Background
Sherwood, Devon Fredrick was born on June 20, 1943 in Hanibal, Missouri, United States. Son of Malcolm and Virginia Dolores Sherwood.
Sherwood, Devon Fredrick was born on June 20, 1943 in Hanibal, Missouri, United States. Son of Malcolm and Virginia Dolores Sherwood.
Bachelor of Arts Missouri, 1965. Juris Doctor, University Missouri, 1968.
Worked at Sherwood, Honecker & Bender (Springfield, Missouri) specializing in Civil and Criminal Trials and Appeals, Personal Injury, Domestic Relations. Admitted to the bar, 1968, Missouri and United States. District Court, Western District of Missouri.
Phi Delta Phi.
Recipient: Guy Thompson Award, 1967. Lon O. Hocker Memorial Trial Lawyer Award, Missouri Bar Foundation, 1974. Member, Missouri Law Review, 1966-1968.
Author: Note, 32 Missouri Law Review 147, 1967.
Note, 32 Missouri Law Review 313, 1967. City Attorney, Fair Grove, Missouri, 1972-1977.
Member: Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association. The Missouri Bar; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Elder deacon National Avenue Christian Church, Springfield, 1969—1974. Delegate Springfield Area Council Churches, 1971—1974. Member of American Association For Justice, Missouri Association Trial Lawyers, Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association, Missouri Bar Association, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Stephanie January Wanner, December 26, 1963 (divorced February 1976). Married Wanda Lee Mullins, May 17, 1977. Children: Leslie, Jennifer, Stuart.