Areas Of Practice:
Commercial Litigation
Bankruptcy
Creditors’ Rights

Bar Admissions:
2001, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska
2000, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeal, Seventh and Eighth Circuits and U.S. District Court, Northern District Of Texas
1998, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas
1997, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar
1996, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri
1995, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois
1994, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois
1979, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri

Education:
St. Louis University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1975)
Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1978)
Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Sigma Nu

Published Works: 
Comment, "The Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1976," 14 Harvard J. Legis., 358-94 (1977)
Non-Indexed Judgment Liens on Real Estate in Missouri," 37 J. Mo. Bar 320 (1981)
Employment Taxes on Wage Claims," 9 NABTALK No. 2 (Summer 1993)
The ‘Carve Out’ from Liens and Priorities to Guarantee Payment of Professional Fees in Chapter 11," 1993 Det.Col.L.Rev. 1499 (1993)
Protecting Judgment Liens in Bankruptcy," 2 Mo.Bus.L.Q. No. 4 (1996)
Reaffirmation Proposals of the National Bankruptcy Review Commission," 2 NLA Review No. 2 (1998)
Reaffirmations: Procedures and Problems," 54 J. Mo. Bar 237 (1998)
Preclusion of Debtors` Causes of Action by Confirmation in Bankruptcy," St. Louis Bar Journal (2002)

Professional Associations and Memberships: 
The Missouri Bar
American Bankruptcy Institute
National Lawyers Association (Advisory Council)
Christian Legal Aid of St. Louis (Treasurer)

Past Employment Positions: 
Assistant U.S. Trustee, Bankruptcy Court, 1988-1993
Member, Thousand Hills Area Probation and Parole Citizens Advisory Board, 1985-1986
Law Clerk to Hon. Albert L. Rendlen, Missouri Supreme Court, 1978-1979Birth Information: 
1953, Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America