Graduated from CU Law School in 1982, where he took many classes on mediation, arbitration and collective bargaining.

Became a Public Defender in October, 1982 in the Colorado Springs office and remained there until he went into private practice January of 1997.

He was trained in mediation at CDR in Boulder in December, 2001, and began mediating with ODR in February of 2002.

He does mediations privately and through ODR.