Past AAML & Organizational Positions

• Wisconsin Judicial College Faculty Member (2019-present)
• Chair, State Bar of Wisconsin Family Law Section (2010-2011)
• Wisconsin Journal of Family Law (Editor in Chief 2008-2010 and 2019-present)
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers - Wisconsin Chapter (President 2017-2019)
• Association of Family and Conciliation Courts -Wisconsin Chapter (Vice-President 2017-present)

Current Positions

• Brown County Circuit Court Judge, Branch II (elected 2012)
• Vice-President, AAML Wisconsin Chapter
• State of Wisconsin Child Support Advisory Panel (2015)

Memberships

• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (since 2010)
• Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (since 2014)
• National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (2019)
• National Board of Trial Advocacy (Judicial Fellow in Family and Civil litigation)
• Wisconsin Bar Association since 1993
• Minnesota Bar Association since 1992

CLE Participation

• Presented at many Judicial Education Conferences and Seminars on various topics.

Author

• Improve Courthouse Security: Screen All Visitors, 92 Wisconsin Lawyer 32 (April 2019)
• Frozen in Time: Criminal Justice System & Public Defender Pay, 91 Wisconsin Lawyer 28 (June 2018)
• Out of Sync: Assistive Reproductive Technology & Parentage Law, 90 Wisconsin Lawyer 18 (May 2017)
• Heroin's Impact on Wisconsin's Criminal Justice System, 89 Wisconsin Lawyer 32 (Jan. 2016).
• Adults Only: Returning 17 Year Olds to Juvenile Court, 87 Wisconsin Lawyer 38 (November 2014)
• Surrogacy Law Still Uncertain, 87 Wisconsin Lawyer 28 (March 2014)
• The Law of the Family in Cambodia: Assessing Cambodia's Law on Marriage and the Family, 8 Regent Journal of International Law 137 (2012)
• Wisconsin's Undeveloped Surrogacy Law, 85 Wisconsin Lawyer 16 (March 2012)
• The Law of the Family in Vietnam: Assessing the Marriage and Family Law of Vietnam, 42 California Western International Law Journal 61 (Fall 2011)
• Advancing the Interests of South Africa's Children: A Look at the Best Interests of Children Under South Africa's Children's Act, 19 Michigan State University Journal of International Law 201 (Spring 2011)
• The Confrontation Clause After Crawford v. Washington: Clarifying the Meaning of Testimonial Statements in Criminal Trials, 85 The University of Detroit Mercy Law Review 163(Winter 2008)
• The Rise and Fall of An Archetype: Revisions to the "Wisconsin Model" Child Support Guidelines, 36 The University of Memphis Law Review 1013 Summer 2006)
• Termination of Parental Rights and the Family Law Attorney, 26 Wisconsin Journal of Family Law 106 (2006)
• Wiretapped Conversations and the Family Practitioner, 24 Wisconsin Journal of Family Law 2 (April 2004)
• In the Interest of a Child: A Comparative Look at the Treatment of Children Under Wisconsin and Minnesota Custody Statutes, 85 Marquette Law Review 929 (Summer 2002)
• The Clock is Ticking: Do the Time Limits in Wisconsin's Termination of Parental Rights Cases Serve the Best Interests of Children?, 83 Marquette Law Review 743 (Summer 2000)
• On the Abolition of Man: A Discussion of the Moral and Legal Issues Surrounding the Death Penalty, 44 Cleveland State Law Review 1 (1996)
• The Limits and Possibilities of Gun Control, 23 Capital University Law Review 3 (1994)
• Education as a Fundamental Right Under the United States Constitution, 29 Willamette Law Review 279 (1993)
• Computer Software and the Uniform Commercial Code: Are Software Transactions Covered by Article 2?, 8 Minnesota State Bar Association Computer Law Section News 22 (Summer 1991)
• No Taxation Without Representation . . . Unless Desegregation: The Power of Federal Courts to Order Tax Increases to Desegregate Schools: Missouri v. Jenkins (1991)
• The Chronology: The Documented Day-By-Day Account of the Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Contras, Assistant Editor, Published by Warner Books (1987)