Admitted to practice in Missouri, 1985. J.D. Washington University in St. Louis; B.A. Drake University. Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers since 1995 (currently First Vice President); AAML Board of Governors 2005-11; Past- President, Missouri Chapter AAML; Director, AAML Foundation, 2010-2016; Faculty, AAML Institute for Family Law Associates, 2007 to present; Listed, “Best Lawyers in America” since 1999; Listed, “Missouri-Kansas Super Lawyers” since inception, including “Top 50 St. Louis” and “Top 100 Missouri/Kansas.” Listed, St. Louis Magazine’s “Best Lawyers” 2000 to present. Recipient, Missouri Bar’s “Roger Krumm Family Law Practitioner of the Year Award,” 2008. Recipient, “John C. Shepherd Professionalism Award,” by Bar Ass’n of Metropolitan St. Louis, 1997. Frequent lecturer and author of materials on matrimonial law topics; Member, ABA Family Law Section since 1989 and Faculty, ABA Family Law Trial Advocacy Course, 2012 to present; Missouri Bar Family Law Section; past-chair Bar Ass’n of Metropolitan St. Louis Family and Juvenile Law Section.
