Admitted
1975, Kansas and U.S. Tax Court; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court; 1990, Missouri
Law School
University of Kansas, J.D., with highest distinction, 1975
Law School Graduation Year
1975
College
Doane College, B.A., cum laude, 1967
Memberships
Johnson County and Kansas Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar
Biographical
Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta. Editor-in-Chief, University of Kansas Law Review, 1974-1975. Author: Inheritance and Other State Taxes, Guardianship and Conservatorships, Kansas Estate Administration Handbook, Sixth Edition, 1993; Dissolution and Liquidation, Kansas Corporation Law Handbook, Fourth Edition, 1998. President and CEO, Olathe Area Chamber of Commerce, 1999—. Member, 1987— and President, 1990-1991, 1993-1994, 1999-2000, Board of Education, Olathe, Kansas. City Attorney, DeSoto, Kansas, 1979-1992. Municipal Judge, Olathe, Kansas, 1980-1985. Chancellor, Episcopal Diocese of Kansas, 1993—. Member: Estate Planning Society of Kansas City; Eastern Kansas Estate Planning Council. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
Military
LCDR., USNR, active duty, 1969-1972