Law School
University of Missouri-Columbia, J.D., cum laude, 1968
Law School Graduation Year
1968
College
University of Missouri-Columbia, A.B., 1966
Memberships
Eastern Jackson County, Kansas City Metropolitan (Chairman, Real Estate Law Committee, 1989-1990) and American (Member, Regulation of Land Use Group, Real Property Division, 1987—) Bar Associations; The Lawyers Association of Kansas City; The Missouri Bar (Member: Real Estate Committee, 1985—; Taxation Committee, 1982—); National Association of Bond Lawyers; International Association of Gaming Attorneys.
Biographical
Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi. Student Writing Editor, Missouri Law Review, 1967-1968. Author: Reassessment Appeals to Court, 41 Journal of the Missouri Bar 353, (1985); The Continuing Battle to Curb Urban Blight and the Use of Economic Activity Taxes, 51 Journal of the Missouri Bar 332, (1995); Proceed with Caution: Neighborhood Improvement District General Obligation Bonds Called into Question, Missouri Municipal Review, October/November, 1995, pp. 12-15; The Welcome Mat is Out--Court Decisions Involving TIF and NID Open the Way for Economic Development in Missouri Municipalities, Missouri Municipal Review, August, 1996, pp. 31-36. Assistant City Counselor, Independence, Missouri 1968-1969. Member, Missouri Commission on Human Rights, 1973-1974. Mayor, Independence, Missouri, 1974-1978. Executive Assistant to the Governor of Missouri, 1980-1982. Director of Revenue, State of Missouri, 1982-1985.