Admitted
1971, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas
Law School
St. Louis University Law School, J.D., 1971
Law School Graduation Year
1971
College
Rockhurst College, B.A., 1967
Memberships
Kansas City Metropolitan (Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, 1996, Chair, Medical Malpractice Committee, 1989) and American (Member, Litigation Committee) Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; The Missouri Bar (Member, Tort Committee); Lawyers Association of Kansas City.
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi (Vice Magister, 1970-1971). Law Clerk, Chief Judge William H. Becker, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, 1971-1973. Co-Author and Lecturer: Medical Malpractice in Missouri, National Business Institute, Inc., 1997; Professional Malpractice Actions, University of Missouri at Kansas City Continuing Legal Education, 1992; Effective Motion Practice in Missouri, Lorman Education Services, 1992. Course Lecturer, Medical Jurisprudence, University of Health Sciences, Kansas City, Missouri, 1994. Listed in Who's Who in American Law, 2002. Vice President, St. Louis University Law School Alumni Association, 1985-1991. (Also of Counsel with DeWitt and Zeldin, L.L.C)