Admissions
2019, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
2018, North Dakota
1981, Ohio
1982, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
1983, U.S. Tax Court
1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
1987, U.S. Supreme Court
1988, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
1990, District of Columbia
2000, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana
2004, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois
2007, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan
2009, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska
2011, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee
2013, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana
2015, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
2015, U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota
2017, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
2020, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Indiana
Memberships
Bar Association of the District of Columbia
Ohio State (Chairman, Agricultural Law Committee, 2005-2008
Council of Delegates, 2017-2021) Bar Association
American Agricultural Law Association
Federal Bar Association
State Bar Association of North Dakota
Big Muddy Bar Association, Bismarck, North Dakota.
Bar Fellowship
Ohio State Bar Foundation (2007, Life Fellow).