Admitted
1976, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
Law School
University of Missouri at Kansas City, J.D., with distinction, 1976
Law School Graduation Year
1976
College
University of Missouri at Kansas City, B.A., 1973
Memberships
The Missouri Bar; Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member, Board of Directors, 1988—; First Vice President, 1999—); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Biographical
Associate Editor, University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review. Note, State ex rel. Lucus v. Moss--Admissibility of Videotaped Depositions in Missouri, 43 U.M.K.C., L. Rev. 139 (1974). Author: Voir Dire in Capital Cases, Death Penalty Seminar, Missouri State Public Defender System, 1987; Pretrial Motion Practice, Defending Criminal Cases, UMKC/CLE, 1989; Effective Advocacy in Closing Argument, Trial Skills Workshop, Missouri State Public Defender System, 1990; Arson Defense and Investigation, Fall Criminal Practice Institute, Missouri Bar CLE, 1990; Opening Statements -- A Practical Approach, Trial Skills Workshop, Missouri State Public Defender System, 1991; Certiorari in the United States Supreme Court, Missouri Capital Case Resource Materials, 2d Ed., Missouri Capital Punishment Resource Center, 1995. Teaching/Lectures: Demonstrative Evidence; Closing Argument; Cross Examination; Opening Statements; Record Preservation; Voir Dire in Capital Case, Death Penalty Seminar, Missouri State Public Defender System, 1987; Pretrial Motion Practice, MACDL-UMKC/CLE, 1989; Arson Defense and Investigation, MACDL-MoBar CLE, 1990; Getting and Keeping Stays of Execution, Missouri Capital Punishment Resource Center, 1995. Trial Skills Workshop, Missouri State Public Defender System, 1984-1992; (with J. Vincent April, II) Jury Selection -- Obtaining and Retaining and Using Information, Life in the Balance, National Legal Aid and Defender Association, 1995; (with Michael Means) Litigating in Difficult Communities, Life in the Balance, National Legal Aid and Defender Association, 1995; Voir Dire in a Criminal Cases, Ross T. Roberts Inns of Courts, 1995. Panelist: Round Table Discussion of Current Issues in State and Federal Courts, MACDL-MoBar CLE, 1990, 1992. Training Committee: Missouri State Public Defender System, 1984-1994. Chairman, Trial Skills Workshop, 1992-1993.
Military
with U.S. Army, 1968-1979