Education:

Southwest Missouri State University (B.A., 1975)

Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (M.T.S., summa cum laude, 1977)

University of Missouri at Columbia (M.A., 1979; J.D., 1982), Fraternity: Phi Alpha Delta

Recipient, Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Missouri at Columbia (1979)

Member, University of Missouri at Columbia Law Review (1982)

Outstanding Young Man of America (1989)

Who's Who Among Outstanding Americans (1995)

Admitted to Practice:

Missouri (1982)

Nevada (1992)

United States Supreme Court (1987)

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit

United States District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Missouri

United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan

United States District Court of Nevada

American Bar Association, Member, Sections on Tort and Insurance Practice;

Litigation Chairman, Membership Subcommittee (1996-1998) Pretrial Practice and Discovery Committee, (1996)

American Board of Trial Advocates, Associate Member

American Jury Trial Foundation

Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine

Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Board of Governors (2001 - ); Chair (2002-2003), Executive Committee (2000 - 2004) Product Liability Section.

Consumer Attorneys of California

Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii

Georgia Trial Lawyers Association

Indiana Trial Lawyers Association

International Society of Barristers, Fellow

Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys

Melvin M. Belli Society, Fellow

Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association

Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys; Board of Governors (1992- ); Executive Committee (2003 -); Co-Chairman: Amicus Committee (1996- 2003)

Missouri State Bar (Civil Practice and Procedure Section, Tort Section)

National Board of Trial Advocacy (certified as Civil Trial Advocate, served as Examiner)

Nevada State Bar

Nevada Trial Lawyers Association

Rosco Pound Foundation

San Antonio Trial Lawyers Association

Society of Automotive Engineers

Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association

Texas Trial Lawyers Association

Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Missouri State Coordinator (1992-2001); National Board of Directors (1995 - 1998)

Washington State Trial Lawyers Association

Western Trial Lawyers Association

"Pretrial-Discovery/Request for Admissions." Missouri Products Liability Handbook, Chapter 11,1988

"Featured Case: McKinley v. Chrysler Motor Corporation," The Missouri Trial Attorney, April 1991

"Featured Case: Lupo v. General Motors Corporation," The Missouri Trial Attorney, June 1994

"Crashworthiness Cases-Preserving the Evidence," TIPS Committee News, Civil Procedure and Evidence Committee, Spring 1995

"Experts: Practical Use Before and During Trial," The Missouri Trial Attorney, December 1995

"Air Bag Litigation: A Cause of Action Reborn," The Missouri Trial Attorney, February 1996

"Passive Belts," ATLA Products Liability Law Reporter, April 1996

"Practical Advice on the Use of Experts Before and During Trial," TIPS Committee News, Civil Procedure and Evidence Committee, Summer 1996

"Passive Two-Point Shoulder Belts: The Injuries They Produce," Leader's Product Liability Law and Strategy, October, 1996

"Featured Case: Dickerson et al. v. Martin Stewart and Mazda Motor Corporations," The Missouri Trial Attorney, Winter 1998

"Daubert/Kumho: Some Practical Suggestions," Mealey's Litigation Advisor, Trends & Reviews June 11, 1999

"Focus Groups in a Crashworthiness Case," ATLA Products Liability, Volume IV, Number 1, Winter 1999

"LTVs: "Safer" at What Cost?" Trial, Journal of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, January 2000, co-author William Petrus

"Opening the Gates," Trial, Journal of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, June 2000

"Litigating Air Bag and Passive Belt Cases After Geier: Preemption," Products Liability Litigation, Product Studies, ATLA Press, Pages 2-110 through 2-129, March, 2001

"The Auto-Safety Preemption War Since Geier," Trial, Journal of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, November 2001