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Education and Professional Qualifications

University of Oxford, Saïd Business School, UK, MBA (2024)                                                                               

University of California, Berkeley, JD (1994)                                                                                                        

Order of the Coif

California Law Review

University of Wisconsin, Madison, BA (1989)                                                        

Phi Beta Kappa

Dean’s List

 Academic and Scholarly Interests

University of Wisconsin Law School, Adjunct Professor, 2024-present

Developed and taught 3L seminar, “Lawyer as Strategic Business Advisor.”

Co-Chair, Fall 2025 Compliance Initiative, “A New Era of Corporate Compliance: Opportunities, Risks and Ethical Dimensions of Generative AI and Emerging Technologies.”

Scholarly Speaking and Writing

Author, “Five Practices to Institutionalize Ethics, Integrity and Compliance,” Directorship (National Association of Corporate Directors) (Fall 2025)

Author (with Knox Mcilwain and Shiv Haria-Shah), “Turn Your Lawyer into a Strategic Weapon,” Financial Times Agenda (August 18, 2025)

Guest lecturer, University of Oxford, Saïd Business School, “Leading and Investing in the Legal Services Industry” (April 22, 2025)

Workshop Leader, University of Oxford, Saïd Business School, “General Counsels are from Mars; CEOs are from Venus: How to Deploy Your Legal Advisors to Advance Your Business Objectives” (April 22, 2025)

Author, “Projecting Ethics: How to Create a Corporate Culture of Integrity,” Directorship (National Association of Corporate Directors) (Summer 2024)

Co-author (with Prof. John Burrows), “Becoming a Great Negotiator: Six Tips for Lawyers,” Wisconsin Lawyer Magazine (January 9, 2024) (recognized as one of the 2024 “Articles Deserving Special Commendation”)

Presenter, University of Illinois College of Law Symposium, “Whistleblowers, Internal Investigations, and Compliance Design in the United States, Germany, and Austria,” (May 23, 2023)