ATTORNEY PROFILE

EDUCATION
Emporia State University, B.S. 1973
President, Associated Student Government

Washburn University School of Law, J.D. 1976
Board of Editors, Washburn Law Journal

LAW LICENSES
Kansas
Missouri
District of Columbia
U.S. District Court, Kansas

HONORS, AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Kansas Association of Justice "Arthur C. Hodgson" Award, 2007

American Association for Justice "Citation of Excellence" Award, 1989

Named to The Best Lawyers in America, Personal   Injury,
1995-1996, 1997-1998, 1999-2000, 2001- 2002, 2003-20 04, 2005-2006, 2007-2008

Named to SuperLawyers of Missouri and Kansas 2005-2006, 2007-2008

Who's Who Among Rising Young Americans in Science and Business, 1992

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Kansas Association for Justice

• President (1986-87)
  
• Board of Governors (1979 - present)
  
• Editor, KAJ Journal, General Column (1983-87)
  
• Editor, KAJ Journal, Medical Malpractice Column  (1988-92)

American Association of Justice

• Board of Governors (1991-1993)
  
• State Delegate (1982-84)
  
• Chair, Young Lawyers Section (1986-87)
  
• Fellow, National College of Advocacy
  
• Member, Multiple Committees

Kansas Bar Association

• Member (1977 - present)

Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys

• Member (1992-present)

International Society of Barristers

• Member (1999-present)

PUBLISHED ARTICLES
"Civil Rights, Applying the Brakes to Integration"
14 Washburn Law Journal 640, Fall 1975

"Enhancing Damages Through the Use of a Psychologist", Jrnl. Kansas Trial Lawyers Assn., Vol. 5, No. 1, 1981

"Loss of a Chance to Survive in Kansas", Jrnl. Kansas Trial Lawyers Assn., Vol. 8, No. 6, 1985

"Beyond Whiplash", Jrnl. Kansas Trial Lawyers Assn., Vol 8, No. 6, 1988                                                 

"Beyond Whiplash", Advocate, Jrnl. Arizona Trial Lawyers, Vol. 54, 1989

"Beyond Whiplash", Trial Talk, Jrnl. Colorado Trial Lawyers, Vol. 40, No. 3 (1989)

"Medical Malpractice in the 1990s: A Review of Changes in the Last Decade:, Jrnl. Kansas Trial Lawyers Assn., Vol. 15, No. 4, 1991

"Restoring All Pecuniary Damages to PIK-3d Wrongful Death Pecuniary Damages", Jrnl. Kansas Association for Justice,
Vol 31, No. 3 (2008)