About

Education:

Master of Laws (L.L.M.) in International and Comparative Law, Indiana University, Robert J. McKinney School of Law, cum laude, 2019

Juris Doctor (J.D.), University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law 1988

Artium Baccalaureatus (A.B.), Government, University of Notre Dame 1979

 Community Involvement

President, The Art League, 2019 to 2021

Member, Board of Trustees, South Bend Museum of Art, 2019 to 2021

Board member, Crossings School of Business and Entrepreneurship 2017 to 2020

  Sustaining Member, Academy of American Poets 2015 to 2016

  Patron, South Bend Museum of Art 2015 to 2021

  Public Access Michiana 2008 to 2015

  Rotary Club of South Bend 2001 to 2021

Professional Associations

Chair, International Trade and Customs Law Committee (FBA) 2015 to present

Member, Federal Bar Association (FBA) 2015 to present

Indiana State Bar Association 2014 to present

Awards

        Life Fellow, Indiana Bar Foundation 2017

National Flag Celebration Citizen of the Year 2009

CCV Indiana Citizen of the Year 2006