Born in Buffalo Center, Iowa. Resident of Madison area since 1993. Proud father of two boys.
Education: BA Carleton College, Northfield, MN; MA & MPhil Columbia University, New York, NY; JD Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA.
International: London School of Economics (England); University of Bonn and University of Berlin (Germany), under Fulbright, SSRC, and IREX Fellowships; Geneva, Switzerland; Warsaw, Poland; Grenoble & Aix-en-Provence, France.
Languages: German; lesser extent Spanish & French.
Miscellaneous Work: Construction & agricultural work when younger; Congressional Research Service, Washington, D.C., intern at United Nations, New York, NY.
Legal Work: Judicial Clerk Wisconsin Supreme Court, intern Wisconsin State Court of Appeals, one year each. Private law firms in insurance law, municipal law, among other areas.
Prior teaching: Part-Time instructor Madison Area Technical College (MATC), American National Government and Real Estate Law.
Community: Town of Bristol Parks Committee. Prior AmeriCorps volunteer (Sun Prairie elementary school district). Prior coach in Coaches Pitch Baseball/YMCA - Sun Prairie, Sun Prairie Youth Football League, and Sun Prairie Youth Lacrosse.
National Association of Realtors, Wisconsin Realtors Association, member Professional Standards, Orientation, and Real Estate Forms Advisory Committee
