Admitted
1987, New York; 1988, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1991, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 1998, U.S
Law School
Harvard University, J.D., magna cum laude, 1984
Law School Graduation Year
1984
College
University of Michigan, B.G.S., with distinction, 1981
Memberships
Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Chicago and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation, Product Liability Committee, Large Law Firm, Class Actions and Judicial Evaluation Hearing Committee; Business Law; Science and Technology; Tort and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan; Defense Research Institute.
Biographical
Editor, Harvard Law Review, 1982-1984. Law Clerk: Hon. J. Clifford Wallace, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, 1984-1985; Hon. Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1985-1986. Author: Note, Class Certification in Mass Accident Cases Under Rule 23(b)(1), 96 Harv. L. Rev. 1143, 1983. Co-Author: Directors & Officers Liability: Prevention, Insurance and Indemnification, Law Journal Press Treatise, 2000; Law Department Management, Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel, R. Haig, ed., West Group, 2000; Offensive and Defensive Strategy and Tactics for Electronic Discovery, Glasser Legal Works, 2000; Advertising Liability on the Internet, Annual Meeting, American Bar Association, 2000 and The Practical Lawyer, July 2001; The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, Annual Meeting, American Bar Association, 2000; SEC and Internet Issues: SEC Issues Update 2000, Glasser Legal Works, 2000; e-Commerce 'Storefront' Development and Hosting, Practicing Law Institute, 1999 and 2000; Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability-New Developments, Products Liability Committee, American Bar Association Litigation Section, 2000; Defending the Class Action Lawsuit, National Business Institute, 2000; Consumer Bankruptcy: The Reaffirmation Process, Rev. of Banking & Fin. Services, Vol. 15, No. 1, 1999; Reaffirmation Agreement Litigation: The Defense Perspective, Practicing Law Institute, 1999. Speaker: Co-Chair, 5th Annual Online & Internet Commerce Law Institute, Glasser Legal Works and ABA Section of Science & Technology Law Seminar, 2000; TROs & Injunctions: Domain Name and Trademark Battles, Intellectual Property Litigation Seminar, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, 2000 and 2001; SEC and the Internet, SEC Issues Update 2000, Glasser Legal Works Seminar, 2000; e-Commerce: Strategies for Success in the Digital Economy, Practicing Law Institute, 1999 and 2000; Business Torts on the Electronic Frontier, Tort & Insurance Practice Sec