Admitted: 1981, Iowa, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School: University of Iowa, J.D.
Member: Scott County (President, 1996-1997, Vice-President, 1995-1996) and Iowa State (Member, Uniform Jury Instruction Committee, 2001-2010) Bar Associations; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Iowa Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; American Inns of Court (Local President, 2002-2003).
Biography: Commissioner, State of Iowa District Judicial Nominating Commission, 1998-2004. Member, Board of Directors, Innocence Project of Iowa, 2007-2009.
Born: 1955
Cases: State v. Liggins, 524 NW2d 181 (Iowa 1994); State v. Nance, 533 NW2d 557 (Iowa 1995); State v. Sutton, 636 NW2d 107 (Iowa 2001); U.S. v. Hernandez, 301 F.3d 886 (8th Cir. 2002); Fullenwider v. State, 674 NW 2d 73 (Iowa 2004); State v. Tague, 676 N.W.2d 197 (Iowa 2004); State v. McCoy, 692 N.W. 2d 6 (Iowa 2005); Hannan v. State, 732 N.W. 2d 45 (Iowa 2007); Millam v. State, 745 N.W. 2d 719 (Iowa 2008).