Background
Sawyer, J. Neal was born on September 27, 1938 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
Sawyer, J. Neal was born on September 27, 1938 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
University of Missouri (Bachelor of Arts, with distinction in History, 1960). Yale Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1963).
Worked at Sinclair, Sawyer, Thompson, Haynes & Cowing, Professional Corporation Admitted to the bar, 1963, Missouri. 1970, Illinois; 1973, United States.
Supreme Court. 1980, Kansas. United States.
District Court, District of Kansas. United States. District Court, Western District of Missouri.
Phi Delta Phi. Phi Eta Sigma. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Jackson County, Missouri, 1967-1968.
Corporate Attorney, Assistant Secretary and Division Counsel, American Hospital Supply Corporation, Evanston, Illinois, 1970-1974.
Secretary and General Counsel, The Vendo Company, Overland Park, Kansas, 1974-1980. Lecturer in Business Law, Rockhurst College, 1983. Military: 1st Lieutenant, United States.
Army Artillery, 1963-1965.
Member: American Bar Association.