- J.D., University of Iowa, 1979 With High Honors, Note and Comment Editor, Iowa Law Review, 1978-79. Law Clerk to the Honorable Harvey Uhlenhopp, Supreme Court of Iowa, 1979-80.
- B.A., University of Northern Iowa, 1976 With Highest Honors
Admitted to Practice
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Iowa
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Iowa
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
- U.S. Supreme Court
Bar Membership
- Iowa - 1979
Publications
- "Iowa Real Estate Mortgage Foreclosure (3rd ed. West Publishing)",
- Debt Collection Agency Enjoined from Engaging in Litigation Activities
- Contested Elections Iowa Style
- Supreme Court Sets Aside 11 Year-Old Court-Approved Sale of Ward's Real Estate Because of Conservator's Failure to Give Proper Notice of Sale to Ward
Memberships
Polk County (Member, Real Estate Section), Iowa State (Member, Commercial and Bankruptcy Section) and American (Member, Business Law Section) Bar Associations.
Selected for inclusion in the 2008 and 2009 editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the Real Estate area. Selected for inclusion in the 2009 Iowa Super Lawyers list published by Great Plains Super Lawyers magazine. Listed in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Real Estate Law and Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights Law for the fifth consecutive year. Also selected for inclusion in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Banking Law.