Admitted
1986, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Law School
University of Missouri, J.D., 1986
Law School Graduation Year
1986
College
Drury College, A.B., Business Administration, summa cum laude, 1983
Memberships
Springfield Metropolitan (Member, Committees on: Workers Compensation; CLE) and American (Member, Young Lawyers Division and Litigation and Torts and Insurance Practice Sections) Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar (Council, 1992-1998, and Vice-Chair, 1999, Workers' Compensation Law Committee); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys.
Biographical
Lambda Chi Alpha (Treasurer, 1981; Vice President, 1982; Secretary, 1983); Phi Eta Sigma (President, 1980-1981); Alpha Lambda Delta; Omicron Delta Kappa; Delta Theta Phi (Dean, 1985-1986). Member, Board of Advocates, 1985-1986. Co-Author: Missouri Second Injury Fund, Missouri Workers Compensation Law, 2nd ed. (1994 & Supps. 1997, 1999, 2002). Member, Drury College Alumni Council, 1987-1990. Legal Research and Writing Teaching Assistant, University of Missouri School of Law, 1986. Adjunct Professor, Drury University, 1988-2000. Special Assistant Attorney General, 1987-1993. President, Greene County Young Republicans, 1990-1993.