PROFESSIONAL

Grand Traverse County Prosecutor’s Office (1998 – Present)

• Assistant Prosecuting Attorney (1998 – Present)

• 86^th District Sobriety Court (2001 to Present)
• 13^th Circuit Juvenile Drug Treatment Court (2003 to Present)

National Center for DWI Courts (2009-present)

• Faculty Member and Nationally recognized speaker – Expertise in areas of therapeutic justice and treatment court planning

US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan (1997-1998)

• Intern – represented the United States in misdemeanor cases, authored motions for Criminal Division

Grand Traverse County Prosecutor’s Office (1997)

• Prosecutor Intern – conducted misdemeanor jury trials, authored and argued motions

Honorable Magistrate Judge Paul J. Komives (1996)

• Intern – authored opinions concerning Federal issues of law

Community Leadership

Rotary Club of Traverse Bay Sunrise (May 1999 – Present)

• President 2005-06
• Charter Club Member (May 1999)
• Committees Chaired: Community Service, Community Service Raffle, Sunrise Rotary Mile

Volunteer

• United Way, Youth Friends, VASA Trail, March of Dimes
• Mock Judge for Oral Advocacy Competition at Michigan State University Detroit College of Law

EDUCATION

Michigan State University Detroit College of Law (1995-1998)

J.D., Summa Cum Laude

• Editor-in-Chief, Law Review
• Note and Comment Editor, Law Review

Michigan State University (1987-1991)

• James Madison College, B.S. in International Relations