• Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

  Judge

  1985 – 2011 · 26 yrsAppointed by Ronald Reagan

Career

• Dean

  Pepperdine University School of Law

  2011 – present · 15 yrs

• Commissioner

  U.S. Sentencing Commission

  1994 – 1998 · 4 yrs

• Director

  Douglas County Kansas Legal Aid Clinic

  1974 – 1977 · 3 yrs

• Faculty

  University of Kansas School of Law

  1974 – 1985 · 11 yrs

• Private practice

  Washington, D.C.

  1973 – present · 53 yrs

• Private practice

  1973 – 1974 · 1 yr

• White House fellow

  special assistant to the Secretary of Labor

  1971 – 1972 · 1 yr

Education