College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts

• Bachelor of Arts, History, 1987

Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas

• Juris Doctor, 1996
• Washburn Law Journal, Member, 1994-96; Managing Editor, 1995-96
• Top Papers: Secured Transactions; Legal Systems

Kansas Bar, 1996

U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, 1996

Missouri Bar, 1997

U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, 1997

Trials

• Successful in jury and bench trials involving breach of contract, lien foreclosure, personal injury (insurance defense), property damage, vehicular homicide, and inverse condemnation.

CEO Fiduciary Duty

• Obtained judgment for $419,000 for exclusive American distributor of CZ firearms, against terminated CEO based on breach of fiduciary duty and the Kansas Faithless Servant Doctrine.

Oil Pipeline Leak

• Oil Pipeline Leak:  Recovered $400,000 in remediation costs for Dallas-based land developer in relation to a 100,000 gallon oil pipeline leak that delayed construction of apartments and created complex causation issues. 

Blue Sky Laws

• Obtained restraining order and rescission of fraudulent corporate stock sale that violated blue sky laws, resulting in complete restitution of $250,000 plus attorney's fees. 

Employment Agreement

• Prevailed for damages and attorney fees against ex-employee dentist who misappropriated over 100 clients and 2 employees in breach of non-solicitation covenant. 

Shareholder Suit

• Obtained appointment of receiver to manage daily operations of pet supply company and accomplished subsequent buy-out of 50 percent shareholders.

Tradename Infringement

• Successfully defended limousine company against action for injunctive relief alleging tradename infringement, Lanham Act violations, and unfair competition.

Class Actions

• Co-chaired defense and ultimate dismissal of two class action suits relating to the Coffeyville flood and oil release of 2007, which involved $50 Million in damage to 400 homes and businesses.

Energy Law

• Appeal for large volume electricity consumers that resulted in reversal of rate case for a return of over $12 Million to the Kansas Industrial Consumers.

Regulatory Issues

• Representative of petroleum refieries and suppliers before F.E.R.C. and in federal court, regarding antitrust attittudes, pipeline and terminal access, and pipeline allocaion.

Reported Cases

• Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing, v. Liberty Surplus Insurance Corporation
• 2009 WL 950811 (D.Kan.)
• 2009 WL 790180
• Kansas Industrial Consumers Group, Inc. v. State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas
• 2008 WL 400222 (Kan.App. 2008)
• 36 Kan.App.2d 83 (2006)
• Pet Enterprises, LLC v. Topper, 2006 WL 3848953 (D.Kan. 2006)
• State v. Lawrence, 2006 WL 1562158 (Kan. 2006) (First Degree Murder)
• State v. Meeks, 277 Kan. 609 (2004) (First Degree Murder)
• State v. Graham, 275 Kan. 831 (2003)
• State v. Gardner, 272 Kan. 706 (2001)

"Damage To Real Property: The Lay of the Land," 75 Kansas Bar Association Journal 6 (October 2006)

"Negligence: Protecting Investors by Forcing Brokerage Firms to Disclose Employees' Misconduct [Palmer v. Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc., 622 So.2d 1085 (Fla.Ct.App. 1993)]," 34 Washburn L.J. 628 (1995)

Kansas Bar Association

Wyandotte County Bar Association

Johnson County Bar Association

Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association

Member of Kansas Earl E. O'Connor Inn of Court, 2001-02

Arbitrator for Chrysler Warranty Settlement Program, 1996