Admitted
1950, Kansas, Nebraska, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1962, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Michigan, J.D., 1950
Law School Graduation Year
1950
College
University of Nebraska, A.B., 1947
Memberships
Topeka (President, 1974-1975), Kansas and American Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel (Faculty Member, Trial Academy, 1984); Kansas Association of Defense Counsel (President, 1973-1974); American Judicature Society; Association of Insurance Attorneys; Defense Research Institute
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient: 1996 Yancy Memorial Award, IADC; First Annual DRI Award Lifetime for Lifetime Contribution to the Profession, DRI, 1997. Co-Author: DRI Products Liability Pretrial Notebook, Chapter 7, Discovery of Trial Expert Opinions. Author: Defense of Product Liability Action: Infeasibility of Alternative Design Proposed by Plaintiff, 1 Am Jur Proof of Facts 3d 363, 1988; DRI Compendium Admissibility of Expert Testimony, Chapters on Kansas and Federal Rules of Evidence; DRI Compendium Product Liability Defenses, Chapter on Kansas, 2001; ADC, Challenging Expert Witness Testimony, Chapter 1 - Challenges to Expert Testimony Pre and Post Daubert, 2000. Member, Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission, 1979-1989. Listed, Best Lawyers in America, Personal Injury litigation, 1981—. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; American Inns of Court (Topeka Chapter).