• Currently, Director of the Nevada Attorney General's Insurance Fraud Unit and Workers' Compensation Fraud Unit
  • US Army Judge Advocate General's Corps (Active Duty 1983-87)
  • 15 Year Prosecutor
  • 26 years of Litigation Experience-Military, Federal and State Courts in Nevada and Indiana including sexual assualts, sexual molestation, felony DUI, consumer fraud, thefts, drug offenses, arson, insurance and workers' comp fraud, water law, negligence actions, construction defect,  personnel actions, tax assessments and zoning regulations
  • 4 years as Nevada Children's Advocate overseeing the Nevada Clearinghouse for Missing and Exploited Children
  • Mineral County District Attorney (1994-98)
  • Military Magistrate-Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN (1987)
LEGAL EXPERIENCE


1983  JD  University of the Pacific-McGeorge School of Law, With Distinction
Order of the Coif (Top 10%)
Managing Editor, Pacific Law Journal
Traynor Honor Society

1980  BS  Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, With Distinction
Departmental Honors Program
Public Affairs Degree with Minor in Economics
4 year US Army ROTC Scholarship
Distinguished Military Graduate

1976  Mineral County High School, Hawthorne, Nevada
EDUCATION


Married for 29 years to Linda (Special Ed. Teacher at RCMS) with 4 children (Amanda, Eric, Alyson and Bret)

Raised in Hawthorne, NV since age of 2

Pahrump resident for 11 years

School and Community activities while in Pahrump:
  • RCMS Boys Basketball Coach 2 years
  • Junior Trojans Basketball Program 4 years
  • Pahrump Girls Fastpitch Softball Assoc. 5 years
  • PVHS School Improvement Committee
  • NCSD Truancy Advisory Panel
  • NCSD Saftety Committee
  • NCSD Building Committee
  • PVHS Athletic Booster Club
  • Scout programs

30 year member of B.P.O Elks
Past Exalted Ruler-Reno Elks Lodge
PERSONAL