Delta Theta Phi. Member, UMKC National Trial Team, 1983. Staff, UMKC Law Review, 1981-1983. Recipient: Lon O. Hocker Trial Lawyer Award, 1995. Author: "Pediatric Cases: Representing the Injured Child," Trial, May, 1993. Contributing Author: "Complications of Early Pregnancy," Operative Obstetrics, Williams & Wilkins, 1995. Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Law, 1984-1995. Member, Missouri Supreme Court Committee on Civil Jury Instructions, 1992—. Member, American Board of Trial Advocates, 1995—, President 2006. National Board Member, UMKC Law Foundation, 2000—. Member, Board of Directors, 1993—; Secretary, 1996-1997; Treasurer, 1997-1998, Vice President 1998-1999, President, 1999-2000; Kansas City Business Journal's Best of the Bar 2003-2010; Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers, 2005-10; Best Lawyers in America.