Education
Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa
J.D. with honors – 1979
Honors: Order of the Coif
Law Review: Drake Law Review
Associate Case Notes Editor, 1978 – 1979
The University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
B.A. – 1976
Bar Admissions
Iowa, 1979
U.S. District Court Northern District of Iowa
U.S. District Court Southern District of Iowa
U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin, 1989
Published Works
The NFL-AFL Merger: Law, Politics, and The Power of Money, Sports and the Law: Major Legal Cases, Garland Publishing, Inc., 1996
You Deserve a Brick Today: Products Liability Law and McDonald’s Coffee, Historic Court Cases: An Encyclopedia, Second Edition Routledge Publishing, 2001
When the Thing Speaks for Itself: Res Ispa Loquitur and Proof of Negligence, Historic Court Cases: An Encyclopedia, Second Edition, Routledge Publishing, 2001
Associations and Memberships
American College of Trial Lawyers,
Fellow
Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers,
Fellow
American Board of Trial Advocates,
Fellow
Iowa Association for Justice,
Member, 1979 – Present
Iowa Association for Justice,
Governor at Large, 1987 – 1990
Iowa Association for Justice,
Parliamentarian, 1990 – 1991
Iowa Association for Justice,
Secretary, 1991 – 1992
Iowa Association for Justice,
Vice-President for Legislation,
1992 – 1993
Iowa Association for Justice,
President-Elect,
1993 – 1994
Iowa Association for Justice,
President, 1994 – 1995
American Association for Justice,
Member, 1980 – Present
American Bar Association,
Member, 1979 – Present
Iowa State Bar Association,
Member, 1979 – Present
Black Hawk County Bar Association,
Member, 1979 – Present
Iowa State
Judicial Nominating Commission,
Member, 2009 – 2013
Iowa Law
PAC (Political Action Committee of the Iowa State Bar Association),
Member
Justice for All
PAC (Political Action Committee of the Iowa Association for Justice),
Member
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