Awards and Recognition
National Trial Lawyers Association Top 100.
National Association of Distinguished Counsel top 1%
Annual Diversity Award, American Society for Public Administrators.
Leadership Award, Minnesota Department of Employee Relations.
Recognition Award, American Contract Compliance Association.
Spurgeon Award, Boy Scouts of America Indianhead Council.
Membership, Who’s Who of African Americans.
Distinguished Professor Award, William Mitchell College of Law.
Presentations
Destination CLES - Lisbon, Portugal Legal Seminar - "Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession."
Group Legal Services Association (GLSA) CLE "Diversity in the Legal Profession."
Nucleus Club 2004 - Panel discussion on Religion and Politics and the ’04 election
Foothills Democrats May 2005 - Lectured on Values and Religion, "What are the issues"?
Minnesota CLE Business Law Institute - Doing Business in Latin America
Minnesota Department of Corrections - Pre-service Academy
Minnesota Sheriff’s Association - Jail Administration and Criminal Justice Conference
American Correctional Health Service Association - Conference
Minnesota Institute of Legal Education - “The place of diversity in the criminal justice system.”
College of St. Benedict’s and St. John’s University - Multicultural Summit
Grand Portage Tribal Council - "Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace."
Government Liability Institute of - “Civil Rights Act of 1991.”
Minnesota Attorney General - Continuing Legal Education Seminar