Admitted
1987, Missouri; 1988, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri; 1989, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eight Circuit
Law School
University of Missouri-Columbia, J.D., 1987
Law School Graduation Year
1987
College
University of Missouri-Columbia, B.S., 1984
Memberships
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; The Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Foundation.
Biographical
Law Clerk, U.S. Magistrate Robert D. Kingsland, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, 1987-1988. Recipient, Thomas J. Conway Award for outstanding trial work, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, 1999. Author: Investigating Your Own Expert, recognized as the 2001 Article of the Year by Missouri Lawyers Weekly. Lecturer: Accredited Continuing Legal Education Programs, Trial Techniques From the Defense Perspective: Nuts and Bolts Seminar for Newly Admitted Lawyers, Missouri Bar (1993); Bad Faith - What is it and How to Avoid it, Missouri Third Party Practice Seminar, National Business Institute, St. Louis, Missouri (1995); Closed Head Injuries, Kansas City, Missouri (1997); Case Evaluation, Claims Handling in the New Millennium, Employers Reinsurance Corporation, Overland Park, Kansas (1998); Business Torts, Lohrman Education Services, Kansas City, Missouri (1999); Evidence and Hearsay in the Missouri Courtroom, National Business Institute, Kansas City, Missouri (2001). Speaker: Insurance Agents Errors and Omissions, Overland Park, Kansas (1996); Trial Techniques in the Defense of Personal Injury Actions, Kansas City, Missouri (1997); Neuropsychological Evaluations to Aid in the Evaluation and Defense of Brain Injury Cases, Dallas, Texas (1997); Trial Techniques in the Defense of Nursing Home Cases, Yardley, Pennsylvania (1998); Keynote Speaker, Missouri Association of Mutual Insurance Companies Annual Convention, Lake Ozark, Missouri (1998); Handling First Party Property Claims, Missouri Association of Mutual Insurance Companies Claims School, Columbia, Missouri (1998); Trial Techniques - How to Select a Conservative Jury, CPCU Society, Walnut Creek, California (1999); Premises Liability - Defense of Violent Criminal Act Cases, Chicago, Illinois (2000); Publications: Missouri Third Party Practice, National Business Institute (1995); Business Torts, Lohrman Educational Services (1998); Evidence and Hearsay in the Missouri Courtroom, National Business Institute (2001).