Admitted
1986, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1987, Missouri, U.S District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th, 10th and 11th Circuits
Law School
Washburn University, J.D., magna cum laude, 1986
Law School Graduation Year
1986
College
Central Florida Community College, A.A., 1981; University of South Florida, B.A., with honors, 1983
Biographical
Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta (Vice Justice, 1986). Managing Editor, Washburn Law Journal, 1985-1986. Author: Standard of Review on Appeal, Journal of the Missouri Bar, Vol. 53, No. 5, 1997; Appellate Practice and Extraordinary Remedies, Ch. 1, (Mo Bar 4th ed. 1998 cum, supp.); Bail Bondsmen: An Analysis of Private Remedies and State Action, 25 Washburn L.J. 437; Constitutional Law: State Sovereign Reaffirmed, 24 Washburn L.J. 152. Judicial Law Clerk to Judge Floyd R. Gibson, Senior Circuit Judge, Eighth Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals, 1986-1988. Member, Appellate Practice Subcommittee, American Bar Association, 1997—.