Areas of Practice
Business and General Civil Litigation; Legal and Accounting Malpractice Defense; Securities Litigation; Class Action Defense; Appellate Practice
Admitted
1955, Missouri
Law School
Washington University, LL.B., 1955
College
Washington University, A.B., 1953
Membership
The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; The Missouri Bar; American Bar Association.
Biography
Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Editor-in-Chief, Washington University Law Quarterly, 1954-1955. Law Clerk to Justice Charles E. Whittaker, Supreme Court of the United States, 1957-1958. Lecturer of Law, 1962-1965 and Adjunct Professor of Law, 1981, Washington University School of Law. Member, 1969-1979 and President, 1975-1979, State Board of Law Examiners. Member, 1969-1975 and Chairman, 1970-1972, Board of Admissions, U.S. District Court, Eastern District, Eastern Division of Missouri. Member, Federal Practice Committee, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, 1987-2003. Member, Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group, Eastern District of Missouri, 1991-1993. Chairman, Merit Selection Panel for the Selection and Appointment of a United States Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, 2001. American College of Trial Lawyers, American Board of Trial Advocates, American Law Institute, American Bar Foundation, Best Lawyers in America (Business Litigation). Chambers, USA-America's Leading Business Lawyers (Litigation).
Born
St. Louis, Missouri
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