Admitted
1970, Missouri; 1974, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Missouri at Kansas City, J.D., with distinction, 1970; University of Missouri at Kansas City, LL.M., Corporate/Commercial Law, 1976
Law School Graduation Year
1976
College
Graceland College, B.A., cum laude, 1967
Memberships
Kansas City Metropolitan, Eastern Jackson County and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; National Association of Bond Lawyers.
Biographical
Order of the Bench and Robe; Phi Delta Phi. Associate Editor, UMKC Law Review, 1969-1970. Adjunct Professor of Contracts, UMKC School of Law, 1976-1977. Member, 1980 and Leader, 1997, Rotary Foundation Group Study Exchange Teams to Sweden. Member, Missouri Governor's Low-Level Radioactive Waste Task Force, 1981-1983. Member, Independence Park Commission, Independence, Mo., 1995—. Member, Board of Trustees, The Sierra Club Foundation, 1996—. Member, Excise Tax Advisory Committee, Independence, MO., 2000—. Member, Board of Directors, Independence Chamber of Commerce, 2002—. Member and present Chairman, Board of Trustees, Park University, Parkville, Missouri, 1995—.
Military
Lt., JAGC, USNR, 1970-1974