Admitted
1974, Missouri; U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
Law School
University of Missouri at Kansas City, J.D., with distinction, 1974
Law School Graduation Year
1974
College
University of Missouri at Columbia, B.S., 1969
Memberships
Kansas City Metropolitan (Vice Chair, Construction Law Committee) and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Lawyers Association of Kansas City.
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Member, Order of Bench and Robe. Managing Editor, University of Missouri at Kansas City Law Review, 1973-1974. Author: An Exercise of Judicial Surgery Into Missouri's Evidentiary and Substantive Rules Regarding Medical Malpractice, 41 University of Missouri at Kansas City Law Review 70, 1972; Building Code Uniformity for Factory-Built Housing: Suggested Model Enabling Legislation, Missouri Department of Community Affairs, 1972; Model Enabling Legislation for Creation of a State Low-Rise Residential Building Code, Missouri Department of Community Affairs, 1973; Representing the Prime Contractor Chp. 3—Construction and Engineering Litigation, University of Missouri at Kansas City, Continuing Legal Education, 1979; What do You do When the Contract is Changed?, Chap. 4— What do You do When Conditions on the Job Change? Chap. 5— Construction Law: What Do You Do When?, National Business Institute, Inc. Seminar, 1986; Co-Author: The New Used Oil Regulations and Their Future Impacts, Petro-Safe '93 Seminar, 1993; Missouri Environmental Law, Federal Publications, 1993; Missouri Construction Law, Federal Publications, 1991 and 1993; Chapter 2-Scope of Typical Clauses; Construction Change Order Claims, John Wiley; Environmental Considerations - Compliance issues; hazardous materials/solid waste; demolition/surface contamination; stormwater, Law Seminars International: Construction Law, 1999. Member, Missouri Governors Environmental Transition Advisory Group, 1992; Kansas City, Missouri Environmental Management and Waste Minimization Commission, 1995; Kansas City, Missouri Environment and Energy Commission, 1992.
Military
1st Lt., U.S. Army, 1969-1971