Admitted
1971, Kansas; 1973, U.S. Supreme Court; 1996, Missouri
Law School
University of Kansas, J.D., 1970
Law School Graduation Year
1970
College
University of Kansas, B.A., 1968
Memberships
Wichita (Former Member, Board of Governors), Kansas (Member, Executive Committee, Bankruptcy Insolvency Section) and International Bar Associations; National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees
Biographical
Designated as one of the Best Bankruptcy Attorneys in the United States, 1991—. Associate Editor, American Bankruptcy Institute. Trustee of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, 1979—. Chairman, Claims, Exemptions and Priorities Committee, 1988-1995 and Chairman, International Bankruptcy Committee, 1995—. Delegate, representing the United States and the American Bar Association, to United Nations Committee on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) on International Insolvency matters. Member: Business Bankruptcy Committee, Chair, Subcommittee on International Bankruptcy; Co-Chair, Working Group on Provisional Measures and Asset Freezes in Aid of Foreign Proceedings, International Litigation Committee, Section on International Law and Practice; Former Chair, Subcommittee on Claims, Exemptions and Priorities, American Bar Association. Chair, International Law Committee, The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; American College of Bankruptcy.