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Credentials

Education

  • University of Texas School of Law, J.D., with honors, Order of the Barristers, 1998
    • Albert P. Jones Award for Excellence in Oral Advocacy
    • Award for Highest Achievement in Mass Communications Law
  • University of Kansas, B.S., 1992
    • Journalism
    • Phi Beta Kappa
    • Kappa Tau Alpha
    • Walter Ewert Award for Outstanding Reporting on the University Daily Kansan

Bar Admissions

  • Colorado, 2022
  • Illinois, 2003
  • Missouri, 1998

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Supreme Court, 2018
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2014
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2024
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 2009
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2020
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 2004
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1999
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, 2014
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 2025
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 2017
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida, 2013
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar, 2006
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois, 2006
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2004
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, 2001
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, 1999

Affiliations

  • Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM)
  • Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States and European Union (CIPP/US & CIPP/E)
  • Member, International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
  • Chair, Teleseminar Committee, ABA Forum on Communications Law, 2012-2016
  • Chair, ABA TIPS Media, Privacy and Defamation Law Committee, 2009–2010
  • Co-Chair, KCMBA Media Law Committee, 2009–2011
  • Member, Chicago Bar Foundation Abraham Lincoln Circle of Justice
  • Member, Chicago Bar Foundation Nominating and Governance Committee, 2008–2016
  • Member, Board of Directors, Chicago Bar Foundation, 2010–2016
  • Member, Illinois Bar Association
  • Soccer Coach, Evanston AYSO, 2007–2016
  • Chair, Missouri Bar Media Law Committee, 2000–2003

Recognition

  • Best Lawyers in America® – Litigation: Intellectual Property (2015-2026) 
  • Chambers USA (Illinois) – Litigation: Media & Entertainment, Band 2 (2014-2025) 
  • Leading Lawyers – Advertising & Media Law; Commercial Litigation, Leading Lawyer (2013-2025) 
  • Super Lawyers – Media & Advertising; Class Action & Mass Torts; Intellectual Property Litigation (2012-2026) 

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