Honors and Awards:

• AmJur Award for Estates and Trusts class;, AMJUR Award Law School, University of Missouri, 2001

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Licensed with the MO Bar, 2001

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Licensed with KS Bar, 2002

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

Verdicts and Settlements:

• •McCurley v. Bridges – Wyandotte Co, KS: 2004-PR-000323 – 2005 – Wrongful Death ($300,000 settlement for negligence of homeowner resulting in natural gas explosion), 2005 •Confidential v. Confidential – Jackson Co, MO – 2008 – Products liability ($2,125,000 settlement involving a young woman who sustained a severe traumatic brain injury while restrained only by a lap belt in a minivan), 2008 •Harris v. MHTC – Jackson Co, MO: 0816-CV00420- 2009- Wrongful Death – $100,000 Arbitration – award for plaintiff for improper warning of dangerous condition allowed to exist on I-70 bridge over Manchester), 2009 •Confidential v. Confidential – Jackson Co, MO - 2010 - Dram Shop ($4,000,000 settlement for a brother and sister injured by drunk driver over-served at local establishment), 2010 •Brown v. Allinder, Jackson Co: 0916-CV40080 – 2011 – Automobile negligence – Jury Trial – ($70,000 plaintiff’s verdict for rotator cuff repair), 2011 •Smith v. Bush, Lafayette Co: 10LF-CV00715 – 2011 – Civil Negligence – ($2,268,979 plaintiff’s judgment in a bench trial for serious personal injuries sustained when a throttle stuck open on defendant’s motorcycle), 2011 •Clough v. Taylor, Clay Co: 11CY-CV04226 – 2011- Wrongful Death ($1,100,000 settlement for 21 year old man hit and killed while riding his bicycle on public street), 2011