Admitted
1981, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Washburn University of Topeka School of Law, J.D., with honors, 1981
Law School Graduation Year
1981
College
Kansas State University, B.S., 1978
Memberships
Johnson County (Member, Family Law Section), Kansas (President, Family Law Section, 2000-2001, 2002-2003; Legislative Committee, 1990—) and American (Member, Sections on: Family Law; Economics of Law Practice; Governing Council 2000—) Bar Associations; Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; International Child Abduction Attorneys Network; Association of Family and Conciliation Courts.
Biographical
Author: The UCCJA and the UCCJEA: A Side-by-Side Comparison, 10 Divorce Litigation, Issue 12, December, 1998; Legal Ethics and the Internet: Ethical Considerations in Electronic Communications Between Attorneys and Clients, 33 ABA Fam. Law Qtrly. No. 2, at 419, Summer, 1999; Managing the High-Conflict Child Custody Case, Am. Journal of Fam. Law., Winter, 1999. Contributing Author, Practitioners Guide to Kansas Family Law.