Admitted
1989, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1995, Iowa; 1995, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa
Law School
Washington College of Law, American University, J.D., summa cum laude, 1989
Law School Graduation Year
1989
College
University of Iowa, B.A., 1985
Memberships
Polk County Bar Association; Iowa State Bar Association (Elected District Representative Young Lawyer Division); American Bar Association (Editor, Publications Board of ABA Tort and Insurance Practice Section; Vice-Chair, Young Lawyers Division Employment Law Section; Member, Sections on: Tort and Insurance Practice; Litigation; Young Lawyers Division); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Iowa Trial Lawyers Association.
Biographical
Member, American University Law Review, 1987-1989. Associated with Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom, Chicago Office, 1989-1995. Appointed, Special Assistant Attorney General, 1990-1995 by Illinois Attorney General's Office. Graduate, Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute, 1996-1997. Board Member: Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute; Leukemia & Lymphoma Society; Habitat for Humanity, 1995-1998; Leadership Network, 1996-1999.