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Publication


  • Editor-in-Chief, Appellate Practice Journal, published quarterly by the American Bar Association (1988-present). Previously, Eighth Circuit Editor (1982-1988). Received "Outstanding Editor" Award for best publication of the Section of Litigation of the A.B.A., 1999.
  • Bibliography of Appellate Practice Books (American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, 1996).
  • Editor, Missouri Appellate Practice & Extraordinary Remedies, Fourth Edition, two volumes (The Missouri Bar, 1989) and its updatings.
  • Missouri Appellate Courts Research Manual (State Courts Administrator, Jefferson City, Missouri 1976).
  • "Appellate Jurisdiction", Chapter Three, Eighth Circuit Federal Appellate Practice Manual (Minnesota State Bar, 2001).
  • "Brief Writing", Chapter Ten, Eighth Circuit Federal Appellate Practice Manual (Minnesota State Bar, 2001).
  • "Scope and Standards of Review", Chapter Twelve, Eighth Circuit Federal Appellate Practice manual (Minnesota State Bar, 2001).
  • "New Counsel on Appeal?", Chapter Seven, The Litigation Manual: Special Problems and Appeals, Third Edition (American Bar Association, 1999).
  • "Second and Third Chances on Appeal", Chapter Sixteen, The Litigation Manual: Special Problems and Appeals, Third Edition (American Bar Association, 1999).
  • "Preserving Your District Court Record for Appeal: Objections, Post-Trial Motions and Offers of Proof"; (UMKC School of Law, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999).
  • "New Counsel on Appeal?", Chapter Six, Appellate Practice Manual (American Bar Association, 1992), reprinted in Meador, Rosenberg, & Carrington, Appellate Courts: Structures, Functions, Processes, and Personnel (Michie Co., 1994).
  • "Second and Third Chances on Appeal?", Chapter Fourteen, Appellate Practice Manual (A.B.A., 1992).
  • "Considerations in Evaluating a Case for Appeal", Chapter Seven, Appellate Co rt Practice In Civil Cases (U.M.K.C. -K.C.M.B.A., 1990).
  • "Initial Considerations: Evaluaing the Case for Appeal; Ethical Considerations on Appeal; New Counsel on Appeal?", Chapter One, Missouri Appellate Practice & Extraordinary Remedies, Fourth Edition (Mo. Bar, 1989).
  • Co-Author (With Chief Justice Charles B. Blackmar of the Supreme Court of Missouri), "Oral Argument", Chapter Six, Missouri Appellate Practice & Extraordinary Remedies, Fourth Edition (Mo. Bar, 1989).
  • "Rehearings, Transfers and Certiorari"; "Missouri and Federal", Chapter Nine, Missouri Appellate Practice & Extraordinary Remedies, Fourth Edition (Mo. Bar, 1989).
  • "Further Appellate Review in Missouri and Federal Courts: It's Not Over 'til It's Over", Chapter Seven, The Dynamics of Appellate Practice (U.M.K.C. School of Law, 1987).
  • "An Essay on Moral Responsibility, The Holocaust, and Adolph Hitler", 17 Appellate Practice Journal, No. 4, p. 40, (Fall, 1999).
  • "An Essay on the Literature of the Bill of Rights", 17 Appellate Practice Journal, No. 3, p. 34 (Summer, 1999).
  • "An Essay on Books on the Law and Science", 17 Appellate Practice Journal, No. 3, p. 8 (Summer, 1999).
  • "An Essay on the Biographies of Earl Warren" 16 Appellate Practice Journal, No. 2, p. 33 (Spring, 1998).
  • "An Essay on the Biographies of Abraham Lincoln", 15 Appellate Practice Journal, No. 4, p. 31 (Fall, 1997).
  • "Bibliography of Appellate Practice Books: A Working Draft", 13 Appellate Practice Journal, No. 3, p. 5 (Summer, 1995), and The Appellate Advocate, p. 5 (Winter, 1996).
  • "New Counsel on Appeal?", 15 Litigation No. 3, p. 1 (Spring, 1989).
  • "Federal Rehearings and Certiorari Practice", 44 Journal of the Missouri Bar 498 (December, 1988).
  • "Second and Third Chances on Appeal", 14 Litigation Manual: Special Problems and Appeals, Third Edition (American Bar Association, 1999).

Areas Of Practice

  • Appellate Practice
  • Civil Appeals
  • Criminal Appeals

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