B.A., University of California-Irvine, social ecology, 1979
Master of Management, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, marketing and finance, 1983
J.D., Northwestern University School of Law, 1983
Clerk, U.S. District Judge James E. Doyle, Madison, Wis., 1983-84
Practice experience: Associate, Lawler, Felix & Hall, Los Angeles, 1984-85; Partner, Keck, Mahin & Cate, Chicago and Los Angeles, 1985-94
Joined Cumberland faculty: 1994
Teaching and research interests: Environmental law, torts