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