B.A., magna cum laude, University of Washington, 1970. Phi Beta Kappa
J.D., cum laude, Gonzaga University School of Law, 1974
LL.M., Yale Law School, 1984
Clerk, Chief Justice Charles F. Stafford, Washington Supreme Court, 1975-76
Practice experience: Clerk of Court and Staff Attorney, Division III, Washington Court of Appeals, 1976-78; Associate, MacGillivray & Jones, Spokane, Wash., 1978-79
Joined Cumberland faculty: 1984
Teaching and research interests: Torts and health law
Expert in health care law, including regulation of managed care, HMOs, PPOs; medical malpractice; pharmacists' liability; involuntary sexual sterilization of incompetents; international travel restrictions related to AIDS; HIV-infected health care workers' tort liability; legal issues in treating terminally ill patients
Visiting Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Chapman University School of Law, 1998-99
Visiting Professor, Universidad del Mayab, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, November 1998
Professor and Senior Scholar, Lister Hill Center for Health Policy, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, 1991-Present
