1978 - BA, University of Nebraska, English and Linguistics

1980 - Vice President, Harvard Legal Aid Bureau

1981 - JD, Harvard Law School

1981 - Associate, Pattishall, McAuliffe & Hofstetter

1987 - Adjunct professor, John Marshall Law School

1987 - Partner, Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson

1989 - Chair, Trademark and Unfair Competition Committee, American Intellectual Property Law Association

1990 - Arbitrator, Cook County Mandatory Aribtration Program

1994 - Editorial Board, The Trademark Reporter

1996 - Chair, Professional Programs, American Intellectual Property Law Association

1996 - Chair, International Trademark Law Committee, American Bar Association, IP Law Section

1997 - Mediator, Northern District of Illinois

1997 - Advisory Board, IP Litigator

1998 - Chair, Trade Secret Committee, American Bar Association, IP Law Section

1998 - Panel of Experts, World Intellectual Property Organization, Internet Domain Name Process

1998 - Board of Directors, American Intellectual Property Law Association

1998 - National Chair, Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition, Brand Names Education Foundation

1999 - UDRP Panelist, World Intellectual Property Organization

1999 - President, Legal Club of Chicago

2000 - President, Lawyers Club of Chicago

2003 - Author, Guiding Rights: Trademarks, Copyright and the Internet

2003 - Management Committee, Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson

2003 - Advisory Board, Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

2004 - Publisher, Guiding Rights Blog

2004 - Intellectual Property ADR Panel, National Arbitration Forum

2004 - Fellow, American Intellectual Property Law Association

2004 - Executive Committee, Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson

2006 - Member, Vistage Group 429

2006 - Representative, ICANN Intellectual Property Constituency, American Bar Association

2007 - Arbitrator and Mediator, American Arbitration Association

2007 - President, National Speakers Association - Illinois Chapter

2008 - Speaker, Society of Human Resource Management, Annual Convention

2008 - Author, "Intellectual Property: Protect What Is Yours and Avoid Taking What Belongs to Someone Else," ASTD Handbook for Workplace Learning Professionals (2008), Elaine Biech, Editor

2008 - Author, "Copyrights and Wrongs," HR Magazine

2009 - Speaker, National Speakers Association, National Workshop

2009 - Chair, ICANN Task Force, International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI).

2009 - Speaker, Professional Convention Management Association, Annual Convention