Bar/Professional Activity:

• Minnesota CLE Board Member (2007 to present); Minnesota CLE Board Finance Committee Member (2007 to present); Minnesota CLE Board Finance Committee Chairperson (2010 to present); Minnesota State Bar Association Membership Committee Member (1993-2010); Membership Committee Liaison to MSBA Minority Bar Summit 1998 to 2004; MSBA Membership Committee Chairperson 1997 to June 1999; MSBA Membership Committee Law School Subcommittee Chairperson, 1994 to 1997; Minnesota State Bar Association Mutli Jurisdictional Practice Task Force 2004; Minnesota State Bar Association Law Student Task Force - 2001; Member of Hennepin County Bar Association Bench and Bar Committee - September 1988 to 1991; Arbitrator - National Futures Association; Arbitrator - Financial Regulatory Industry Authority; Arbitrator - American Arbitration Association.

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Board member Partnership Resources, Inc. (2002 to present); Partnership Resources, inc. Board Vice President (2010 to present); Partnership Resources, Inc. Governance Committee (2010 to present); Assistant Scout Master, High Adventure Leader, Troop 103, Boy Scouts of America (2005 to 2009); Troop Committee, Troop 103, Boy Scouts of America (2002 to 2005).

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Minnesota CLE Webcast:  Getting the Most from Expert Witness Depositions (2007, 2009 and 2010); Minnesota CLE's New Lawyer Experience:  Judges Panel (Panel Moderator) (2009); CLE Webcast:  Your First Trial (Panel Moderator and Instructor) (2008); Minnesota CLE's New Lawyer Experience:  Difficult Opposing Counsel (Panel Moderator and Instructor) (2008); Minnesota CLE's New Lawyer Experience:  What Do You Do if You Are Looking for a Job, or Want a New One (Instructor) (2007); Minnesota CLE Webcast:  Who's My Client (Panel Member) (2006); Minnesota CLE's New Lawyer Experience:  You Can't Practice Law Without Clients:  16 Effective Marketing and Networking Ideas (Instructor) (2003); 5th Annual ADR Institute:.  Forum:  Schizoid Customers, Surprise Witnesses, New and Old Counsel Tricks, and Other Arbitrator Challenges in Securities Arbitrations (Instructor) (2002); Hennepin County Bar Association Getting Answers to Your Ethical Dilemmas (Panel Member) (2002); Minnesota Lawyers Mutual’s New Lawyer CLE (Instructor) (2002); Minnesota Lawyers Mutual’s The New Lawyer CLE:  What they Didn’t Teach you in Law School, But You Need to Know – How Lawyers Find Facts (Instructor) (2001); National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Arbitrator Training Program - Common Claims in Securities Arbitrations (Instructor) (1994); National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Arbitrator Training Program – Churning(Instructor) (1993); Statute of Limitations - Minnesota Institute of Legal Education (Instructor) (1987).

Educational Background:

• 1984 J.D. University of Notre Dame School of Law; 1980 B.A. Northwestern University.