Admitted
1972, Missouri and U.S. District Court, District of Missouri, Kansas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth and Tenth Circuits
Law School
University of Missouri at Columbia, J.D., 1972
Law School Graduation Year
1972
College
University of Missouri at Columbia, B.A., cum laude, 1969
Memberships
Jasper County and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar (Chairman, Criminal Law Committee, 1983-1985; Delivery of Legal Sources Committee, 1993-1994); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; National Institute of Trial Advocacy.
Biographical
Law Clerk, Missouri Court of Appeals, 1972. Public Defender, Jasper County, Missouri, 1973-1976. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Jasper County, Missouri, 1978-1979. Prosecuting Attorney, 1981-1986. Director, 1979-1990 and President, 1989, Legal Aid of Western Missouri. Member, 1986-1994 and President, 1990, 1993, Missouri Lawyers Trust Account Foundation. Member, Federal Practice Committee, Western District of Missouri, 1989-1992.