Admitted
1996, Nebraska, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eight Circuit
Law School
University of Nebraska, J.D., highest distinction, 1996
Law School Graduation Year
1996
College
Hastings College, B.A., with distinction, 1989; Kansas State University, M.A., magna cum laude, 1991
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Recipient: West Publishing Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award, 1994, 1995, 1996; CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in Advanced Trial Advocacy, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law; Evidence, Employment Law, Family Law; Legal Control of Discrimination, Legal Process, Securities Regulation; Torts; Ted Sorenson Fellow; Michie Award. Articles Editor, Nebraska Law Review. Former Law Clerk, to the Honorable C. Arlen Beam, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Eight Circuit. Author: Challenges to Regulating Students' Exotic Body Piercing, Nebraska Law Review, 2001; Mixed Metaphors; Model Civil Jury Instructions for Title VII Disparate Treatment Claims, 76 Nebraska Law Review 900, 1997; You Can Check Out Any Time You Like, But You Can Never Leave: Attorney Conflict of Interest and Imputed Disqualification Under Nebraska's New Bright Line Rule, 74 Nebraska Law Review 137, 1995.