Member
Practice Areas
Bar Admissions
- Missouri
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court, District of Kansas
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Professional Background
- Horn Aylward & Bandy, LLC, 1999-Present
- Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin, 1981-1999
- Law Clerk, The Honorable Scott O. Wright, U.S. District Judge, Western District of Missouri, 1979-1981
Education
- University of Missouri at Columbia, J.D., 1979
- Note and Comment Editor, Missouri Law Review, 1978-79
- Missouri Southern State College, B.A., 1976
Publications and Presentations
- Tort Reform and Medical Malpractice Litigation, Kansas City, Missouri
- Elements of Medical Negligence Case, St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, Missouri
- "Litigation: What Every Risk Manager Should Know," CHI Risk Management Seminar, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- "Recent Cases of Interest in the Defense of Medical Malpractice Claims," HSG Claim Seminar, Jefferson City, Missouri
- "Loss of Chance Cases in Missouri," KCMBA, Kansas City, Missouri
- "Punitive Damages in Medical Malpractice Cases," HSG Claim Seminar, Jefferson City, Missouri
- "Punitive Damages and Medical Malpractice," MDA Defense Attorneys Seminar, Branson, Missouri
- "Preconception Torts," MDA Defense Attorneys Seminar, Osage Beach, Missouri
- Moderator, Appellate Court Seminar, KCMBA, Kansas City, Missouri
- "Avoiding Bad Faith Claims, "MDA Claims Seminar, Springfield, Missouri
- "Overview of Comparative Fault and Joint and Several Liability," KCMBA, Kansas City, Missouri
- "Torts and Civil Actions," Missouri Bar Annual Update of Missouri Law, Kansas City, Missouri
- "MAI and Medical Malpractice Cases," UMC Law School Medical Malpractice Seminar, Kansas City, Missouri
Significant Accomplishments
- Outstanding Defense Attorney, 1991, Healthcare Services Group, Jefferson City