The Best Lawyers in America for Insurance Law (2007-present)
2008-2009 Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers®
National Seminar on Fire Analysis Litigation, National Association of Fire Investigators (2003-2009)
"Interviewing-Interrogation Techniques and Courtroom Testimony," 80-hour course, National Fire Academy (2005)
National Fire, Arson & Explosion Investigation Training Program, National Association of Fire Investigators (2004)
Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator (2004)
AV® Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
National Fire Protection Agency 921 Major Investigation Task Group Member
Certified instructor for the United States Fire Administration's National Fire Academy Course: Interviewing-Interrogation Techniques and Courtroom Testimony
Education
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law (J.D., 1990)
Author and presenter, "Deposition and Trial Testimony," National Association of Fire Investigators National Seminar on Fire Analysis (2007)
Author and presenter, "Technology and Trial Preparation," National Association of Fire Investigators (NAFI) National Seminar on Fire Analysis Litigation (2005, 2006, 2007)
Co-Author, "Experts Beware: Ignoring the Scientific Method Results in Exclusion of Opinions" International Symposium on Fire Investigation Science and Technology (2006)
Presentations
Instructor, "Interviewing-Interrogation Techniques and Courtroom Testimony," National Fire Academy (2006, 2008)
Student Instructor, "Interviewing-Interrogation Techniques and Courtroom Testimony," National Fire Academy (2005)