Admitted
1990, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Sixth and Seventh Circuits; U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; U.S. Supreme Cou
Law School
Wayne State University, J.D., summa cum laude, 1990
Law School Graduation Year
1990
College
Marygrove College, B.A., summa cum laude, 1982
Memberships
State Bar of Michigan (Member, Appellate Practice Section; Immediate Past Chair, 1997-1998; Chair, 1996-1997; Chair-Elect, 1995-1996); Defense Research Institute (Appellate Advocacy Committee, Chair, 1999-2000, Vice-Chair and Chair of Seminar Sub-Committee, 1997-1998).
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Clerk to Justice Patricia J. Boyle, Michigan Supreme Court, 1991-1992. Editor, Sword and Shield Revisited: A Practical Approach to Section 1983 (1998). Author: Lessons From A Chinese Poet, 42 For The Defense 79, December 2000; Clearing the Fog: Clarity in Legal Writing, 41 For The Defense 34, 1999; Reflections on the Craft of Judging of the Art of Advocacy, 40 For the Defense 8 (1998); Better Advocacy Through Jurisprudential Analysis, Michigan Bar Journal (January 1998). Member, Michigan Court of Appeals Internal Operating Procedures Task Force, 1996-1998.