Position: Member

TEL: 417-887-4300

FAX: 417-887-4385

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Website: www.stronglaw.com

Admitted: 1955, Missouri; 1958, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1959, U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court.

Law School: University of Missouri, J.D., 1955.

College: Southwest Missouri State University, B.S., 1952.

Birth Date and Place: Boston, Massachusetts, 1931

Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Product Liability.

Additional Information: Member: Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association (President, 1978); The Missouri Bar, Member, 1958-1986 and Chairman, 1980-1981, Torts Committee; Member, 1972-1976 and Chairman, 1974, Medico-Legal Relations Committee; Member, Committees on: Code of Evidence, 1982-1983; Legislative, 1984-1988); Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (President, 1988; Member, Executive Committee, 1985-1989); The Inner Circle of Advocates; International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Biography: Order of the Coif. Member, The Order of Barristers. Associate Editor, Missouri Law Review, 1953-1955. Contributing Editor: "Missouri Evidence," 1968; "Missouri Insurance Practice," 1971; "Missouri Civil Trial Practice," 1976; Missouri Insurance Practice, Second Edition, 1976; "Missouri Sources of Proof," Second Edition, 1977. Author: "Civil Voir-Dire-Notes of a Trial Lawyer," Journal of Missouri Bar, March, 1978; "Per Diem Argument-A Status Report," Journal of Missouri Bar, 1979; "Products Experts for Plaintiff-Some Practical Suggestions," Journal of Missouri Bar, July-August, 1981; "What Every Lawyer Should Know About Dismissals," Journal of Missouri Bar, September 1982; "What Is A Trial Lawyer?" Nevada Trial Lawyers' Association Newsletter, February, 1989; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys Bulletin, May 1989; The New Mexico Trial Lawyer, October, 1989; "The Evolution of MATA," The Missouri Trial Attorney, February, 1989; "Preempting Defense Strategies With Effective Voir Dire," Products Liability Law Reporter, Vol. 13, No. 2, March, 1994. Co-Author: "Organizing the File and Final Trial Preparations," Missouri Civil Trial Practice Deskbook, 2d Ed., 1988; "Missouri Damages," Chapter 20 - Use of An Expert in Proving Damages, 1988; "Missouri Sources of Proof," 3rd Ed., Chapter 7 - Statements, 1989; "Mary Carter Agreements," Missouri Litigation Settlement Desk Book, 1991; "How We Use a Shadow Jury," Journal of The Missouri Bar, March, 1991. Member, 1975-1980 and President, 1979-1980, State Board of Law Examiners. Member: Missouri Appellate Judicial Committee, 1985-1990; Federal Courts Committee, 1984-1987. Recipient: Outstanding Alumnus Award, Southwest Missouri State University, 1987; W. Oliver Rasch Award, 1992. Other Website: www.lawyers.com/stronglawfirm

Firm Members: Clifton Smart, III