Pro bono/Community Service:

• Founder and Current Chairman, Reconcilers, Inc. (local racial reconciliation organization); Former Church Chairman and Member of Elder Board, Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church; Member, Christian Legal Aid of St. Louis; Member, National Football League Players Association (Retired); Member, Webster Forest Subdivision Homeowners Association; Former Board Member, St. Louis Sports Commission; Former Board Member, Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Verdicts and Settlements:

• (Sampling, by most recent) Civil: AB Mauri Foods (d/b/a Fleischman's Yeast) v. John Harold, et.al (RICO claims dismissed on motion, client was prevailing party in lengthy arbitration proceeding); Coles Tractor v. Homier Distributing Co. (franchise Act and fraud claims dismissed on summary judgment, affirmed on appeal to the 8th Circuit); McBride Homes v. Frisella (favorably settled fraud in inducement claims); Lila Decker v. Edward D. Jones, et.al (favorably settled Federal Ct., Eastern Dist. MO, fraud and undue influence claims); Bi-State Medical (successfully defended 3 different EEOC claims); Shelburne v. Penn Life, et.al (substantial settlement of wrongful death claims vs. life insurance companies); Lipic v. Lipic (judgment confirmed MO law re: post-nuptial agmts.); Numerous family law cases:  Springer v. Springer (judgment in favor of client on custody and financial issues); Bernier v. Bernier (settled); Gerstner v. Gerstner; Venezia v. Venezia     

Representative Clients:

• Bi-State Medical Consultants, Inc.; Homier Distributing Company, Inc.; Business Logistics, Inc.; Two Rivers Medical, LLC; Modern Business Interiors; Computer Support Group; H2Only, Inc.; Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church; First Evangelical Free Church; Sancta Maria Subdivision; Numerous clients related to litigation in areas of interest 

Educational Background:

• Washington University in St. Louis, J.D., 1984 University of Missouri/Columbia, B.A., 1978