EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Drake University Law School, Graduation with Honors
Des Moines, Iowa, 1993

• Order of the Coif

• Order of Barristers

• Articles Editor, Volume 42, Drake Law Review

• Associate, Volume 41, Drake Law Review

• Prentice-Hall Award in Estate and Gift Tax

• National Mock Trial Team

• Member, Moot Court Board

• American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence,
  Professional Responsibility

• American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence,
  Trusts and Estates

Carleton College, Bachelor of Arts, Economics, Northfield
Minnesota, 1990.

University of International Business and Economics, Foreign Study.
Beijing, China, 1990.

Universite de Pau, French Foreign Study.
Pau, France, 1986.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Bar Admissions

• Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

• U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts.

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Western District of Wisconsin

Directorships

• Board of Governors, State Bar of Wisconsin (2003-present)
       Member, Executive Committee (2004-present)
   

• Board of Directors, State Bar of Wisconsin Law Practice Management Section (2002-present)
       Treasurer (2002-present)
   

• Board of Directors, Collaborative Family Law Council of Wisconsin (2004-present)
       Chairperson, State Bar Special Committee on Flexible Work
       Schedules (2003-2004)
   

• Board of Directors, Friends of the Domes,
       Mitchell Park Horticultural Center (2003-present)
   

• Board Member, Association for Women Lawyers (1997-2003)
       President (2001-2002)
   

• Board Member, The Women’s Center of Waukesha (1994-1998)
       Chairperson, Fund Development Committee (1995-1997)

Awards

• Presidential Award of Excellence, State Bar of Wisconsin (2004).

• Service Award, Wisconsin American Legion (2004).

Associations

• American Bar Association (1993 - present)

• State Bar of Wisconsin (1993 - present)

• Association for Women Lawyers (1993-present)

• Milwaukee Bar Association (1996 - present)

• Technology Committee (2000 - present)

• National Association of Consumer Advocates (2003 - present)

• Collaborative Family Law Council of Wisconsin (2003 - present)

• American Trial Lawyers Association (2000-present)

• Women Business Owners Network (1999-present)

• Executive Women’s Golf Association - Milwaukee Chapter (2000 - present)

• Thomas E. Fairchild Inns of Court (1996- 2001)

Publications

• Chapter Author, Wisconsin Pleading and Practice (2004).
   

• Article, The $5,000 Law Office, Wis. L.J. (November 2001).
   

• Article, Confessions of a Dragon Slayer: A Critique of Dictation Software, 15(14) Wis. L.J. 8A (April 4, 2001).
   

• Article, Oh no! I didn’t mean to E-mail that!, 14(43) Wis. Opinions 5 (October 25, 2000).
   

• Article, E-mail and the Inadvertent Disclosure of Confidential Information: What’s a Wisconsin Attorney to Do?, MBA Messenger (October 2000).
   

• Article, The Internet: An Efficient and Cost Effective Tool for Successfully Litigating the Custody Relocation Case, 73 Wis. J. Fam. L. 17 (October 1997).
   

• Case Note, County of Riverside v. McLaughlin, 42 Drake L. Rev. 687 (1993).

Speaking

• The Case for Case Management,
       LegalTech - New York, September 2003.
       LegalTech - Chicago, November, 2002.
   

• Choosing Case Management for the Law Office, Legal Tech - New York, January, 2003.
   

• The $5,000 Law Office, Milwaukee Bar Association Tech Show, November 2001.
   

• Law Office Tech: Putting It All Together, LegalTech - Chicago, November 2001.
   

• The Information Highway: Considerations on the Use of E-mail for the Employer and Business Owner; Sales and Marketing Executives, April 2002.

Instruction

• Adjunct Professor, Marquette University Law School (2002 - 2004)