Law School Graduation Year
Memberships
Kansas City Metropolitan (Chairman, Appellate Court Committee, 1984-1986) and American (Member, Appellate Practice Committee, Section of Litigation, 1976—) Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar (Chairman, Appellate Practice Committee, 1988—; Member, Board of Governors, 1997-1999); Notre Dame Law Association (Missouri Chairman, 1978—); Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Lawyers Association of Kansas City (Member, Board of Directors, 1999—); National Lawyers Association (Chairman, 1996—, Appellate Section); Christian Legal Society; The American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects
Biographical
born Kansas City, Missouri, December 4, 1944; admitted to bar, 1975, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Claims Court and U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court; 1983, U.S. Court of Military Appeals and U.S. Court for International Trade; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits; 1993, U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals; 1997, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Editor in Chief, Notre Dame Journal of Legislation, 1973-1975. Education: Rockhurst College (A.B., 1967); University of Notre Dame (J.D., 1975). Author: Missouri Appellate Courts Research Manual, State Courts Administrator, 1976; Initial Considerations: Evaluating the Case for Appeal: Ethical Considerations on Appeal; New Counsel on Appeal? Chapter One, Missouri Appellate Practice & Extraordinary Remedies, Fourth Edition (Mo. Bar CLE, 1989); Rehearings, Transfers and Certiorari -Missouri and Federal, Chapter Nine, Missouri Appellate Practice & Extraordinary Remedies, Fourth Edition (Mo. Bar CLE, 1989); Article, New Counsel on Appeal?, 15 Litigation No. 3, p. 1 (Spring, 1989); Article, Federal Rehearings and Certiorari Practice, 44 Journal of the Missouri Bar 498 (December, 1988); Second and Third Chances on Appeal, 14 Litigation No. 4, p. 27 (Summer, 1988); Missouri Appellate Rehearings and Transfers, 44 Journal of the Missouri Bar 301 (August, 1988); Appellate Court Jurisdiction, Chapter Three, Eighth Circuit Appellate Practice Manual (Minnesota State Bar CLE, 2001); Brief Writing, Chapter Ten, Eighth Circuit Appellate Practice Manual (Minnesota State Bar CLE, 2001); Scope and Standards of Review, Chapter Twelve, Eighth Circuit Appellate Practice