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AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Estate Planning

• Fiduciary Litigation

• Alternative Dispute Resolution

• Adult/Minor Guardianships and Conservatorships

• Estate, Probate, and Trust Administration

• Real Estate

• Business/Transactional

• Tax

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Arts, William Jewell College, 1967,

• President of Kappa Alpha Order, 1966-1967;

• Vice President of Junior Class

• President of Senior Class

• Member of Student Senate, 1965-1967; football, 1964-1967

• President, Alpha Theta Pi History Honorary, 1966-1967

• Member, Phi Gamma Mu Social Studies Honorary

• Who’s Who receipent 

• Juris Doctor,  

• University of Missouri, Kansas City Law School, 1971,

• Law Review Editor-in-Chief/Comments Editor

• Inaugural Moot Court Board member;

• Member of the Order of the Bench and Robe; Dean’s List – All Semesters

• Student Senate high school lecturer

• Academic Excellence Award – Advanced Criminal Procedure

BAR ADMISSIONS​

• MO Bar, 1971

• US District Court for the Western District of MO, 1971

• Tax Court, 1971

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Distinctions

• Vice President/General Counsel of Applebee’s International, Inc. – 1990 through 2004;

• Mayor of the City of Liberty, MO – 2005 through 2009; William Jewell College Achievement Award, 2001;

• Missouri Municipal League Leadership Award, City of Liberty, 2015;

• William Jewell College Alumni Service Award, 2009;

• Kappa Alpha Order Knight Commander’s Accolade, 2013;

• William Jewell College Lifetime Alumni Service Award 2017;

• Board Member, Kappa Alpha Order National Housing Corporation, 1987-1990;

• Board Member/President, Liberty Symphony Orchestra;

• Board member, Hillcrest Hope Transitional Housing, 2004 – 2023;

• Board member, Freedom House, Inc., 2004 -20011;

• Board Member/President, Liberty Arts Foundation, 2011 – present;

• Board member/Chairman, Clay County Senior Services, 2011—present.