Admitted
1962, Minnesota; 1966, Missouri; 1983, Kansas
Law School
Harvard University, J.D., 1962
Law School Graduation Year
1962
College
Yale University, B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1959
Memberships
Kansas City Metropolitan (Member, Executive Committee, 1972-1981; President, 1979) and American (Secretary, Lawyers Conference, 1997) Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Kansas City Bar Foundation (President, 1979-1980); Center for Public Resources - Arbitration Commission; American Law Institute.
Biographical
Author: Trial: Closing Argument - For Defendant, Missouri Products Liability Handbook, Continuing Legal Education, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law (Copyright 1988); Sharing the Financial Costs of a Dispute: Final Cost Allocation Strategies, Center For Public Resources Practice Guide on Multi-Party Cooperation; Environmental Law: Identifying, Limiting and Avoiding Liability, Northwestern University School of Law 28th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute, Fall, 1989 (Copyright 1989). Co-author: Environmental Audits and Their Uses in Liability Defense and Allocation, Corporation Decision Making, and Environmental Compliance, Northwestern University School of Law, Spring, 1989 (Copyright 1989). Chairman, Advisory Group, Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, 1991—. Member: Kansas City-St. Louis Center for Public Resources Panel for Alternative Dispute Resolution, 1989—; National Center for Public Resources Panel for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Environmental Law. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America-Environmental Litigation.
Military
JAGC, U.S. Army, 1963-1966