Honors and Awards:

• Phi Beta Kappa, 1999

Bar/Professional Activity:

• CLE Presenter at the 2010 Missouri Bar Solo and Small Firm Conference., 2010

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Re-Introducing Lay Participation to Japanese Criminal Trials: An Awkward Yet Necessary Step, 2 WASH. U. GLOBAL STUD. L. REV. 231 (2003)., Author, Washington University Global Studies Law Review, 2003
• Co-Authored the 2007 and 2009 Updates to the Conflicts of Law Chapter in the Family Law Deskbook published by The Missouri Bar., Co-author, The Missouri Bar, 2009
• Continuing Legal Education Presentation "Yours, Mine, Ours & Theirs: Remarriage, Blended Families, and the Impact of the Reconfigured Family on Estate and Trust Issues"  at the 2010 Missouri Bar Solo & Small Firm Conference., Presenter, The Missouri Bar Association, 2010
• Co-authored update to Conflicts of Law Chapter in Missouri Family Law CLE Deskbook., Author, Missouri Family Law CLE Deskbook Chapter 27, The Missouri Bar, 2011

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• American Bar Association Family Law Trial Institute, 2008
• American Association of Matrimonial Lawyers Institute for Family Law Associates 2006, 2009

Educational Background:

• Bachelor of Arts, Double Major in East Asian Studies and Anthropology at Washington University, 1999
• Juris Doctor from Washington University, 2003