Admitted
1969, Illinois; 1970, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court; 1978, Minnesota and U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
Law School
De Paul University, J.D., with honors, 1969
Law School Graduation Year
1969
College
University of Illinois, B.A., 1966
Memberships
Hennepin County (Member, Board of Governors, 1988-1998), Minnesota State (Member, Board of Governors, 1988-1994) and American (Minnesota Delegate, House of Delegates, 1996-2002) Bar Associations; Hennepin County Bar Foundation (Board Member, since 1986; President, 1997-1998; Fund for the Legal Aid Society (Founder, Board Member, 1982—).
Biographical
Editor-in-Chief, De Paul Law Review, 1969. Adjunct Instructor, Civil Practice Skills, William Mitchell College of Law, 1982-1989. Selected by other Minnesota attorneys as Leading Lawyer in Minnesota Guidebooks to Law & Leading Attorneys, 1994-2002, for commercial litigation and employment law - management and employees. Author/Lecturer: Limited Liability Companies - The Best of Both Worlds, 7 Resource Reports, 1992; The IRS Wins a Battle But Not the War, 43 Footnote 9, 1993. Minnesota CLE Employment Law Institute, Litigation Strategy Workshop, Minnesota; Special Defense in Employment Litigation, Minnesota CLE, 1992; Crisis IQ: An Integrated Approach to Media Crisis Management, Washington, D.C., 1994; Litigation Update, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education; Mergers & Acquisitions, 1995; Media Crisis for CPAs, Minnesota CPA Society, 1995; Speaking the Truth About Defamation and the Cost to Those Who Don't, Minnesota Trial Lawyers Assn., 1996; Taking the Credit But None of the Blame: A Primer on Interest Limits for Businesses Extending Credit, Minnesota Business Law Institute, 1996; Crafting Employment and Severance Contracts, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, 1996; A Litigator Looks at Trade Secrets, Confidentiality Agreements and Noncomplete Covenants, Minnesota Legal Education, 1998; Trade Secrets, Minnesota Inst. of CLE, 1998-1999; Chair and Lecturer, ERISA Litigation, Minnesota Inst. of CLE, 1999-2001.