Medical Ethics Committee, July 2008 – November 2010
NJ OOIE Consortium, December 2008 – November 2010
Regional Medical Center at Memphis, Memphis, TN
Hospital Ethics Committee, February 2006 – February 2008
Subcommittee on Policy Drafting, February 2006 – February 2008
Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center, Memphis, TN
Hospital Ethics Committee,October 2005 – February 2008
Bet Tzedek, Los Angeles, CA
Volunteer Attorney, May 2004 - July 2005
Assisted and advised seniors in drafting advance directives for health care.
HALSA, HIV & AIDS Legal Services Alliance,Los Angeles, CA
Volunteer Attorney, August 2003 - July 2005
Litigated action against the California Department of Health to ensure Medicaid beneficiaries’ access to the only FDA-approved drug for AIDS wasting.
Obtained favorable appellate ruling: Paleski v. State Dept. of Health Services, 144 Cal. App. 4th 713 (2006).
Public Counsel, Los Angeles, CA
Volunteer Attorney, Summer 2003
Represented clients in the adoption of children who had been removed from their natural parents.
Commission on the Future of the Courts, Annapolis, MD
Legal Consultant,Winter 1996
Drafted criteria for the recruitment and selection of Maryland state judges.
Made presentations before the Committee on Selection, Tenure, and Evaluation of Judges at the Maryland Court of Appeals.
Service for the Bar
Minnesota State Bar Association
Governing Council, Health Law Section, May 2012 –
American Bar Association, Special Committee on Bioethics
Formed an affiliation with ASBH, 2012
American Health Lawyers Association
Leadership Development Program, Healthcare Liability and Litigation Practice Group, 2011 – 2012
Authored contributions for AHLA newsletters
Facilitated Academic Alliance with Hamline, 2011 –
Joint Bioethics Committee, of the Los Angeles County Medical Association and LA County Bar Association
Member, May 2004 - July 2005
Participated, at the invitation of a select group of physicians and lawyers, in the drafting of revised Guidelines for Foregoing Life-Sustaining Treatment.
Los Angeles Lawyer
Editorial Board, July 2003 - July 2005
Solicited, edited, and discussed articles for the bar journal.
Bioethics Committee, Los Angeles County Bar Association
Chairperson, Subcommittee on Death and Dying, May 2003 - July 2005
Member, June 2002 - July 2005
Grant Peer Review
National Institute of Aging (NIH), Bethesda, MD
Primary Reviewer for the Medical and Safety Core of a $55,000,000 Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study renewal application, June-July 2012
Wellcome Trust, London, UK
Evaluated grant proposals concerning public health and ethics,Fall 2008
Promotion & Tenure Review
Southern IllinoisUniversitySchool of Medicine
Promotion and Tenure External Reviewer, 2010
Journal & Book Peer Review
American Journal of Bioethics
Evaluated journal manuscripts, 2011 - 2015
American Journal of Law & Medicine
Evaluated journal manuscripts, 2011
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Evaluated journal manuscripts, 2015
BMC Medical Ethics
Evaluated journal manuscripts,2011 - 2012
Bridgepoint Education
Evaluated book manuscripts on health law, 2013
Cambridge University Press
Evaluated book manuscripts on health law, 2011
Chest
Evaluated journal manuscripts, 2012 - 2014
Critical Care Nursing
Evaluated journal manuscripts, 2015
International Review of Law
Evaluated journal manuscripts, 2013
JAMA Internal Medicine
Evaluated journal manuscripts, 2015
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Evaluated journal manuscripts, 2014
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
Evaluated journal manuscripts, 2015
Journal of Clinical Ethics
Associate Editor, 2014 –
Journal of Clinical Research & Bioethics
Editorial Board,2010 –
Journal of Critical Care
Evaluated manuscripts, 2012 - 2013
Journal of Health & Life Sciences Law [AHLA]
Evaluated manuscripts for Volume2,spring 2009
Journal of Healthcare Leadership
Editorial Board,2010 –
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Evaluated manuscripts, 2014
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
Guest Editor for Volume 39(1), spring 2011
Evaluated manuscripts, 2008, 2015
Journal of Medicine & Philosophy
Evaluated manuscripts, 2015
Journal of Palliative Care & Medicine
Evaluated manuscripts, 2012
Routledge (Taylor & Francis)
Evaluated book manuscripts on health law, 2011
South Carolina Law Review
Evaluated manuscripts for Volume 60, Fall 2008
Other Academic Service
American Association of Law Schools (AALS), Washington, DC
Chair, Section on Law, Medicine, and Healthcare, 2015
Chair-Elect, Section on Law, Medicine, and Healthcare, 2014
Secretary, Section on Law, Medicine, and Healthcare, 2013
American Society of Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH), Chicago, IL
Director at Large, 2015 - 2018
Program Committee, 2012 - 2014
Co-chair, Law Affinity Group, 2009 - 2013
Chair, Program Planning Subcommittee (Law), 2011 - 2012
Reviewed and scored Annual Meeting Proposals, 2008 - 2010
Moderator, ASBH Annual Meeting, 2008, 2011
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC
Alumni Admissions Board, August 2012 –
Interviewed law school candidates in the Minneapolis area
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Alumni Admissions Board, August 2014 –
Interviewed undergraduate candidates in the Minneapolis area
American Thoracic Society, New York, NY
Consultant, Ethics and Conflict of Interest Committee
Conscientious Objection Policy, 2010 – 2015
Statement on Futility and Goal Conflict in End-of-Life Care in ICUs, October 2010 – 2015
AmericanCollege of Legal Medicine, Carbondale, IL
National Health Law Moot Court Competition
Drafted Problem and Bench Brief, June - September 2008
Moot Court Judge, November 2008
University Service
Hamline University
Benefits Advisory Committee, Benchmarking Work Group, 2013 – 2015
Benefits Advisory Committee, 2012 – 2015
Chair, Tobacco Free Hamline, March 2013 – August 2013
Hamline University School of Law
Associate Professor of Law, January 2012 –
Chair, Weekend, Institute, and Special Programs (WISP), 2013 - 2014
Honor Code Investigator, December 2013
Dean’s Steering Committee, 2012 - 2013
Advisor to 1L students, 2012 - 2013
Public Interest Law Committee, 2012 - 2013
Academic Affairs Committee, 2012 - 2013
WISP Committee, 2012 - 2013
Hamline University School of Law
Director, Health Law Institute, January 2012 –
Supervisor, Health Law Externship, 2013 –
Coach, National Health Law Moot Court team, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Advisor, Transactional Health Law Moot Court Team, 2013
Advisor to Health Law Certificate students, 2012 –
Advisor to Student Health Law Association, 2012 –
Made presentations to, and met individually with: prospective, admitted, and new students, 2012 –
Made presentations to, and met individually with Advisory Board
Made invited presentations to other law school and Health Sciences classes
Widener University Institutional Review Board (Office of the Provost)
Board Member, April 2010 – December 2011
Widener University School of Law,Wilmington, DE
Associate Professor of Law, July 2008 – December 2011
Advisor, Health Law Society, 2010 - 2011
Non-J.D. Committee (Chair), 2010 – 2011
Coach, National Health Law Moot Court Team, 2009
Chair, Law Review Annual Symposium, 2009 - 2010
Bar Passage Committee, 2009 - 2010
Technology Committee, 2008 - 2010
Student Learning Assessment Committee, 2008- 2009
Active participant in the student Health Law Society, 2007 – 2011
Active participant with HLI Board of Advisors and community partners
Advisor for independent LL.M., S.J.D., D.L., and other theses, 2007 – 2011
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, July 2007 - June 2008
Advisor for L.L.M. thesis, 2007 - 2008
PIRC MLK Fellow, Spring 2008, Spring 2009
University of Pittsburgh,
Volunteer, Panther Career Network, 2007 –
University of Memphis School of Law, Memphis, TN
Assistant Professor of Law, June 2005 - June 2008
Advisor on formation of Health Law Institute, 2005 - 2008
Faculty mentor for law review notes on health law topics, 2006 - 2008
Honors and Awards Committee, 2005 - 2007
Curriculum Committee, 2006 – 2007
Library and Technology Committee, 2005 - 2006
Advisor for the Law Review’s 2007 symposium
Moot court judge for multiple competitions and rehearsals, 2005 – 2007
University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Faculty Evaluator for Undergraduate Works in Progress Symposium, 2006
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
Judge, Business Ethics Competition, April 2002, April 2003, April 2004
Honors & Awards
Harvard University, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics
Network Fellowship, 2013-2014
Hamline University School of Law
Dean’s Apple Award for Scholarly Engagement, Dec. 2013
2006 Annual Health Law Scholars Workshop
Competitively selected as an emerging Health Law Scholar by the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics (ASLME) and Saint Louis University School of Law
Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare (2006 ed.)
Hon. Benjamin Aranda III Outstanding Public Service Award
Awarded by Los Angeles County Bar Association, June 2005
Champion for Justice
Awarded by Public Counsel for “Run for Justice” fundraising, March 2005
