Arthur A. Benson II

Civil, Mediation
4006 Central, P.O. Box 119007
Kansas City, Missouri 641719007


Civil

Admitted

1969, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1973, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh, Eighth and Tenth Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas

Law School

Northwestern University, J.D., 1969

Law School Graduation Year

1969

College

Williams College, B.A., with honors, 1966

Memberships

Kansas City Metropolitan and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Lawyers Association of Kansas City-Missouri; American Judicature Society.

Biographical

Recipient: Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellowship, 1969-1970; Civil Liberties Award, ACLU of Western Missouri, 1979. Secretary, Pretrial Diversion Services, Inc., 1972-1976. General Counsel, 1973-1975 and Member, Board of Directors, 1975-1978, American Civil Liberties Union, Western Missouri. Vice-President, 1975-1976 and President, 1976-1979, 1986-1988, Missouri Prairie Foundation. Member: Board of Directors, Missouri Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, 1976-1984; Missouri Advisory Committee to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1977-1979; Board of Directors, Council on Education, 1977-1982. Member, Board of Directors, 1978— and Vice President, 1980—, The Theater League, Inc.

Military