Honors and Awards:

• 2009- Named "Up & Coming" by the Missouri Lawyers Weekly
• 2010- Present--Given an "AV-Preeminent" Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell Registry of Preeminent Attorneys
• 2009- Recipient, Roy F. Essen Outstanding Young Lawyer Award (from the St. Louis County Bar Association
• 2004-Selectee, "30 Under 30"-Class of 2004 by the St. Louis Business Journal
• 2000- Recipient, Milton F. Napier Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy from the Lawyers Association of St. Louis
• 2009-Present--Named "Top 100 Trial Lawyers" in Missouri, American Trial Lawyers Association

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

Bar/Professional Activity:

• 2006-2012; Elected as St. Louis County Representative to the Missouri Bar's Young Lawyer Section, served as a member of its Executive Committee, the Public Defender Task Force, the Special Needs Task Force, and the Missouri Plan Task Force.
• 2008- Chair of the Criminal Law Section of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis and a member of its Board of Governors

Pro bono/Community Service:

• 2005-2008- Served as an Executive Council Member of the Board of Directors for "HavenHouse St. Louis" a non-for-profit organiztion that provides the comfort of home to those families who have to travel to St. Louis in order for their children to receive medical care.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• 2005- Author, "Ever Heard of the Lautenberg Amendement?  Don't Worry Your Not Alone.", October issue of Missouri Lawyer's Weekly.

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• 1993-2000, served in the United States Marine Corps Reserves, achieving the rank of Corporal.  Served four years in a Scout/Sniper Platoon and then as a legal clerk for the Marine JAG.  Have been given numerous awards and honors.  2002-2010, a member of the United States Army Reserves Judge Advocate General Corps, obtained the rank of Captain wherein he tried several criminal courts martials and adminstrative separation hearings.  Have been given numerous awards and honors.