Admitted
1977, District of Columbia; 1978, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; 1979, Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Harvard University, J.D., 1977
Law School Graduation Year
1977
College
University of Michigan, B.A., summa cum laude with highest distinction, 1974
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Board Member, Association of Postdoctoral Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology, 1998-2003; Board Member, American Society for Bioethics and the Humanities, 1997-2000; Editorial Board, Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics; Member, American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics; Member, American Health Lawyers Association; Member, State Bar of Wisconsin (Chair, Health Law Section, 1988); Member, American Bar Association (Chair, Coordinating Group on Bioethics and the Law 1995-1998; Chair, Health Rights Committee 1994-1998; Governing Council, Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section; Vice-Chair, Clinical Ethics Interest Group of Health Law Section, 1999-2001); Member, International Association of Bioethics (Chair, Ethics Committee Network); Member, American Society of Transplant Surgeons Ethics Committee; Professor of Bioethics, Medical College of Wisconsin; Director, Center for the Study of Bioethics, Medical College of Wisconsin. Director, Midwest Ethics Committee Network. Editorial Board, Human Rights. Co-Author (with S. Hanlon), Ethical Issues in Biomedical Research: Diaz v. Hillsborough Hosp. Auth., Human Rights Spring 2003: 16-18; Author, Legal Issues in the Payment of Living Donors for Solid Organs, Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation 2002; 7:375-379; Author: The Disclosure of Medical Errors, Law and Bioethics Report 2002; 1(4):6-8; Co-Author (with R. Arnold et al): Financial Incentives for Cadaver Organ Donation: An Ethical Reappraisal, Transplantation, 2002, 73(8): 1361-7; Author (with A. Nattinger): The Effects of Legislative Requirements on the Use of Breast-Conserving Surgery, New Eng. Journal of Medicine, 1996, 335(14): 1035-1040; Author: Unanswered Questions Surrounding the Patient Self Determination Act, Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 1992; 1(2): 117-120. Author, 1995 Health Care Decisions Manual, Wisconsin Hospital Association; Who Owns Your Frozen Embryos? Human Rights, Spring 1998; 25(2):12-24; Informed Consent in A. Berger, MH Levy, RK Porten