| Biography |
Recipient: United States Attorney General's Special Achievement Award, 1980; Leonard R. Gilman Award, Outstanding Practitioner of Criminal Law, 1995; Distinguished Service Award, Oakland County Bar Association, 1996. Member, Editorial Advisory Board, "Federal Criminal Practice Rules," James Publishing, 1996. Contributing Author: "Federal Civil Procedure Before Trial/Sixth Circuit," Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 1996. Co-Author: Civil Trials and Evidence , West Group Michigan Practice Guides, 2001. Lecturer/Instructor: "International Money Laundering Conference," University of Windsor/University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, 1996; "Survival Skills in U.S. District Court," The Rutter Group, 1995-2003; "Federal Corporate Sentencing Guidelines and Internal Audits," State Bar of Michigan, Business Law Section Annual Meeting, 1993. Faculty Member: "Evidence: Sharpening Your Direct and Cross-Examination Skills," Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1995; National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1987—; Trial Advocacy Workshop, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1988—; Deposition Skills Workshop, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1993; Trial Advocacy Workshop, Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of Michigan, 1986—. Hearing Panelist, 1987-1991 and Hearing Panel Chairperson, 1992—, Attorney Discipline Board. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Oakland County, Michigan, 1975-1978. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 1978-1980. Assistant Chief, Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Michigan, 1980-1982. Member: U.S. Attorney General's Advocacy Institute, 1980-1981. Member: Local Rules Advisory Committee, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1989-1994; Special Committee on Review of Local Rules, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1990-1991; Historical Society for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1993—. Life Member, Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Life Fellow, Michigan State Bar Foundation. Charter Fellow: Oakland County Bar Foundation (President, 2002-2003; Member, Board of Trustees, 1993—); American College of Trial Lawyers; International Academy of Trial Lawyers; American Board of Trial Advocates; International Society of Barristers.(Troy Office) |
