Admitted
1991, Illinois; 2002, Minnesota; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Law School
Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1991
Law School Graduation Year
1991
College
Grinnell College, B.A., 1985
Memberships
American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Intellectual Property); American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Articles Editor, Northwestern University Law Review. Author: A Structure Without Foundation: A Reply to Professor Froomkin, 88 Nw. U.L. Rev. 1406 (1994); The Federal Circuit's Patent Nonobviousness Standards: Theoretical Perspectives on Recent Doctrinal Changes, 85 Nw. U.L. Rev. 1051 (1991). Co-author with Steven G. Calabresi, The Structural Constitution: Unitary Executive, Plural Judiciary, 105 Har. L. Rev. 1155 (1992). Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Illinois, Associate, 1991-1997; Partner, 1997-2001.