Admitted
1983, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Law School
Indiana University at Bloomington, J.D., 1982
Law School Graduation Year
1982
College
Indiana University at Bloomington, B.S., 1976
Memberships
Lake County, Seventh Circuit and Indiana State Bar Associations; Indiana Trial Lawyers Association.
Biographical
Author: Representing Traffic Offenders in Indiana, Practice Skills Seminar, ICLEF, 1992. Author and Panelist: Hot Topics 1999 (Recent Trends in Professional Responsibility), Indiana Lawyer Seminar; Defending Death Cases (An Overview of the Lawyer Discipline Process), IPDC, 1999; Criminal Law, 2000 (2001: An Appellate Odyssey, Lake County Bar Association Seminar; Hot Topics 2001, (Ethics), Lake County Bar Association; Indiana Legal Ethics and Malpractice, Lorman, 2002. Panelist, Developing Appellate Skills, 2001, ICLEF; Managing Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine in Indiana, NBI, 2002. Co-Author: Criminal Appeals and Post-Conviction Relief, Criminal Law Seminar, ICLEF, 1992. Co-Author and Chair: DWI (Developing a Medical Defense To Insufficient Breath Test Refusal Cases) ICLEF, 1998. Contributing Author and Panelist: We The Jury (Post-Trial Juror Contact: Ethical Considerations), Indiana Lawyer Seminar, 1998; Everything You'd Better Know About Civil Law (Professionalism in The Civil Practice), ICLEF, 1996; Juristic Park (Ethical Considerations) ICLEF, 1995. Panelist: Defending Death Cases, Seminar, IPDC, 1998. Appellate Public Defender, Lake County Criminal Courts, 1986—. Public Defender, Lake Station City Court, 1991-1994. Member: Public Defenders Council, 1986—; Supreme Court Committee on Character & Fitness, 1992—. Commissioner, Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission, 1994-1999.