Admitted
1981, Alaska; U.S. District Court, District of Alaska and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Law School
Harvard University, J.D., magna cum laude, 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
Reed College, B.A., 1975
Memberships
Alaska Bar Association (Member: Ethics Committee, 1996—; Area Discipline Committee, 1988-1994; Alaska Appellate Rules Advisory Committee, 1985-1992; Alaska Criminal Rules Advisory Committee, 1985-2001; Bar Examiners Committee, 1985-1988; Tutoring Committee, 1990—); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Harvard Law Review. Law Clerk to the Hon. John Dooling, Eastern District of New York, 1979-1980. Author: Justice Rabinowitz and Personal Freedom: Evolving A Constitutional Framework, 15 Duke-Alaska Law Rev. 1 (1998); Author: Comment, Affirmative Action--Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 92 Harv. L. Rev. 131 (1978); Developments in the Law --Corporate Crime: Regulating Corporate Behavior Through Criminal Sanctions, 92 Harv. L. Rev. (1979). Staff Attorney, Alaska Appellate Courts, 1980-1981. Appellate Supervisor, Alaska Public Defender Agency, 1983-1992; Assistant Public Defender, 1981-1992; Attorney Member, Alaska Judicial Council, 2002—.