Admitted
1980, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri
Law School
University of Missouri at Columbia, J.D., 1980
Law School Graduation Year
1980
College
Southwest Missouri State University, B.S., cum laude, 1977
Memberships
Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers.
Biographical
Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Order of Barristers. Member, Missouri Law Review, 1979-1980. Recipient: Thomas Deacy Prize, Excellence in Trial Advocacy; Roscoe Anderson Award, Excellence in Appellate Advocacy. Author: Employment Discrimination—Sex Discrimination under Title VII, includes differential treatment of Pregnancy related disabilities, 45 Missouri Law Review 145, Winter, 1980; Limitations on the use of Expert Testimony in Missouri, 45 Missouri Law Review, Fall, 1980; The Missouri Professional Corporation Act, Missouri Bar Journal, Nov.-Dec. 1986. Missouri House of Representatives, District 134, 1982-1992. Former Chairman, Judiciary Committee, Missouri General Assembly.