Areas of Practice

• Criminal Appeals
• Civil Appeals
• Family Law Appeals

Bar Admissions

• Missouri, 1997
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2003

Education

• Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa, 1996
  J.D.
• University of Minnesota, 1993
  B.A.
  

Representative Cases

• Missouri v. Seibert, 542 U.S. 600 ( 2004)
• State v. Perkins, 996 S.W.2d 753 (Mo. App. E.D. 1999)
• State v Blankenship, 23 S.W.3d 848 (Mo. App. E.D. 2000)
• State v. Cravens, 50 S.W.3d 290 (Mo.App., S.D. 2000)
• State v. Gaskins, 66 S.W.3d 110 (Mo.App., S.D. 2001)
• Ivy v. State, 81 S.W.3d 199 (Mo.App., W.D. 2002)
• State v. Gomez, 92 S.W.3d 253 (Mo.App., S.D. 2002)
• State v. Busey, 143 S.W.3d 6 (Mo.App., W.D. 2003)
• State v. Rauch, 118 S.W.3d 263 (Mo.App., W.D. 2003)
• State v. Schmutz, 100 S.W.3d 876 (Mo.App., S.D. 2003)
• State v. Garrett, 139 S.W.3d 577 (Mo.App., S.D. 2004)
• State v. Nelson, 178 S.W.3d 638 (Mo.App., E.D. 2005)
• Johnson v. Missouri Department of Corrections, 166 S.W.3d 110 (Mo.App., W.D. 2005)
• State v. McGowan, 184 S.W.3d 607 (Mo.App., E.D. 2006)
• Sams v. State, 980 S.W.2d 294 (Mo.banc 1998)
• State v. Madison, 997 S.W.2d 16 (Mo.banc 1999)
• State v. French, 79 S.W.3d 896 (MO.banc 2002)
• State v. Garrett, (Mo.banc 2003)
• State v. Busey, (Mo.banc 2004)
• State v. Crawford, (Mo.banc 2004)
• State v. Burrell, 160 S.3d 798 (Mo.banc 2005)

Professional Associations and Memberships

• The Missouri Bar Criminal Law Committee, 2006 - Present
  Member