Bar Admissions:
* Missouri 1987
* Kansas 1989
* South Dakota 2003
* U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri 1987
* U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth and Tenth Circuits 1989
* U.S. District Court, District of Kansas 1989
* U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota 2003
* U.S. Supreme Court 1985
Law School:
Creighton University, J.D., 1987
Recipient: Nebraska Bar Foundation Outstanding Student Trial Advocate 1987
Moot Court Board, 1986-1987
National Moot Court Team, 1985-1987
National Student Trial Advocacy Team, 1985-1987
Phi Alpha Delta (President 1987)
College:
Creighton University, B.A., 1984
Recipient: Best Student in Debate 1984
Memberships:
Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (Board of Governors; Chair Business Litigation Section; C.L.E. Committee); Missouri Bar Association; American Association for Justice (formerly ATLA); Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Member, Business Tort and Civil Practice Committee); Kansas and American Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota.