Admitted
1974, Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin
Law School
University of Wisconsin, J.D., cum laude, 1974
Law School Graduation Year
1974
College
Oberlin College, B.A., 1969; University of Wisconsin, M.A., 1971
Memberships
Dane County and American (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin (Member, Taxation, Family Law and Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Sections; Member, Special Committee on Marital Property Reform, 1979-1986); Madison Estate Council; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys; Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Treasurer, 1998, Secretary, 1999; President-Elect, 2000 and President, 2001, Wisconsin Chapter). Fellow, American Bar Foundation.
Biographical
Adjunct Faculty, Family Law, Marital Property Law, University of Wisconsin Law School. Member, University of Wisconsin Law Review. Co-author: The Marital Property Classification Handbook (ATS-CLE, 1999); Family Estate Planning in Wisconsin (UW Extension 1996, rey. Ed. 2003); A Guide to Property Classification Under Wisconsin's Marital Property Act, (ATS-CLE, 1986); Understanding Wisconsin's Marital Property Law: A Manual for the Lay Public (PESI, 1984, 3rd ed., 1985); Marital Property Reform in Wisconsin, (PESI, 1984); Admissibility of Mental Health Care Records in Custody/Placement Disputes, (American Journal of Family Law, Fall, 1998); Marital Agreements: An Important Financial Planning Tool (57 Wisconsin Bar Bulletin, July, 1984). Contributing Author: Eckhardt's Workbook for Wisconsin Estate Planners, revised edition (ATS-CLE, 1997); Marital and Non-Marital Agreements-Handbook with Prototype Clauses, Law Annotations and Strategy Comments, (ATS-CLE, 1981). Instructor: University of Wisconsin Law School, 1977—; ATS-CLE, 1978—. Delegate, Family Law Council of Community Property States, 1997— (Chair-Elect, 2002-2003).