Admitted
1980, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Missouri, J.D., cum laude, 1980
Law School Graduation Year
1980
College
Central Missouri State University, B.S., summa cum laude, 1977
Memberships
Jasper County Bar Association; The Missouri Bar (Past Chairman, Special Committee on Professionalism and Ethics; Young Lawyers Section; Past Member, Board of Governors.
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Recipient: Distinguished Recent Graduate Award, University of Missouri School of Law, 1990; Lon O. Hocker Trial Lawyer Award, Missouri Bar Foundation, 1991. Note and Comment Editor, Missouri Law Review, 1978-1980.