Practice Areas:

• Trust Litigation
• Estate Litigation
• Estate Planning
• Creditors Rights

Education:

• University of Kansas (B.A., 1974; J.D., 1977)
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Order of the Coif.
• Note and Comment Editor, University of Kansas Law Review, 1976-1977

Professional Associations:

• Kansas Bar Association 2008 Professionalism Award
• Douglas County Bar Association
• Kansas Bar Association (Executive Committee of Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section, 1998-Present)
• American Bar Association
• Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
• Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys (2003-Present)

Publications and Presentations:

• Estate and Trust Case Update and Practical Tips presentation at Kansas Bankers Association Trust Conference, 2009
• Recent Estate and Trust Cases presentation at Herbert M. Walton (Johnson County) Bench/Bar Seminar, 2009
• Mechanics Liens presentation to Mid-America Lumbermens Association, 2009
• Creditors Rights , Kansas Bar Association Handbook on Probate & Trust Administration After Death, 2008
• Creditor Rights in Trust and Estate Planning presentation to Douglas County Estate Planning Council, 2007
• Adjunct Professor, Qualified Retirement Plans, University of Kansas School of Law, 1993-2005
• Kansas Reporter for American College of Trust & Estate Counsel (ACTEC) for "Will and Trust Construction and Instruction" (2000-Present)
• Newsletter Editor and Probate author for Kansas Bar Association Real Estate, Probate & Trust Section (published quarterly)
• Retirement Plan Valuation in Divorce presentations to the following:
  • Kansas Bar Association CLE program, 2000; and
  • A. G. Edwards seminar for Northeast Kansas accountants, 2005