Admitted
1983, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
Law School
University of Missouri at Kansas City, J.D., 1983
Law School Graduation Year
1983
College
Cottey College; Missouri Western State College, B.S., 1975
Memberships
Kansas City Metropolitan and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar.
Biographical
Mu Sigma Epsilon; Phi Theta Kappa; Delta Theta Phi. Law Clerk to Judge William W. Ely, Division 2 Circuit Court, Jackson County, 1984-1986. Author, Comment: Municipal Liability Under the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871—An Historical Perspective, Section 1983: Sword and Shield, 1983 American Bar Association, Section of Urban, State and Local Government Law, eds, R. Freilich & R. Carlisle.