Areas of Practice

• Civil Rights
• Constitutional Law
• Criminal Law
• Government Agencies & Programs
• Litigation & Appeals
• Eminent Domain
• Whistleblower/Qui Tam
• Federal White Collar Crime
• Drug Cases
• Income Tax Evasion
• Civil Actions for Violation of Constituional Rights
• Plaintiffs

Litigation Percentage

• 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• U.S. Supreme Court, 1981
• U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
• Missouri

Education

• University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, Missouri, 1962
  J.D.
  
  
• Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA, 1959
  B.A.
  
  

Published Works

• Ethical Considerations in Criminal Practice Missouri Criminal Practice 2d, Missouri Bar, 1989

Representative Cases

• State ex rel. Robinson v. Corum, 716 S.W.2d 376 (Mo.App. W.D. 1986)
• Application of CBS, Inc., 663 F.Supp. 1011 (S.D.N.Y. 1987)
• U. S. v. Cantrell, 612 F.2d 509 (C.A.10 (Kan.) 1980)
• State ex rel. Chicago, R. I. & P. R. Co. v. Riederer, 454 S.W.2d 36 (Mo. 1970)
• Cox v. U. S. Dept. of Justice, 576 F.2d 1302 (C.A.8 (Mo.) 1978)

Representative Clients

• American Multi Cinema
• EDP Enterprises, Inc.
• Jack Roach Cadillac, Inc.
• Roy Lee Williams

References

• United Missouri Bank of Kansas City

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Legal Aid of Western Missouri, 1978 - Present
  Board of Directors, Past President
  
  
• Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  Member, 2000-2001 Past President
  
  
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  Member
  
  
• Missouri Bar Association, 1962 - Present
  Member
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Missouri Chief Criminal Division, Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1963 - 1968
• W.D.Mo., Federal Public Defender, 1971 - 1973

Fraternities/Sororities

• Sigma Nu
• Phi Delta Phi
• Phi Mu Alpha

Birth Information

• September 20, 1937, Robinson, Illinois, United States of America