Evidence, Civil Procedure, Conflict of Laws, Complex Litigation
Education
JD, Southern Methodist University School of Law, cum laude, Order of the Coif, Southwestern Law Journal
BA, Creighton University, summa cum laude
Selected Publications
Iowa Practice Series, Vol. 7: Evidence(annual editions from 2009-present) (West).
If You Build It, Will They Come? Designing Iowa’s New Expedited Civil Action Rule and Related Civil Justice Reforms, 63 Drake Law Review 401 (2015).
Public Courts v. Private Justice: It’s Time to Let Some Sun Shine in On Alternative Dispute Resolution, 81 Chicago-Kent Law Review 463 (2006).
Settlement, Secrecy, and Judicial Discretion: South Carolina’s New Rules Governing the Sealing of Settlements, 55 South Carolina Law Review 791 (2004).
Secrecy by Consent: The Use and Limits of Confidentiality in the Pursuit of Settlement, 74 Notre Dame Law Review 283 (1999).
Significant Accomplishments
Leland Sanford Forrest Outstanding Law Professor Recipient (2001, 2002, 2007, 2011, 2012)
Madelyn M. Levitt Teacher of the Year Award (2009)
Academic Fellow, Pound Civil Justice Institute
Member of the Iowa Supreme Court Working Group on Restyling Iowa Rules of Evidence
Reporter for the Iowa Supreme Court Advisory Committee Concerning Certain Civil Justice Reform Task Force Recommendations (2012-2015)
Steering committee member of the Iowa Supreme Court Task Force on Civil Justice Reform (2010-2012); co-chair of the Discovery Reform Subcommittee
