Education

Indiana University School of Law (Bloomington), 1966 - 1969, JD, 1969
Indiana University, 1963 - 1966, Bachelor of Arts, 1966
Wabash College, 1961 - 1963

Prior Positions Held

September 21, 2001 - July 20, 2007
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana

1978 - September, 2001
Goodman, Ball, Van Bokkelen & Leonard, P.C.
Partner

1975 - 1978
Wilson, Donnersberger, Van Bokkelen & Reid
Partner

1972 - 1975
Office of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana
Assistant United States Attorney

1969 - 1970
Office of Indiana Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN
Deputy Attorney General, 1969 - 1970
Assistant Attorney General, 1971 - 1972

Bar Associations

American Bar Association
Seventh Circuit Bar Association
Indiana State Bar Association
Lake County Bar Association

Court Admissions

United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, 1969
United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, 1969
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1973
Supreme Court of the United States, 1973
United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (by special admission)
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (by special admission)
Indiana Supreme Court, 1969

Legal Recognition

Named Outstanding Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, 1974
Awarded the AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell
Nominated as a Fellow by the Indiana Bar Foundation
Calumet Council of the Boy Scouts—Honoree Legal Community Recognition Dinner, May, 2003
Received American Bar Association’s highest rating as a judicial nominee

Legal Committees and Associations

Previously:

United States Attorney General’s Advisory Committee subcommittees:

Sentencing Guidelines
White Collar Crime
Violent and Organized Crime
Regional Information Sharing Working Group

Co-chair of the South Bend, Indiana, Weed and Seed Initiative, and the Glen Park, Gary, Indiana Weed and
Seed Initiative
Chair of the Northern District of Indiana Anti Terrorism Advisory Council
Member of the Executive Board of the Lake County High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
Executive Board Member fo the Indiana Governor’s Counter Terrorism and Security Council and the Indiana
Fusion Center

Master in the Calumet Inns of Court
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
President of the Northwest Indiana Federal Bar Association
Chairman of the Criminal Justice Act Committee for the United States District Court for the Northern
District of Indiana
Member of Lake County, Indiana, Public Defender Board
Certified ADR Mediator for the State of Indiana

Volunteer Experience

Member, Board of Directors, Northwest Indiana Habitat for Humanity, 2000 - 2001
President, Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1995 - 1998
Adjunct professor at the Valparaiso University School of Law, Valparaiso, IN, 1992
Board Member for the Forest Ridge Academy, Schererville, IN 1982 - 1985