100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation. Represented criminal clients for
the state of
Kansas in over 110 jury trials.
Bar Admissions
Kansas
U.S. District Court District of Kansas
U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri
Education
University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas
J.D. - 1988
University of Southern Colorado, Pueblo, Colorado
B.S. - 1984
Honors: With Distinction
Major: Political Science
Published Works
Defining Interrogation Under Miranda-Arizona v. Mauro, Kansas Criminal
Procedure Review, 5, 1988
Sex Predators: New Punishments Under Jessica's Law. The Kansas Prosecutor,
Winter 2007
Professional Associations and Memberships
Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
Johnson County Kansas Bar Association, 1988 - 2006
Kansas Bar Association
Kansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
National Trial Lawyers Association
Past Employment Positions
Johnson County District Attorney's Office, Assistant District Attorney,
1988 - 2006
Johnson County District Attorney's Office, Senior Assistant District Attorney,
1993 - 2012- Board of Directors 2009-2010.
Sexual Predator Commitments, State of Kansas, Special Assistant Attorney
General, 1995 - 2006
Sex Crimes Prosecution Unit for the Johnson County District Attorney's
Office 1998-2006, Section Chief, 1995 - 2002
92 Jury Trials Prosecuted, 1989-2006. Crimes of Conviction Include Murder,
Rape, Sex Crimes Against Children, Sexual Predator Commitments, Felony
Drug Offenses, Aggravated Battery, and Many Others.
