Graduated from St. Michael's College in Vermont in 1969; Served three years U.S. Army; graduated University of Notre Dame Law School 1975; Deputy and Chief Deputy Prosecutor, St. Joseph County Prosecutor's Office, South Bend, IN, 1975 to 1979; Assistant U. S. Attorney (AUSA) Northern District of Indiana, 1979 to 1983; AUSA District of MN, 1983 to 2005; AUSA, Acting and Interim United States Attorney, District of the United States Virgin Islands, 2005 to 2010; AUSA District of MN, 2010 to 2011.