• District Court, D. Kansas

  Judge

  2001 – present · 25 yrsAppointed by George W. Bush

Career

• Judge

  U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit

  1996 – 2001 · 5 yrs

• U.S. Bankruptcy Judge

  District of Kansas

  1994 – 2001 · 7 yrs

• Senior litigation counsel

  U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Kansas

  1992 – 1994 · 2 yrs

• Adjunct faculty

  University of Kansas School of Law

  1989 – 1990 · 1 yr

• Assistant U.S. attorney

  District of Kansas

  1983 – 1992 · 9 yrs

• Law clerk in private practice

  Kansas

  1981 – present · 45 yrs

• Law clerk, Hon. Benjamin E. Franklin

  U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Kansas

  1981 – 1983 · 2 yrs

Education