Highlights
Personal Injury-Plaintiff
Wrongful Death-Plaintiff
Motor Vehicle Accidents-Plaintiff
Bad Faith Insurance
Election Campaign & Political Law
Toxic Torts
Class Actions-Plaintiff
Consumer Protection
Wrongful Death-Plaintiff
Motor Vehicle Accidents-Plaintiff
Bad Faith Insurance
Election Campaign & Political Law
Toxic Torts
Class Actions-Plaintiff
Consumer Protection
Missouri, 1995
Kansas, 2006
U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 1995
Kansas, 2006
U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 1995
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, Missouri
J.D. – 1995
University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
B.A. – 1992
Honors: Dean’s List
Major: Political Science
Missouri Super Lawyers 2010-2021
2017 Missouri Lawyers Weekly- Largest Plaintiff’s Verdict of 2016
2017 Missouri Lawyers Weekly – Largest Settlements of 2016
Top 100 Trial Lawyers-National Trial Lawyers, 2011
Super Lawyers-Personal Injury-Top Attorney in Missouri & Kansas, 2010 – 2012
Warrant Officer of the Year-Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office, 1997
2017 Missouri Lawyers Weekly- Largest Plaintiff’s Verdict of 2016
2017 Missouri Lawyers Weekly – Largest Settlements of 2016
Top 100 Trial Lawyers-National Trial Lawyers, 2011
Super Lawyers-Personal Injury-Top Attorney in Missouri & Kansas, 2010 – 2012
Warrant Officer of the Year-Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office, 1997
Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, 2002 – Present
Insurance Bad Faith Trial Lawyers Association, President, 2012 – Present
Insurance Bad Faith Trial Lawyers Association, President, 2012 – Present
Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office, Assistant Prosecutor, 1995 – 2000
Missouri Attorney General’s Office, Assistant Attorney General, 2000 – 2001
The Healy Law Firm, Associate, 2001 – 2002
Dollar, Burns & Becker, L.C., Partner, 2002 – 2012
Missouri Attorney General’s Office, Assistant Attorney General, 2000 – 2001
The Healy Law Firm, Associate, 2001 – 2002
Dollar, Burns & Becker, L.C., Partner, 2002 – 2012
Campaign Finance Compliance
Phi Delta Theta