- B.A., University of Iowa, 1964 With Honors And Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa
- J.D., University of Iowa, 1967 With Distinction
Bar Memberships
- Iowa - 1967
- Wisconsin - 1967
Memberships
Member, Polk County Bar Association (Chairman, Grievance Committee, 1985-87; Member, Board of Directors, 1989-93, 1995-2007; President 2002); Iowa State Bar Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1995-1999, 2003-2007; Chairman, Real Estate Section 1993-94; Chairman, Legal Forms Committee, 1984-88; Chairman, Multi-Jurisdictional Practice Committee, 2000-2003; Recipient, President's Award, 2001; Recipient, Outstanding Committee Chair Award 2007; Member, Land Title Standards Committee, 1989-95; Chairman, Building Committee 2005-2008; Member, Board of Directors, ISBA Public Service Project, 2004-2008; Member, Board of Directors, Iowa State Bar Foundation, 2007-present); and American Bar Association. State Bar of Wisconsin; Member, Iowa Supreme Court Grievance Commission, 1995-2004; Member, American College of Real Estate Lawyers; Associate Member, American Land Title Association and Iowa Land Title Association; Member, Board of Directors, Better Business Bureau serving Greater Iowa, Quad Cities and the Siouxland Region, 1995-present (Chairman 2004-2005).
Recipient of the Iowa State Bar Association’s highest honor, the Award of Merit (2010). Selected for inclusion in the 2008-2010 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. Named "Des Moines Best Lawyers Real Estate Lawyer of the Year" for 2009 and listed in the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Real Estate Law for the sixth consecutive year.