Education
J.D., Drake University Law School

Bar Admission
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
State Courts of Iowa
pro hac vice, in numerous jurisdictions, including:
United States District Courts for the District of Arizona, District of Colorado, Southern District of California, Northern District of Illinois, Southern District of Indiana, District of Minnesota, Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri, District of New Mexico, Northern District of New York, and District of Wyoming.
State Courts of:
Illinois
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
South Dakota
Wisconsin

Professional Career
United States District Court Judge in the Northern District of Iowa
Chief Judge of the Northern District
United States Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Iowa
Private Practice (Babich, Bennett & Nickerson) - practicing in employment discrimination, constitutional law and other civil rights litigation.

Professional Organizations and Community Service
First Chair of the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 Advisory Group for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
Member of the Board of Governors of the Association of Trial Lawyers of Iowa
Fellow in the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers
Master of the Bench and founding member of the Blackstone Inn of Court.