisconsin Law Alumni Association, 1993-1995. Chairman, ABA Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services (1997-2000). Chairman, ABA Consortium on Legal Services and The Public (2000). Member: Eastern District Rules Committee, 1980-1982; Western District Rules Committee, 1989-1990. Chairman, Seventh Circuit Advisory Committee on Circuit Rules, 1994-2000. Chairman, Western District Advisory Group, Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990, 1991-1995. President, Western District of Wisconsin Bar Association, 1992-1993. Member and Counsellor, James E. Doyle Inn of Court. Member, Governor's Task Force on the Creation of a Wisconsin Business Court, 1994. Chairman, Federal Judicial Nominating Commission (Wisconsin), 1994. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; International Academy of Trial Lawyers; American Bar Foundation.