Born in Michigan, 1958. Admitted to bar: 1983, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 1984, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1987, U.S. District Courts, Northern and Eastern Districts of California and Eastern District of Michigan; 1989, U.S. Courts of Appeals, Ninth and Sixth Circuits and U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1997, Missouri; 1999, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 2008, Texas. Education: Grand Rapids Community College (A.A., with high honors, 1978); Grand Valley State University (B.S., with high honors, 1980–valedictorian in Criminal Justice Law Enforcement); University of Michigan (J.D., 1983). Delta Pi Alpha Honor Society; Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. Past/Present Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; Beverly Hills and Los Angeles County Bar Associations; American Bar Association; State Bars of California, Michigan, Missouri and Texas. PRACTICE AREAS: Litigation; Commercial Collections; Commercial; Enforcement of Judgments; Prejudgment Remedies; General Business. Formerly chairman of Creditors’ Rights Department in Los Angeles office of the international law firm formerly known as Graham & James, LLP.

Appointed by Missouri Governor Matt Blunt to be Sixth Congressional District Commissioner on Missouri Commission on Human Rights; May 2006 to present

Investigator/Mediator/Arbitrator for Missouri State Bar Fee Dispute Resolution Committee; October 1998 to present

Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City; October 1998 to present (Board of Directors, February 2004 to present; Delegate, October 2003)

Blue Ribbon COMBAT Review Committee (appointed by Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders and County Legislature to review and make recommendations regarding the spending of Community Backed Anti-Drug Tax funds); March to October 2007