Law School
Indiana University, J.D., cum laude, 1980
Law School Graduation Year
1980
College
Indiana University, A.B., with distinction, 1977
Memberships
International Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute.
Biographical
Phi Alpha Delta (Treasurer, 1979-1980). Note Editor, Indiana Law Journal, 1979-1980. Author: Indiana Workmen's Compensation Act: Accidents Arising out of and in the Course of Employment, 55 Indiana Law Journal 375, 1980; Judicial Sanctions Under Federal Rule 11, For The Defense, March, 1987. Co-Author: Discoverability of Document Management Systems: Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them, Defense Counsel Journal, Vol. 64, No. 3, pp. 369-380, July 1997; Character and Fitness Committee of the Board of Bar Examiners - Appointed by the Indiana Supreme Court (1996—). Rules Committee of the Indiana Supreme Court, Appointed by the Indiana Supreme Court, 1999—. Faculty: 1997 IADC Trial Academy, Boulder, Colorado; Eleventh Annual Trial Advocacy Skills Workshop, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Foundation, 1990. Speaker: The Law Society's Commerce and Industry Group, London, England, in association with Cameron McKenna A Message from America, Restatement 3d, Impact on American Product Liability Law and Long-Arm Jurisdiction, March 1998; Analyzing Epidemiologic Evidence, IADC Annual Meeting, Bermuda, 1997; Discoverability of Document Management Systems, IADC Mid-Winter Meeting, Pebble Beach, California, 1997; Federal Preemption and Products Liability Cases, International Association of Defense Counsel, San Francisco, 1995; Rule 11 Defense Research Institute Seminar, Drug and Device Seminar, Seattle, Washington, 1995; Rule 11, Seminar of Discovery Tools, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Foundation, 1998; Ethical and Practical Considerations of Dealings with Plaintiff's Experts, Seminar on Expert Witnesses, Defense Research Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, 1987; Rule 11 Sanctions Against Lawyers and Their Impact on the Conduct of Litigation, Defense Research Institute Seminar, Drugs and Devices, San Francisco, California, April 1987; Rule 11 Sanctions, Joint Presentation with United State District Court Judge, Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel, Dallas, Texas, 1987; C