Background
Kilroy, John Muir was born on April 12, 1918 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of James L. and Jane Alice (Scurry) Kilroy.
Kilroy, John Muir was born on April 12, 1918 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of James L. and Jane Alice (Scurry) Kilroy.
Student, Kansas City Junior College, 1937. Bachelor of Arts Kansas City, 1940. Juris Doctor, University Missouri, 1942.
Worked at Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, A Professional Corporation (Kansas City, Missouri) specializing in Medical Malpractice, Products Liability. Admitted to the bar, 1942, Missouri. Phi Delta Phi. Member: The Law Society.
Order of the Barristers.
Listed in: Who"s Who in American Law. Best Lawyers in America.
Member, 1976-1984 and Chairman, 1978 and 1983, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit Bar Committee. Member: Lawyers Association of Kansas City (Vice President, 1967.
President, 1968); International Association of Defense Counsel.
International Society of Barristers. American College of Legal Medicine (Associate in Law, 1975). American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys.
American Judicature Society.
Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. American Bar Foundation.
Chairman board directors Kansas City Heart Association. Member advisory board Midwest Christian Counseling Service. Board directors, president Della Lamb Community Service, 1991, chairman board directors, 1993.
Board directors Laubach Literacy Council, 1998-2001, Kingswood Manor, 1992-1994, Missouri Methodist Foundation, 1993-2002. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member American Bar Association, Missouri Bar Association (chairman medical legal committee), Kansas City Bar Association (Litigator Emeritus award 1990), International Association Barristers, International Association Defense Counsel, American College Legal Medicine, American Board Professional Liability Attorneys, Federation Insurance Counsel, Law Society University Missouri, Order Barristers University Missouri, Lawyers Association, Kansas City (president 1968), Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, University Club (vice president 1984, president 1985), Indian Hills Country Club, Kansas City Club.
Married Lorraine K. Butler, January 26, 1946. Children: John Muir, William Terence.