Admitted
1994, Missouri, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1995, Kansas; 1996, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1997, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona
Law School
University of Missouri-Kansas City, J.D., with distinction, 1994
Law School Graduation Year
1994
College
University of Missouri-Columbia, B.S., 1990
Memberships
Kansas City Metropolitan (Vice Chair, Criminal Law Committee) and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Biographical
Order of Bench and Robe; Phi Kappa Phi; Delta Theta Phi (Secretary, 1993-1994). Staff Member, 1992-1993 and Technical Editor, 1993-1994, UMKC Law Review. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure II; Ralph S. Latshaw Award for Outstanding Student in Criminal Law Courses. Author: A Review of Constitutional Principles to Limit the Reach of Federal Criminal Statutes, Volume 67, UMKC Law Review 209 (1998); Post-Conviction Remedies Chapter and Supplement, Missouri Criminal Practice, Vol. III, 3rd Edition, Missouri Bar, 1996, 1998 and 2001. Co-Author: Amicus Brief, submitted to the United States Supreme Court on behalf of NACDL in United States v. Bates, 118 S. Ct. 285 (1998); Federal Constitutional Law Review, Including Federal Criminal Practice, UMKC CLE, January and June, 1995-1996; Annual Law Update: Criminal Law, Missouri Bar CLE, 1995—. Author and Lecturer: “Appellate Practice 2003, Criminal Appeals,” Missouri Bar Continuing Legal Education, 2003; “Practical Evidence for Litigators,” Missouri Bar Continuing Legal Education, 2002; “UMKC 15-Hour Review of the Law, Federal Criminal Law,” 2001—; Appellate Practice 2000, Criminal Appeals, Missouri Bar CLE 2000; Missouri State Sentencing Issues, Fall Criminal Practice Institute, Missouri Bar and MACDL CLE, St. Louis, 1998; Case Law Update, Full Criminal Practice Institute, Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, St. Louis, 1997; Effective Legal Writing for Paralegals in Missouri, Institute for Paralegal Education, 1999; Paralegals and the Litigation Team in Missouri, Institute for Paralegal Education, 1999. Participant: Missouri Bar Trial Institute; Western Trial Advocacy Institute, Laramie, Wyoming, 2002. Adjunct Professor of Law, Criminal Sentencing, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1997—.