Admitted
1987, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Law School
University of Missouri-Kansas City, J.D., with distinction, 1987; Temple University School of Law, LL.M., with honors, 1998
Law School Graduation Year
1998
College
University of Missouri, B.A., with honors, 1984
Biographical
Member, Order of Bench and Robe. Co-Author: with Alan G. Kaufman, Naval Law: Justice and Procedure in the Sea Services, 1997. Author: Naval Law, Naval Institute Press, 1998; Law for the Junior Officer, 1995; Failing the Article 31 UCMJ Test: The Role of the Navy Inspector General In the Investigation of the Naval Academy Cheating Scandal, 42 Naval L. Rev. 1, 1994; Article 107, Uniform Code of Military Justice: Not a License to Lie, Army Lawyer, March 1994; Disorder and Syndrome Evidence, Principles and Practice of Military Forensic Psychiatry, R. Gregory Lande and David T. Armitage eds., 1997; Man (and Woman) Can Live on Bread (and Water), Naval Inst. Proceedings, June 1997; The CIA is Given Broad Powers to Withhold the Identities of Intelligence Sources, 54 U.M.K.C.L. Rev. 332, 1986; Who are ‘Public Employers’ or ‘ Public Employees’ Within the Meaning of State Whistleblower Protection Acts, A.L.R. 5th; Admissibility of Expert Testimony as to Proper Techniques for Interviewing Children, A.L.R. 5th; Admissibility of Lay Witness Interpretation of a Photograph or Videotape, A.L.R. 5th; Defense of an Inconsequential or De Minimis Violation In Criminal Prosecutions, 68 A.L.R. 5th 299; Validity, Construction, and Application of the Concurrent-Sentence Doctrine, 56 A.L.R. 5th 385; Validity, Construction, and Application of State Statute Criminalizing Possession of Contraband By Individuals In Penal or Correctional Institutions, 45 A.L.R. 5th 767; Propriety of Transferring Patient Found Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity to Less Restrictive Confinement, 43 A.L.R. 5th 777; Failure of Police to Preserve Potentially Exculpatory Evidence as Violating a Criminal Defendant's Rights Under State Constitutions, 40 A.L.R. 5th 113; Full Faith and Credit ‘Last-In-Time’ Rule as Applicable to Sister State Divorce or Custody Judgment Which is Inconsistent with the Forum State's Earlier Judgment, 36 A.L.R. 5th 527.
Military
Lt. Comdr., U.S. Navy, JAG Corps, 1989-2001