Admitted: 1978, Oklahoma and Wisconsin; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1985, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Oklahoma; 1990, U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma; 1998, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School: University of Tulsa, J.D.
Member: Tulsa County, Oklahoma and American (Member, Trial Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1984) Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin; Defense Research Institute; Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel.
Biography: Author: "The Evolution of PRP Standing Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980," 21 Wm. & Mary Env. & Policy L. Rev. 300 (1997); "Duty to Defend" chapter, Law and Practice of Insurance Coverage Litigation. Adjunct Settlement Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma. Master, American Inns of Court (Hudson-Hall-Wheaton Chapter). Fellow, Oklahoma Bar Foundation.
Born: Ripon, Wisconsin, February 20, 1951
Cases: Timmons v. Royal Globe Ins. Co., 1982 OK 97, 653 P.2d 907; Hervey v. Dyer, 1998 OK CIV. APP. 185, 972 P.2d 42; State ex rel. Crawford v. South Atlanta Standard Life & Acc. Ins. Co., 2001 OK CIV. APP. 152, 37 P.3d 971; Sagona v. Sun Co., Inc., 2002 OK CIV. APP. 93, 57 P.3d 879; Sun Co., Inc., (R&M) v. Browing-Ferris, Inc., 124 F.3d 1187, 143 A.L.R. Fed. 755, (10th Cir. 1997).