Bar Admissions

• Missouri, 1991

Education

• University of Missouri Columbia School of Law, Columbia, Missouri, 1991
  Juris Doctor
  Honors: Top Ten Trial Brief, Harry P. Thompson Trial Competition (1990)
  Honors: American Jurisprudence Award, Alternative Dispute Resolution (1991)
  Honors: Dean's List
  
  
• Missouri Western State College, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1986
  Bachelor of Science
  Honors: Magna Cum Laude
  Honors: Served on the Griffon Yearbook's Editorial Board (1983-1984)
  Honors: 3rd Place (Feature Writing), Columbia University Gold Circle Awards (1983)
  Honors: 1st Place, Missouri Academy of Sciences (1986)
  Major: Psychology

Representative Cases

• State v. Gonzales, 153 S.W.3d 311 (Mo.banc 2005)
• State v. Buchanan, 115 S.W.3d 841 (Mo.banc 2003)
• State v. Baumruk, 83 S.W.3d 644 (Mo.banc 2002)
• State v. Mayes, 63 S.W.3d 615 (Mo.banc 2001)
• State v. Pritchard, 982 S.W.2d 273 (Mo.banc 1999)
• Carr v. State, 934 S.W.2d 289 (Mo.banc 1996)
• State v. Whardo, 859 S.W.2d 138 (Mo.banc 1993)
• State v. Tilden, 988 S.W.2d 568 (Mo.App., W.D. 1999)
• State v. Scott, 943 S.W.2d 730 (Mo.App., W.D. 1997)
• State v. White, 952 S.W.2d 802 (Mo.App., E.D. 1997)
• State v. Jones, 914 S.W.2d 852 (Mo.App., E.D. 1996)
• Winfield v. State, 93 S.W.3d 732 (Mo.banc 2003)
• State v. Smith, 32 S.W.3d 532 (Mo.banc 2000)
• Shemwell v. Arni, 223 S.W. 3d 216 (Mo.App., E.D. 2007)
• Gould v. Gould, 202 S.w. 3d 52 (Mo.App., E.D. 2006)
• Cosby v. Cosby, 202 S.w. 3d 717 (Mo.App., E.D. 2006)

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Appellate Practice, MO Bar, 1995
• New Attorney Workshop, Public Defender, 1996
• Litigation Persuasion Institute, KY Public Advocacy, 1999
• Appellate Defender Training, NLADA, 1999
• Appellate Defender Training, NLADA, 2000
• Effective Editing Workshop, Public Defender, 2001
• Appellate Defender Training, NLADA, 2001
• Capital Conference-Appellate Issues, Public Defender, 2003
• SASF Conference - Making a Difference, MO Bar, 2004
• SASF Conference - Criminal Appeals, MO Bar, 2005
• How to Series: Appeals, MO Bar, 2007

Past Employment Positions

• Columbia, MO, State Public Defender, 1991 - 2003