Lawyer Overview

Representative Cases

• Simpson by Simpson v. Revco Drug Centers of Missouri, Inc., 702 S.W.2d 482 (Mo.App. W.D. 1985)
• Gordon v. State, 684 S.W.2d 888 (Mo.App. W.D. 1985)
• Palcher v. J.C. Nichols Co., 783 S.W.2d 166 (Mo.App. W.D. 1990)
• Berns Bros., Inc. v. Keller, 703 S.W.2d 507 (Mo.App. W.D. 1985)
• State v. Beaver, 621 S.W.2d 361 (Mo.App. W.D. 1981)
• Frasure v. Lawrence A. Jones Mortuary, 867 S.W.2d 538 (Mo.App. 1994)
• Lockwood v. Jackson County, 951 S.W.2d 354 (Mo.App. 1997)
• Elier Lopez-Vizcaino v. Action Bail Bonds, Inc., 3 S.W.2d 891 (Mo.App.W.D. 1999)
• Helen Havrum v. United States of America, 204 F.3d 815 (8th Cir. 2000)

West Practice Categories

Civil Rights, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Workers' Compensation Law

Bar Admissions

• Missouri, 1976
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1976
• Kansas, 1998

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Community Movement for Urban Progress
• Genesis School
• Children's Emergency Fund
• Legal Aid of Western Missouri - Justice Campaign for America
• Volunteer Attorney Project
• Missouri Institute for Justice

Honors and Awards

• Lon O. Hocker Memorial Trial Lawyer Award, 1982
• Pro Bono Award, Missouri Bar, 1990
• H. Michael Coburn Community Service Award, 2000
• Tom Cochran Community Service Award, 2005
• Best of the Bar listing (Kansas City Business Journal, 2002)
• Coburn Professional Excellence Award (Ross T. Roberts Inns of Court, 2002)
• Man of La Mancha Award for "dreaming the impossible dream, fighting the unconquerable foe." (UMKC Law Foundation, 2003)
• Kansas City's 10 Legal Leaders of the Year (The Daily Record, 2004)

Education

• University of Missouri Columbia School of Law, Columbia, Missouri, 1976
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Honors: Missouri Law Review
• University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1970
  M.A., Master of Arts
• University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, 1969
  A.B., Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

References

• Commerce Bank of Kansas City, N.A.
• United Missouri Bank

Published Works

• An Unqualified Policy on Public Aid to Non-Public Schools 40 Missouri Law Review 342 Missouri Honors Review, May, 1967
• Constitutional Problems in Enhanced Sentencing for 'Dangerous Special Offenders' 40 Missouri Law Review 660, 1975
• Employment of Criminal-Record-Victims: Restrictions & Remedies 41 Missouri Law Review 349, 1976

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