Admitted
1975, Illinois; 1976, Missouri
Law School
Northwestern University, J.D., cum laude, 1975
Law School Graduation Year
1975
College
University of Missouri, B.A., with distinction, 1972
Memberships
Kansas City Metropolitan, Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Missouri Bar; Lawyers Association of Kansas City; Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel.
Biographical
Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Recipient, William Jennings Bryan Award, 1974. Member, 1973-1974 and Executive Editor, 1974-1975, Northwestern University Law Review. Instructor, Legal Writing, Northwestern University, 1974-1975. Co-Author: Congressional Power to Control the Jurisdiction of Lower Federal Courts, 124 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 45, 1975; Environmental Law, Missouri Tort Law, 1978. Author: Post-Trial Motions, Missouri Civil Procedure, 1983, 1992, 1995; Appellate Review of Punitive Damages Verdicts, ABA Antitrust Section Punitive Damages Handbook, 1996; Law of Civil Conspiracy, KCMBA Business Torts Handbook (1998). Law Clerk to Judge Latham Castle, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1975-1976.