BAR ADMISSIONS

Admitted to Bar, Iowa- 1988
Missouri and US District Court, Northern District of Iowa and Western District of Missouri- 1989
Kansas and US District Court, District of Kansas- 1990

EDUCATION

Grinnell College, Alma College (BA cum laude, 1985)
Drake University Law School (J.D., 1988)
Order of the Coif
Drake Law Review, Member (1986-1987)
Articles Editor (1987-1988)
Law Clerk to the Honorable John A. Jarvey, Chief US Magistrate, Northern District of Iowa (1988-1989)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, MEMBERSHIPS AND AWARDS

2000-2010 - AV Rating by LexisNexis/Martindale Hubbell - Highest Possible Peer Review Rating in Legal Ability and Ethical Standards
Johnson County Bar Association
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
Kansas Bar Association
The Missouri Bar

PUBLISHED

Co-authored:
•"Liability Limiting Legislation: The Impermissible Removal of the Jury's Right to Decide,"
36 Drake Law Review, 723.
•"The Real Fatal Attraction: Civil and Criminal Liability for the Sexual Transmission of
AIDS," 37 Drake Law Review, 667.