Admitted: 1977, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court; 1993, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 2004, Oklahoma; 2007, U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma
Law School: Washburn University of Topeka, J.D.
Member: Topeka, Kansas and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Oklahoma Bar Association.
Biography: Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Board of Editors, Washburn Law Journal, 1975-1977. Author: "Survey of the Law of Kansas-Insurance," 15 Washburn Law Journal 373, 1976; "Survey of the Law of Kansas-Workmen's Compensation," 15 Washburn Law Journal 409, 1976; Note, "Evolving Standards of Personal Liability and Scienter Under Rule 10b-5," 16 Washburn Law Journal 344, 1977. Research and Administrative Attorney, Chief Justice of Kansas Supreme Court, 1977-1979. Legal Counsel to Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka, 1979-1980. Member, Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys, 1986-1998.
Born: Topeka, Kansas, January 20, 1953