Practice Areas:
- Family Law Mediation
- Wills
- Family Law
Education
- University of North Dakota School of Law, Grand Forks, North Dakota
- J.D. - 1981
- Honors: With Distinction
- Honors: Member, Order of the Coif
- Honors: Member, Order of Barristers
- Honors: 1980 National Moot Court Team
- Honors: Law Review: North Dakota Law Review, Member
- University of North Dakota
- B.S. - 1978
- Honors: summa cum laude
- Minnesota Mediation & Arbitrating Training & Certificate 1994
- Indiana Domestic Relations Mediation Training 2012
- Indiana Guardian Ad Litem training 2015
Bar Admissions
- Idaho, 1982
- North Dakota, 1982
- U.S. District Court District of North Dakota, 1982
- Minnesota, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1986
- Indiana, 1999
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 1999
Professional Associations
- Indiana State Bar Association, Member
- Tippecanoe County Bar Association, Member
- Indiana Association of Mediators, Member
Current Employment Position
- Attorney, Joined Firm in 1999
Classes & Seminars
- Guest Lecturer, University of North Dakota Law School
- Guest Lecturer, State Judicial Institute
Published Works
- Actions Arising Out of Improvements to Real Property: Special Statutes of Limitations, 57 N.D. L. REV. 43, 1981
- Loss of Enjoyment of Life-Duplication of Damages Versus Full Compensation, 63 N.D. L. REV. 561, 1987
- Indiana Contributing Editor, Tort Law Desk Reference: A Fifty-State Compendium, 2002-2014
Past Positions
- Hon. Justice Stephen Bistline of the Idaho Supreme Court, Law Clerk, 1981 to 1983
- Vogel, Brantner, Kelly, Knutson, Weir & Bye, 1983 to 1998