Admitted:
Wisconsin State Bar, 1996
U.S. District Court for the Eastern  District of Wisconsin
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Education:
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (B.A. Criminal Justice, summa cum laude, 1993)
Drake University Law School (J.D., 1996)
Order of the Coif
Drake Law Review, 1994-1996 (Executive Editor -1995-1996)
Moot Court, National Competitor (1995-1996)  
Judicial Clerk to Chief Judge Eich, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, Madison, WI (August 1996-1997)

Author:
Note, “AIDS Behind Bars: Judicial Barriers to Prisoners’ Constitutional Claims”
 - 45 Drake L. Rev. 527 (1997)

Co-Author, Chapter 9: “Special Damages”
 - Wisconsin Law of Damages (2005)

Member:
State Bar of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Association for Justice (Board of Directors since 2005)
Association of Women Lawyers
Contributing Editor, "The Verdict" (2004 to present)