Background
Elston, Michael James was born on February 7, 1969 in Rockford, Illinois, United States. Son of James L. and Barbara Emanuel.
Elston, Michael James was born on February 7, 1969 in Rockford, Illinois, United States. Son of James L. and Barbara Emanuel.
Bachelor in Political Science, Drake University, 1991. Juris Doctor with high honors, Duke University, 1994.
Worked at Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, A Professional Corporation (Kansas City, Missouri) specializing in Appellate Litigation, Business Litigation, Criminal Law. Admitted to the bar, 1994, Illinois. 1995, United States. Court of Appeals, Seventh and Eighth Circuits and United States.
District Court, Northern District of Illinois.
1997, United States. Court of Appeals, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits (Not admitted Missouri). Order of the Coif. Editor, (Administrative Education, 1993-1994), Law & Contemporary Problems, 1992-1994.
Company-Author: "Grand Jury Law and Practice," (Clark-Boardman-Callaghan, 2d educated 1997). Author: "Artists & Unconstitutional Conditions," 56 Law & Contemp.
Probs. 327 (Autumn 1993).
"Individual Liability under Federal Employment Discrimination Statutes," 84 Illinois. Bachelor of Journalism 358 (1996). Adjunct Professor, UMKC Law School, 1995. Law Clerk to Honorary Pasco Bowman, United States.
Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1994-1996.
Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association. Illinois State and American Bar Associations.
Chairman National Advisory Board Student Life, Drake U., since 1998, volunteer cook Kansas City Cmty. Kitchen, 1994-1996. Member American Bar Association (litigation section since 1994), Theta Chi (regional counselor since 1993, legal affairs committee since 1994).
Married Julie Ann Bohardt, December 11, 1999.