Bar Admissions

• Michigan, 1981
• Virginia, 1981
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1994
• U.S. Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit, 1990
• U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 1981

Education

• College of William & Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1981
  Law Review: William & Mary Law Review, Staff and Research Editor, 1979-81
• Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1976

Honors and Awards

• The Best Lawyers in America, 2000 to present
• Michigan Super Lawyers, 2006 to present
• Fellow, American Bar Foundation, 1999 to present
• Fellow, Michigan State Bar Foundation, 2001 to present
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Advisory Committee on Rules, 1998-2004

Professional Associations

• American Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
  President, Western Michigan Chapter, 1997-98
• Historical Society for the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
  President, 2004-05
  
• State Bar of Michigan
  U.S. Courts Committee, 1997 to present; Chair, 2001-02
  
• Grand Rapids Bar Association
  President 2009-10
  Trustee, 2002-06
  
• Virginia State Bar
  
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  
• Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan

Past Employment

• Hon. Wendell A. Miles, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan,
  Law Clerk, 1981-83
  
• Assistant United States Attorney, Western District of Michigan, 1983-87
  
• Private Practice in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1987 to present