Admitted
1979, Wisconsin; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Wisconsin-Madison, J.D., 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
Immaculate Heart College, B.A., Spanish, 1994
Memberships
Dane County, Western District of Wisconsin (Former Chair, Standing Committee on Education) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin (Member, Criminal Law Section: Board of Directors, 1994—; Secretary, 1994-1996; Chair, 1997-1999); Dane County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; Wisconsin and National Associations of Criminal Defense Lawyers; International Academy of Law and Mental Health.
Biographical
Law Clerk to Hon. Barbara B. Crabb, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin (1979-1980). Author: Patrolling the Borders: Competency and NGI Strategies in Misdemeanor Cases, Mental Health Law and Practice Through the Life Cycle: Proceedings from the XVIIIth International Congress on Law and Mental Health, Simon Frasier University, British Columbia, Canada, 1994. Co-Author: The Jailhouse Litigator: A Fool for a Client or a Voice for Penal and Legal Reform? University of Wisconsin Institute for Legal Studies, October 1995. Clinical and Visiting Law Instructor and Consultant, Youth Policy and Law Center, (1982-1985); Clinical Associate Professor (1990-2001) and Clinical Professor (2001—), Law and Legal Defense Program Director, University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School. Assistant United States Attorney, Western District of Wisconsin (1980-1982). Attorney-advisor, Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Washington, D.C., 1885-1986. Assistant Public Defender, Janesville Trial Office, 1989-1990. Associate, Smoler & Albert, S.C., Madison, Wisconsin, 1986-1989.