Bar/Professional Activity:

• Chair, State Bar of Wisconsin Health Law Section
• Member, The Group Inc.
• Member, Small Business Council of America
• Member, ABA Committee on LLCs, Partnerships and Unincorporated Business Organizations
• Member, ABA Tax Law Section
• Member, ABA Business Law Section
• Member, ABA Health Law Section
• Member, American Health Lawyers Association
• Member, Milwaukee Bar Association (Former Co-Chair of Taxation Section)
• Member, State Bar of Wisconsin Business Law Section (Co-chair of Subcommitee on LLCs)

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Former Director (past chairperson), Vital Voices for Mental Health (an advocacy group for consumers of mental health services and their families), 2001-2005.
• Director, The Davidson Yell and Tell Foundation (a child safety education organization founded by Jean Davidson, granddaughter of the Harley-Davidson co-founder), 2008 – Present

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Presenter, Tax Exempt Considerations for ACO's, American Association of Accountable Care Organizations Webinar Series (July 14, 2011)
• Presenter, Operations of ACO's, American Association of Accountable Care Organizations Webinar Series (June 23, 2011).
• Presenter, Introduction to HUD/FHA Financing for Real Estate Development, State Bar of Wisconsin Real Estate & Business Law Institute (June 9, 2011)
• Co-Author (with Thomas J. Nichols), The Impact of Current and Proposed Tax Law Changes on Top Marginal Rates and Related Choice of Entity Considerations, Journal of Passthrough Entities (Nov/Dec 2010)
• Author, Intrusion Upon Seclusion:  Bringing an “Otherwise” Valid Cause of Action into the 21st Century, 82 Marq. L. Rev. 665 (1999)
• Presenter, Representing the Wisconsin Closely-Held Business, State Bar of Wisconsin CLE (June 2010)
• Presenter, Choice of Entity in Wisconsin:  New and Old Considerations in Light of Recent and Pending Developments, State Bar of Wisconsin 33rd Annual Corporate Practice Institute (December 2009)
• Author, Disregarded, But Not Forgotten: The Treatment of Disregarded Single Member LLCs for Employment Tax Purposes, 12 J. Passthrough Entities 7 (November/December 2009)
• Presenter, Favorable New Developments in the Income Tax Treatment of Plaintiffs’ Attorneys’ Fees & Expenses:  Planning & Drafting Retainer and Settlement Agreements to Optimize Results for You and Your Client, Milwaukee Bar Association Civil Litigation Section CLE (March 14, 2000)
• Presenter, Exempt Organizations and Charitable Activities in Wisconsin, National Business Institute CLE (March 2004)
• Co-Author (with Thomas J. Nichols), Planning with the Flow-through and Distribution Rules Under Subchapter S, New York University 63rd Institute on Federal Taxation (2005)
• Presenter, Wisconsin Nonprofits:  Tax and Business Answers, National Business Institute CLE (December 2005)
• Presenter, Critical Legal Issues for Exempt Organizations in Wisconsin, National Business Institute CLE (April 2006)
• Co-Author (with Thomas J. Nichols), Adjusted Basis and the Corporate Level Tax Accounts:  The Foundations of S Corporation Tax Planning, 10 J. Passthrough Entities 1 (January-February 2007)
• Presenter, Just Outside the Event Horizon:  Restrictive Covenants Beyond the Scope of Wis. Stat. § 103.465, State Bar of Wisconsin 31st Annual Corporate Practice Institute (December 4, 2007)
• Presenter, Ethical Considerations in Advising Clients Regarding the Preservation, Destruction and Production of Records and Other Information, State Bar of Wisconsin 2008 Health Law CLE (February 8, 2008)
• Moderator, Medical Tourism Meets Health Law: A U.S. - EU Dialogue, University of Wisconsin International Law Journal CLE Presentation (March 7, 2008)
• Presenter, Ethical Dimensions of Advising Clients About Record Retention Policies, Milwaukee Bar Association Health Law Section CLE (March 20, 2008)

Representative Clients:

• Infinity HealthCare Inc.
• Barrett Visionary Development
• Optimum Vehicle Logistics LLC
• Normet Americas Inc.
• Milwaukee Moderne LLC

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: Business Associations; Business Planning; Corporate Criminal Law; Creditor-Debtor Law; Contracts; Evidence; Health Care Contracts; Law and Ethics of Lawyering; Law of Privacy; Torts
• Recipient of Corporate Practice Institute Scholarship (1998)
• Recipient of American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence (1999)
• Member, MARQUETTE LAW REVIEW, 1997-1998
• Note and Comment Editor, MARQUETTE LAW REVIEW 1998-1999

Newsletters:

• Author,Quantity Measures under the Proposed Medicare Shared Savings Program – A Primer, State Bar of Wisconsin Health Law Section Newsletter (forthcoming)
• Author, United States ex. rel. Drakeford v. Tuomey: Will Bad Facts Make for Bad Law?, State Bar of Wisconsin Health Law Section Newsletter (March 2011)

Educational Background:

• B.A. Marquette University, 1996
• J.D. (magna cum laude) Marquette University Law School, 1999.