Position: Member

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Admitted: 1987, Colorado; 1988, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1995, U.S. Courts of Appeals, Third and Ninth Circuits

Law School: Harvard Law School, J.D., 1987

College: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., Philosophy, 1980; B.S., Computer Science/Engineering, 1980)

Birth Date and Place: Norfolk, Virginia, August 26, 1958

Practice Areas: Civil Appeals, Appellate Practice

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El Paso County, Colorado (Co-Founder and Member, Appellate Practice Subcommittee; Chair, Solo and Small Firm Practice Section, 1998-1999) and American (Co-Chair, Appellate Practice Committee, Litigation Section, 1998-2001; Member, Executive Board, ABA Council of Appellate Lawyers, 2000-2003; Co-Chair, Standing Subcommittee on Appellate Oral Argument, 1995-1997) Bar Associations; Colorado Legal Aid Foundation (Trustee, 1998-2004). Biography: John M. Olin Fellowship in Law and Economics, Harvard Law School, 1987. Recipient, Olin Prize for outstanding writing in the area of law and economics, Harvard Law School, 1987. Articles Editor, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, 1986-1987. Editor, The Appellate Practice Update (ABA Section of Litigation), 1995-1997. Contributing Author, Colorado Appellate Handbook (3d ed. 2000). Faculty Member, ABA Appellate Practice Institute, New Orleans, 2000. Fellow, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, 2004�. Listed, Who's Who in America (60th ed. 2006); Who's Who in American Law (14th ed. 2005-2006); The Best Lawyers in America (12th ed. 2006). Military: U.S. Air Force Officer, Active Service, 1980-1984; Captain, U.S. Air Force Reserves, 1987-1991 Reported Cases: Federal Trade Comm'n v. Kuykendall, 371 F.3d 745 (10th Cir. 2004) (en banc); Cartier v. Jackson, 59 F.3d 1045 (10th Cir. 1995); City Management Corp. v. U.S. Chemical Co., 43 F.3d 244 (6th Cir. 1994); Harding v. United States Figure Skating Ass'n (9th Cir. 1994), on remand, 879 F. Supp. 1053 (D.Or. 1995); American Family Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Allen, 102 P.3d 333 (Colo. 2004); Giampapa v. American Family Mut. Ins. Co., 64 P.3d 230 (Colo. 2003); Rogers v. Westerman Farm Co., 29 P.3d 887 (Colo. 2001); Town of Eagle v. Scheibe, 10 P.3d 548 (Colo. 2000); Walton v. State, 968 P.2d 636 (Colo. 1998); Vail/Arrowhead, Inc. v. District Court, 954 P.2d 608 (Colo. 1998); Olsen v. Vail Assocs. Real Estate, Inc., 935 P.2d 975 (Colo. 1997); Town of Carbondale v. GSS Properties, LLC, ___ P.3d ___ (Colo. App. Sept. 8, 2005); Smit v. Anderson, 72 P.3d 369 (Colo. Ct. App. 2002); Giampapa v. American Family Mut. Ins. Co., 12 P.3d 839 (Colo. Ct. App. 2000); Munoz v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 968 P.2d 126 (Colo. Ct. App. 1998); In re Estate of Milstein, 955 P.2d 78 (Colo. Ct. App. 1998); Duell v. United Bank of Pueblo, N.A., 892 P.2d 336 (Colo. Ct. App. 1995); Jacque v. Public Serv. Co. of Colorado, 890 P.2d 138 (Colo. Ct. App. 1994); Wells Fargo Realty Advisors Funding, Inc. v. Uioli, Inc., 872 P.2d 1359 (Colo. Ct. App. 1994); Leek v. City of Golden, 870 P.2d 580 (Colo. Ct. App. 1993); Beyer v. First Nat'l Bank of Colorado Springs, 843 P.2d 53 (Colo. Ct. App. 1992); Powers v. Professional Rodeo Cowboys Ass'n, 832 P.2d 1099 (Colo. Ct. App. 1992); Pioneer Savings & Trust v. Ben-Shoshan, 826 P.2d 421 (Colo. Ct. App. 1992).