Admitted
1978, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th, 8th, 10th and D.C. Circuits
Law School
University of Missouri at Columbia, J.D., cum laude, 1978
Law School Graduation Year
1978
College
University of Missouri at Columbia, A.B., magna cum laude, with honors in Political Science, 1975
Memberships
Kansas City Metropolitan (Vice-Chair, Federal Courts Committee; Member, Technology Committee) and American (Member, Sections of Litigation and Natural Resources, Energy, and Environmental Law) Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Kansas City Public Library District (Trustee, 1988—; Vice President, 1990-1993; President, 1994-1999).
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Pi Sigma Alpha. Member, Board of Student Editors, Missouri Law Review, 1976-1978. University Scholar, Schaeperkotter Scholar, Kinney Scholar. Author: Executive Order No. 11246: Presidential Power to Regulate Employment Discrimination, 42 Mo. L. Rev. 436 (1978); Bailments— Allocating the Burden of Proving the Bailee's Negligence, 43 Mo. L. Rev. 90 (1978); Civil Rights— Reverse Discrimination— Title VII and Section 1981, 42 Mo. L. Rev. 100 (1977); Guy Thompson Writing Prize (1977 & 1978).