Admitted
1966, Kansas; U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Texas and University of Kansas, J.D., 1966
Law School Graduation Year
1966
College
University of Kansas, B.A., 1962
Memberships
Topeka (Member, Executive Committee, 1973-1974), Kansas and American (Member, Federal Products Liability Subcommittee, 1984—; Vice Chairman, Law and Medicine Committee of TIPS Section, 1995-1996) Bar Associations; Topeka Lawyers Club (President, 1989); Kansas Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1974—; Convention Chairman, 1975; President, 1977-1978); National College of Advocacy; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Life Member, 1989, Amicus Curiae Committee; Member: Products Liability Exchange Committee, 1983-1985; Board of Governors, 1982-1985; Chairman, Home Office & Budget Committee, 1987-1989; Chairman, Constitutional Challenge Committee, 1987-1991; Co-Chair, ALI Relations and Study Committee, 1991-1999; Co-Chair, Academic Liaison Committee, 1992-1993). Belli Society. Trustee, Roscoe Pound Foundation. Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (Board Member at Large, 1981—; Treasurer, 1987-1990; President, 1991-1993); American Inns of Court, Master of the Bench; Certified Diplomate in Medical Malpractice by American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys, 1990; Elected Member, Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission, 1989-1995; American Law Institute (Sustaining Member, 1987—); Scribes
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Recipient: Arthur C. Hodgson Award, Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, 2000; Consumer Advocate Award, Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, 1998; Theodore I. Koskoff Award, 1998. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Trial Law, Law and Medicine, Washburn School of Law, 1975-1985. Member, Torts Bar Review, Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, 1976-1980. Author: Kansas Wrongful Death Act, Limitations Are Constitutional, Kansas Advocate, 1976; Some Current Problems in No-Fault, Vol. 2, No. 4, p. 21, 1978; Not Only Can the King Do Wrong, But When He Does He Is Probably Liable, Vol. 2, No. 7, p. 24, 1979; Does Kansas Comparative Negligence Act Apply in Strict Liability in Tort Actions? Vol. 3, No. 5, p. 6, 1980, all in the Journal of Kansas Trial Lawyers Association; A Practitioner's Guide to the Kansas Tort Claims Act, Kansas Bar Journal, p. 299, Winter, 1979; Computerized Medical Research for the Trial Attorney at Home and in the Office, Trial Diplomacy Journal, p. 37, Spring 1987; On-Line Medical Research, p. 37, Trial, January, 1986; A Practitioner's Guide to Tort Reform of the 80's, Vol. 57, No. 9, Kansas Bar Journal, p. 21, November, 1988. U.S. District Court, District of Kansas (Civil Justice Reform Committee). Life Member, 1986— and Board of Director, 1996—, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice. Member, Insurance Commissioner's Committee on Malpractice, 1985. President, Kansas Chapter, American Board of Trial Advocates, 1987. Trustee, American Jury Trial Foundation. Certified Mediator: Supreme Court of Kansas, 1996. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers.