Admitted
1979, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri; 1980, Illinois; 1981, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1994, U.S. Court of
Law School
St. Louis University School of Law, J.D., 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
DePauw University, B.A., cum laude, 1976
Memberships
The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; Illinois State (Member, Sections on: Tort Law; Civil Practice and Procedure; Section Council, Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities, 1989-1994; Vice-Chair, 1991-1992; Chair, 1992-1993; Section Council, Insurance Law Section, 1997-2000; Task Force on the Unauthorized Practice of Law, 2000-2002) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation and Tort and Insurance Law, Committees on: Insurance Coverage Litigation, Tort and Hazardous Substances and Environmental Law; Chairman, Products Liability Subcommittee, 1996-1999; ADR Subcommittee) Bar Associations; Missouri Bar (Certified Neutral Member: Bench and Bar Committee, 1981-1984; Tort Law Committee; Federal Practice and Procedure Committee; Division Special Representative, Bar Committee of the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit, 1985); International Association of Defense Counsel (Member, Committees on: Casualty Insurance, Product Liability, Toxic and Hazardous Substances Litigation and Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Biotechnology Substantive Law); Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (Member, Sections on: Toxic Tort and Environmental Law; Chair, 2001—; Vice Chair, 2000-2001; Auto, Land, Air Transportation and Casualty Insurance; Trial Tactics, Practice and Procedure; Insurance Coverage; Pharmaceutical Litigation, Products Liability); Defense Research Institute (Member, Committees on: Insurance Law, Products Liability and Drug and Medical Devices); Missouri Association of Defense Trial Counsel; Midwest Environmental Claims Association; Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (Subscriber).
Biographical
Pi Sigma Alpha; Phi Alpha Delta. Co-Instructor, Illinois Appellate Research and Writing, St. Louis University School of Law, 1979-1980. Listed in Who's Who in America, Midwest, American Law and Emerging Leaders in America. Member, Editorial Board, Bad Faith Law Report, Stratton Press, 1999-2000. Board of Directors, Product Liability Law & Strategy, Law Journal Newsletters, 1999—. Co-author: with Marshall S. Shapo, E-Commerce and Products Liability: A Primer on Exposure at the Speed of Light, 51 Fed'n Ins. & Corp. Couns. Q. 73, 2001 (Winner, 2001 Andrew C. Hecker Award); with Maria Hahalis, The Post-Sale Duty to Warn: An Update and Defense Strategy, LJN's Prod. Liab. Law and Strategy (June, 2001); with Robert W. Schmieder II, WARNING: Sellers May Now Have a Post-Sale Duty to Warn, 50 Fed'n Ins. & Corp. Couns. Q. 533 (2000); with Marshall S. Shapo, The Economic Loss Rules: Easier to State Than to Apply, 18 Leader's Prod. Liab. Law & Strategy 5(Aug. 1999); with C. Bebout, What's it All About Daubert, 53 J. Mo. Bar 369 (1997); with T. Hohenstein, Significant Environmental Insurance Coverage Issues of the 1990's: The River Runs Wide Between Missouri and Illinois, Corporate Counsel Institute, (Bar Assn. Of Metropolitan St. Louis 1994). Author: The Mold Rush: There's a Fungus Among Us, St. Louis Chapter of the CPCU Society (January 14, 2003); The Daubert Compendium 2002, Chapter 4, Acceptance in the Scientific Community, (co-authored with Joe Yeckel) (Defense Research 2002); Real Life Applications of Daubert: How To Make It Work Effectively For You, Excluding Evidence Under Daubert/Kuhmo (Defense Research Institute 2002); Mold Litigation- It's Not Asbestos Déjà Vu All Over Again, 17 Envrironmental Compl. & Lit. Strategy 4, Nov., 2001; Private Actions and Unfair Claims Handling and Settlement Statutes, 42 For the Defense (No. 7) 14, (July 2000); Private Civil Actions Under State Unfair Claims Settlement Statutes and Regulations: Private Right or Public Harm, Sword or Shield, Ins