Practice Areas: Plaintiff Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Hazardous Products Liability and Medical Negligence, Helicopter Crash Claims

Additional Information: See: Vanessa Bryant v. Island Express Helicopters, Inc., et al.

Phi Kappa Phi; Pi Sigma Alpha (President, 1977-1978); Omicron Delta Epsilon. Adjunct Professor of Law, Products
Liability, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, 1984-1987. Executive Articles Editor, University of Michigan
Journal of Law Reform, 1980-1981. Author: "General Aviation Cases: Investigating the Case and Knowing the Law and
Applicable Rules," Trial Magazine, p. 40, November, 1997; "Products Liability: Deposing the Product Manufacturer's
In-House Engineers," Trial Magazine, p. 36, November, 1994; "Products Liability: Ten Steps for Maintaining the Plaintiffs
Litigation Edge," Trial Magazine, p. 52, November, 1993; "A Practical Approach to Use of State of the Art Evidence in Strict
Products Liability Cases," 77 Northwestern University Law Review 1, 1982; "Products Liability-Unraveling the State of
Confusion in State of the Art Evidence," The National Law Journal 36, June, 1982; "Products Liability: Practical and Legal
Implications in Recalling Dangerous Products," The National Law Journal 23, October, 1983; "State of the Art Evidence in
Missouri," 40 Journal of the Missouri Bar 456, 1984; "The Effect of the Proposed Federal Product Liability Act on Current
Law Regarding Liability for Defectively Designed Products," 6 Journal of Products Liability 147, 1983; "Prefiling Preparation
of a Products Liability Lawsuit," Trial Magazine, Vol. 25, No. 7, p. 99, July 1989; "Admissibility of Prior Accidents Can Be a
Key Evidentiary Issue," The National Law Journal, July 10, 1989. Contributing Editor: Chapter 12.07, "State of the Art," L.
Frumer and M. Friedman, Products Liability, Matthew Bender Co., 1984. General Editor, Missouri Products Liability
Handbook, 1987- . Member, Board of Editors, Products Liability Newsletter, 1982- . Co-Author: "Tort and Contract
Theories in Products Liability Cases," Tort Law, Missouri Bar Handbook, Chapter 29, 1982, Supp. Certified as a Civil Trial
Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Chicago, Kansas City Metropolitan (Member, Federal Courts Committee), Illinois State and American
(Member, Section of Litigation; Member: Products, Liability and Consumer Law Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice,
1981- ; Trial Evidence Committee, 1981- ; Co-Vice-Chairman, 1988; Co-Chairman, 1991-1995, CLE Committee, Co-Chair
1995-1996; Co-Chair, Aviation Committee, 1996- ) Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar (Member, Editorial Board, Journal
of the Missouri Bar, 1985-1988); Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Sections on: Products Liability, Chair,
1997; Aviation; State Delegate); Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (Member, Board of Governors, 1993- ).

Significant Reported Cases: Cunningham vs. Subaru of America, 620 F.Supp. 646, W.D. Mo. 1985; Brines vs. Cibis, 784
S.W.2d 201 Mo.App., 1989; Coello vs. Tug Mfg. Corp, 756 F.Supp. 1258 W.D. Mo. 1991; Adams vs. Children's Mercy
Hospital, 832 S.W.2d 898 Mo., 1992; Letz v. Turbomeca Engine Corporation, 975 S.W.2d 155