About Me

Education:

Juris Doctor, with Distinction:  University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, Iowa -1975

Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting:  Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa - 1972

Experience:

District Associate Judge, Iowa Judicial Branch, Sixth Judicial District, Johnson County, Iowa.  July 1995 - August 2015

Presided over high-volume criminal docket and Juvenile Court, delinquency and children in need of assistance cases. Conducted over 300 jury trials.

Wrote Emergency Mental Health and Civil Commitment chapters for State Judge’s Bench Book.

Judicial Magistrate, Iowa Judicial Branch, Sixth Judicial District, Johnson County, Iowa.  January 1983 -  July 1995

Part-time judicial officer responsible for high-volume traffic court and misdemeanor dockets for county and city courts as well as active small claims and landlord/tenant civil dockets. Wrote Small Claims and Landlord Tenant chapters for State Judicial Magistrate Bench Book.  Frequent lecturer at Annual State Judicial Magistrates Conferences.

Attorney, Johnson County, Iowa.  January 1980 -  July 1995

Engaged in private practice of law in the areas of criminal defense, domestic and juvenile law with emphasis on business, real estate and litigation. 

Judge Advocate, United States Air Force.  January 1976 -  January 1980

Area Defense Counsel, Sheppard AFB, Texas, and Chief Circuit Trial Counsel, Boling AFB, DC. Responsible for criminal defense and felony prosecution of military personnel at regional and international Air Force bases.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

July 2018-Present: Summit County Board of Equalization Referee

February 2017-February 2023:  Highlands Park POA Board of Directors; 2018 elected President of Board

November 2016-Present: Town of Breckenridge Planning Commission