Born Detroit, Michigan, 1960. Ferndale High School, 1978. University of Michigan (admitted to Honors College), 1978-79. Oberlin College, Bachelor of Arts, with Honors in Civil Liberties, 1982. Hearings Advocate, Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Services, Detroit, Michigan, 1983-1991. University of Colorado School of Law, Juris Doctorate, 1994. Admitted to the Colorado State Bar and the United States District Court of Colorado, 1994. Admitted to the United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2006. Trial Attorney, Indian Law Clinic, University of Colorado School of Law, 1994-95. Instructor in Trial Advocacy, University of Colorado School of Law, and the University of Denver College of Law. Instructor at various Continuing Legal Education seminars for lawyers. Finalist for County judgeship. Jointly appointed by the Governor, Attorney General, and Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court to the Colorado Judicial Nominating Commission. Trial Lawyers College, Graduate, 2009. Gideon Award Recipient (protecting children), Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, 2010. Selected by lawyers to the national list of Super Lawyers, the Register of Preeminent Lawyers, and the National Trial Lawyers Top 100. Qualified and testified as an expert witness in the law. Court-appointed in both criminal and civil cases. Reviewer for Dieter, R., Colorado Criminal Practice and Procedure Vols.1-2, West Publishing (2005). Gilpin County Bar Association, President, 2001 to present. Fellow, Colorado Bar Foundation. Member, Colorado Bar Association, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar Association, and First Judicial District Bar Association.