Admitted
1978, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court; 1984, Kansas; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, F
Law School
University of Kansas, J.D., 1978
Law School Graduation Year
1978
College
University of Kansas, B.S., with highest distinction, 1973
Memberships
The Missouri Bar; Kansas and American (Member, Labor Section, Employee Rights and Responsibilities Committee; Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Privacy and Collateral Torts, 2000-2003) Bar Associations.
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, University of Kansas Law Review, 1976-1978. Law Clerk to Hon. William R. Collinson, U.S. District Judge, Western and Eastern Districts of Missouri, 1978-1980. Author: Privacy in the Workplace, A Management-side Labor Attorney's Perspective on Employer's Workplace Theft Investigations, ABA Section of Litigation, 1988; Protecting Your Confidential Information: Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition, Council on Education in Management, 1989; EMS Labor Law 1990 Update, Creative Age Publications, Inc., 1990; Union Organization Issues-Primer, Long Term Care and the Law Seminar, National Health Lawyers Association, 1994; Employment Issues in Recruitment and Retention for Long Term Care and the Law, and What You Need to Know About the ADA, FMLA and Worker's Compensation Claims, Long Term Care and the Law Seminar, National Health Lawyers Association, 1995; Emergency Medical Services and the Firefighter Overtime Exemption, Fire Rescue International, International Association of Fire Chiefs, 1995; Federal Labor Law Activities Update, Employment and Labor Issues in Long Term Care Seminar, National Health Lawyers Association, 1996; Federal Labor Preemption Update, 1997; Labor Issues in the Use of Temporary Employees, and Recent Developments in The Area of Preemption of Employment Torts, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, 1998 Employment Rights & Responsibilities Committee, UMKC Complete Guide to Preventing Employee Lawsuits, 1998; Medical Privacy In The Workplace: 1999 Update, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, Committee on Employee Rights and Responsibilities; Public Employees and Their Right to Medical Privacy, Lorman Education Services, 1999; Preemption and Exclusivity of Employment Torts, 2000, 2001 and 2002 Update, American Bar Association, Section on Labor and Employment, Committee on Employment Rights and Responsibilities.