Admitted
1982, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court; 1997, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas
Law School
University of Missouri-Kansas City, J.D., 1981
Law School Graduation Year
1981
College
Westminster College; University of Kansas, B.A., Honors in History, 1978 Member, Mortar Board Societ
Memberships
Kansas City Metropolitan (Chairperson, Criminal Law Committee, 1990-1991 and 1991-1992; Member, Circuit Court Advisory Committee, 1996) and American (Member, Complex Crime Committee) Bar Associations; Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member, Board of Directors; Chairman, Continuing Legal Education, 1988-1998; President, 1995-1996); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; American Board of Trial Advocates
Biographical
Member, Moot Court Board. Recipient, 1989 Lon O. Hocker Memorial Trial Lawyer Award of Missouri Bar Association. Member, University of Missouri at Kansas City Law Review, 1979-1981. Author: Comment, Plaintiff's Use of 'Day in the Life' Films --- A New Look at the Celluloid Witness, 49 University of Missouri at Kansas City Law Review 179, Winter, 1981; Opening Statements, Vol. I, Missouri Criminal Practice, Missouri Bar CLE (Supp. 1989-1990, 1992); Creative Use of Demonstrative Evidence, Missouri Criminal Practice, 1989. Co-Author: Discovery by Right or Court Action, Vol. I, Missouri Criminal Practice (2d Ed. Supp. 1992); Criminal Law and Practice, Annual Law Update, Missouri Bar Continuing Legal Education, 1990-2000. Lecturer: Malpractice, Defensive Lawyering in Criminal Cases, Fall Criminal Practice Institute, Missouri Bar Association, 1990; Annual Law Update on Criminal Law, Missouri Bar Association, 1990-2000; How to Address Federal Criminal Grand Jury Investigation, Missouri Bar/MACDL, 1993; KCMBA Federal Practice Constitutional Law Update, 1993-1994; Specific Intent Defenses, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Houston, Texas, 1994; Visualizing Reasonable Doubt Defenses, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1995; Specific Intent Defenses, Bureau of National Affairs' Program, Vail, Colorado, 1997. Presenter, Health Law and Criminal Law Conference, Law Education Institute, Snowmass, Colorado, 2003. Adjunct Instructor: Paralegal Course, Litigation II, Avila College, 1985-1995; UMKC Law School, 1987-2000. Instructor, Missouri Bar Trial Institute, 2002-2003. Judicial Merit Selection Panel for U.S. Magistrate, Western District of Missouri, 1990. Assistant Public Defender, Jackson County, Kansas City, Missouri, 1982-1984. Listed in National Directory of Criminal Lawyers (1991, 1992). Listed in Best Lawyers in American Criminal Law, 1993-1994, 1995-1996, 1997-1998, 1999-2000 and 2001-2002. Participant: National College of Trial Advocacy Advanced