• Private practice in Kalamazoo (1980-2005)
• Case evaluator/mediator for Kalamazoo, Allegan, Berrien, Barry, Cass, Van Buren, St. Joseph County Circuit Courts (1985-2005)
  
• Director, Center for Continuing Legal Education, Western Michigan University, (1978-1980)
  
• Law Clerk/Research Attorney for Justice O’Connor, Illinois Appellate Court (1977-1978)
  
• Assistant State’s Attorney, Cook County Illinois (1976-1977)

Professional Memberships

• Admitted to State Bar of Michigan, 1977; Illinois State Bar, 1976
  
• Kalamazoo County Bar Association
  
• Kalamazoo County Trial Lawyers Association
  
• Michigan Trial Lawyers Association
  
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America
  

Other State Bar of Michigan Activities

• Past Chairperson, State Bar of Michigan, Workers Compensation Section Council (1999-2000). Council member (1989-2001), Editor of Section Newsletter (1993-1999)
  
• Director’s Advisory Committee Workers Compensation Bureau (1999-2001)
  
• Supreme Court Bench-Bar Conference Delegate (1999, 2001)
  

Other Local Bar Activities

• Pro Bono Volunteer (1990-2005)
  
• Pro Bono Committee (2003-present)
  
• Legal Aid of Southwest Michigan, Campaign for Endowment
  
• Mediator Selection Committee (three years)
  
• Chairperson, Law Day Committee (1995, 1998)
  
• Chair, Medical-Legal Committee (1992)
  

Legal Education

• Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1976
  
• National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Boulder, Colorado, 1980. Diplomate Certification