Admitted
1986, Missouri; 1987, Illinois; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Missouri-Columbia, J.D., 1986
Law School Graduation Year
1986
College
University of Missouri-Columbia, B.J., 1982
Memberships
Boone County, Illinois State and American (Member: Council of Appellate Lawyers; Appellate Advocacy Committee) Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar (Chair, Civil Practice and Procedure Committees, 2001—; Ethics 2000 Committee; Member, Special Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct); Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers (Member, Board of Directors, 1996—; Vice President, 2003-2004); Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (Member, 2001); Defense Research Institute (Member, Appellate Advocacy Committee).
Biographical
Phi Kappa Phi; Kappa Tau Alpha. Recipient, David J. Dixon Appellate Advocacy Award, 1996. Author: Pleadings, Chapter Four, Missouri Civil Trial Practice (Mo. Bar CLE, 1996 and 2002); Mandamus in Appellate Practice and Extraordinary Remedies, Chapter Twelve, Fourth Edition (Mo. Bar CLE, 1998); Quo Warranto in Appellate Practice and Extraordinary Remedies, Chapter 14, Fourth Edition (Mo. Bar CLE, 1998); Common Law Writs of Certiori, Coram Nobis and Coram Vobis, Chapter 17, Fourth Edition (Mo. Bar CLE, 1998); Organizing the File and Final Trial Preparation Chapter 7 Missouri Civil Trial Practice (Mo. Bar CLE 2001); Chapter 14, Quo Warranto, (Mo. Bar CLE 2002). Member: Missouri Board of Law Examiners, 1996—; Federal Practice Committee, 19972001.