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Practice Areas
- Antitrust Law
- Business Law
- Criminal Law
- Securities Law
Additional Practice Areas
- Antitrust/U.S. Trade
- Class and Derivative Actions
- Commercial Litigation
- General Civil
- Securities Litigation and Enforcement
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Arkansas
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- Missouri
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- Missouri, 1977
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- United States Courts of Appeals for the Seventh, Eighth and Tenth Circuits
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- United States District Courts for the District of Kansas and Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri
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- United States Supreme Court
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Professional Experience
- Partner
- Bryan Cave LLP
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Education
- Vanderbilt University
- J.D.
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- Vanderbilt University
- B.A.
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Professional Associations
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- Activities: Best Lawyers in America (Commercial Litigation category), 1995 - present
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- Activities: Best of the Bar, Kansas City Business Journal, 2002 - present
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- Activities: Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyer, 2005 - present
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- Activities: Missouri "Local Litigation Star," Benchmark Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms’ and Attorneys
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- Activities: Appointed in 1990 and 1991 by U.S. Senators John Danforth and Christopher Bond to Merit Selection Commissions recommending candidates for United States District Judge
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- Activities: Lawyers Association of Kansas City – President, 1999-2000; Board Member, 1997-2000
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- Activities: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association – Board of Directors, 2006 - present; Chair, Securities Law Committee, 2000
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- Activities: Fellow, American Bar Foundation
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- Activities: American Bar Association
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- Activities: Defense Research Institute
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- Activities: International Association of Defense Counsel
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- Activities: Legal & Compliance Division, Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association
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- Activities: U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society – Northern Missouri Chair, 1997-1998
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- Activities: The Children's Place – Board of Directors, 2006- present
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- Activities: DeLaSalle Education Center – Board of Directors, 2008- present
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- Activities: Alumni Board – Vanderbilt Law School, 1998-2001
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- Activities: Vanderbilt Law School – Recipient, The Morgan Prize, 1977
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- Activities: Vanderbilt Law Review – Executive Editor, 1976-1977
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- Activities: Carriage Club – President, 1997-1998; Board of Directors, 1994-1998
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- Activities: Coro Foundation – President, 1989-1990; Board of Directors, 1987-1990
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- Activities: Kansas City Tomorrow, 1989
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- Activities: Commercial Litigation
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- Activities: Antitrust/U.S. Trade
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- Activities: Class and Derivative Actions
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- Activities: Securities Litigation and Enforcement
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- Activities: White Collar Defense and Investigations
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Websites & Blogs
- Website
- Website
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