Colorado

• U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Illinois

• U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Kansas

• Kansas State Courts
• U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Missouri

• Missouri State Courts
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

U.S. Courts of Appeals

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

J.D. (with honors)

University of Tulsa

B.S.

University of Houston

• Served as National Counsel for Johnson Controls and Compass Group USA
• Jury trial in Jackson County, Missouri (first chair) in wrongful death trucking accident case with alleged eight-figure damages (defense verdict) (2025) #1 TOP DEFENSE VERDICT IN 2025 – MISSOURI LAWYERS MEDIA
• Jury trial in St. Charles County, Missouri (first chair) in car accident case (defense verdict) (2025)
• Jury trial in Greene County, Missouri (first chair) (defense verdict) (2025)
• Jury trial in Clay County, Missouri (first chair) in damages only case (damages amount victory) (2024)
• Jury trial in Putnam County, New York (second chair) involving admitted-liability commercial vehicle accident and alleged catastrophic injuries with alleged eight-figure damages (defense verdict)
• Jury trial in Seattle, Washington (first chair) in property damage case involving an alleged failure in a fire-protection system product – obtained defense verdict for manufacturer by establishing installer fault
• Jury trial in civil rights lawsuit in the Western District of Missouri (racial discrimination)
• Jury trial in civil rights lawsuit in the Western District of Missouri (prisoner abuse allegations)
• Partial additional trials in Paola, Kansas; Livingston, Louisiana; and Tuskegee, Alabama (cases resolved after jury selection/trial began)
• Summary judgement on all claims in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas (First Amendment)
• Motion to dismiss granted in U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas (TCPA class action)
• Summary judgement on all claims in the U.S. Middle District of Florida (premises liability with alleged seven-figure damages)
• Summary judgement on all claims in Los Angeles, Ca (premises liability)
• Summary judgement on all claims in Indianapolis, Indiana, Marion County Superior Court, (lack of evidence)
• Summary judgement on all claims in Lake County, Illinois (plant explosion causing severe personal injuries)
• Summary judgement on all claims in Scott County, Minnesota (spoliation)
• Summary judgment on all tort claims (on contract claims/economic loss doctrine) in Fairfax County, Virginia
• Summary judgment in Harris County, Texas (on RICO claims)
• Summary judgment in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (on premises liability/negligent hiring, training, and supervision claims)
• Arbitrations for matters in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina; Maricopa County, Arizona; Fulton County, Georgia; and Riverside County, California. (All awarded to the defendants)

• American Bar Association
• Kansas Bar Association
• The Missouri Bar Association
• Johnson County Bar Association

• # 1 Top Defense Verdict in 2025 – Missouri Lawyers Media

• Press conference with Mayor Sly James, featured in Business Wire, Kansas City, Missouri (July 2014)
• NHS Past, Present & Future, Kansas City, Missouri (June 2014)
• Financial Leadership—Do You Have the Right Team?, NeighborWorks® Executive Director Symposium, Washington, D.C. (April 2014)
• Experts in Litigation, Presentation in Kansas City, Missouri (Fall 2011)
• The Ethical Use of AI in the Practice of Law, (Summer 2026)