Admitted
1974, Missouri; U.S. District Court, Eastern District, U.S. District Court of Appeals, Eight Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
St. Louis University, J.D., cum laude, 1974
Law School Graduation Year
1974
College
St. Louis University, B.S., E.E., 1971
Memberships
The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; The Missouri Bar; American Bar Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Missouri Society of Professional Engineers; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, (President, 1991-1992; Member: Executive Committee, 1987-1992; Chairman, Legislative Committee, 1987-1996); Lawyers Association of St. Louis; Civil Justice Foundation, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice; Million Dollar Advocate Forum; International Academy of Litigators.
Biographical
Eta Kappa Nu. Recipient: Smithson Award, Excellence and Outstanding Service Toward Justice, Missouri Bar, 1996; Lon Hocker Trial Lawyer Award of The Missouri Bar, 1983. Co-Author: Missouri Approved Instructions, 6th Ed. (2002) and 5th Ed. as Chairman, S. Ct. Committee on Civil Jury Instructions, West Pub Co.; Products Liability Primer, St. Louis Bar Journal, Vol. XXV, No. 4, Spring 1979. Author: Uninsured and Underinsured Motor Vehicle Coverage, The St. Louis Bar Journal, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 4, Spring 1992; Uninsured Motor Vehicle Coverage, St. Louis Bar Journal, Fall, 1999. Contributing Author: Missouri Bar Continuing Legal Education Deskbook, Civil Procedure, Jury Instructions, 1983 and 1995. Chairman, 1991—, Reporter and Member, 1981-1991, Supreme Court Committee, Missouri Approved Instructions—Civil. Missouri Workers' Compensation Advisory Commission, by appointment of Missouri Legislature, 1992-1998. Member, Missouri Supreme Court Committee on Civil Juries, 1999-2000. Metropolitan St. Louis Health Care Task Force, 1991-1992. Adjunct Professor of Law, St. Louis University School of Law, 1983-1991. Lecturer: Continuing Legal Education Seminars: The Missouri Judicial College, State of Missouri, 1992-1997, 2000, 2002, 2003; The Missouri Bar; Medical Malpractice Symposium, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995. Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys; Survey of Missouri Tort Law, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Multiple others. Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2003-2004.