Admitted
1985, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2001, Missouri
Law School
University of Michigan, J.D., 1985
Law School Graduation Year
1985
College
University of Michigan, B.A., high honors, 1982
Memberships
American Bar Association (Member, Section on: Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law (ABA/SONREEL).
Biographical
Co-Chair and Moderator: second annual ABA/SONREEL Roundtable Mechanisms for International Environmental Protection for Agricultural Biotechnology: Resistant Insects and Superweeds, June 24, 1998; first annual ABA/SONREEL Roundtable Biotechnology and Sustainable Development: the Role of International Regulation, May 2, 1997. Author: Starlink: Lessons Learned, Food and Chemical News (Fall 2001); The `Right Not to Know' Meets the `Right to Know': Genetic Susceptibility in the 21st Century, Trends, ABA SEER Newsletter (January/February 2001); Precautionary Priority in Approving Imports of Genetically Improved Commodity Crops, Biotechnology Law Reporter, Fall 2000; Agriculture Biotechnology and Product Liability Law: The Risks of Precaution, Washington Legal Foundation Monograph, September, 2000; Nuisance Law and the Prevention of `Genetic Pollution': Declining a Dinner Date with Damocles, 30 Environmental Law Reporter 10328 (May 2000); Emerging Issues for Claims of Fear of Future Illness in the Workplace: Endocrine Disruption and Federal Preemption, Natural Resources and Environment, Winter 2000. Committee on Toxic Torts and Environmental Litigation (Vice Chair - Newsletter editor) and Special Committee on Agricultural Management. Member, Biotechnology Industry Organization, 1996-1998.