Recipient: John N. O'Brien Memorial Award for Distinguished Community Activities; Centennial Award; Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, Central Michigan University; NAACP 1997 Humanitarian Award; CMU ROTC Hall of Fame; Royal Oak Dondoro High School Hall of Fame
Recipient: Earl W. Kintner Award, Federal Bar Association, Washington D.C.; Michigan Corrections Association Judicial Award for extraordinary contributions to enhancement of the judicial system
President, Pontiac Alumni Foundation; Chair, Board of Directors, William Booth Legal Aid Clinic (Salvation Army); Chair, Oakland County Community Corrections Board; Multiple Sclerosis Board; Founder, Reading to Reduce Recidivism; Member, RARE Foundation
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Oakland University; Adjunct Professor, Madonna University and Oakland Community College
Military service: Captain U.S. Army
Former Federal Prosecutor, U.S. Attonrey's Office
Author of articles pertaining to the law, as well as topics ancillary to the law; i.e. Guideposts, October, 1996
