Background
Vardeman, Paul E. was born on February 5, 1930 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
Vardeman, Paul E. was born on February 5, 1930 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
University of Missouri-Kansas City (Bachelor of Arts, 1951. Juris Doctor, 1953).
Worked at Polsinelli, White, Vardeman & Shalton, A Professional Corporation (Kansas City, Missouri) specializing in Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1953, Missouri and United States. District Court, Western District of Missouri.
1957, United States.
Claims Court. 1958, United States. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. 1960, United States. Supreme Court.
1982, United States.
Tax Court. Company-winner, Ellison Moot Court Competition, 1952. Recipient: Missouri Bar Foundation, Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award, 1959.
Alumnus of Year Award, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1976. Lifetime Achievement Award, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, 1985.
Participant-time Instructor, Trial Practice, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1965-1966.
Judge of Circuit Court at Kansas City, 1964-1982. President, Law Alumni Association, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1964. Member, Board of Trustees, University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Foundation, 1965-1969.
Preceptor in Trial Judge Clerkship Program, University of Kansas, 1968-1973.
Member, Special Missouri Bar Committee to Organize Missouri College for Trial Judges, 1972. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan (Member, Judicial Recommendation Committee, 1960-1961) and American Bar Associations.
The Missouri Bar (Member: Civil Practice Committee, Special Committee on Tort Revision, 1986. Special Committee to revise Judicial Article of Missouri Constitution, 1988-1989).
Lawyers Association of Kansas City.
Missouri Association of Trial Judges (President, 1974-1975). Fellow: American Bar Foundation. American College of Trial Lawyers.
Member, Board of Trustees, University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Foundation, 1965-1969. Preceptor in Trial Judge Clerkship Program, University of Kansas, 1968-1973. Member, Special Missouri Bar Committee to Organize Missouri College for Trial Judges, 1972.
Member: Kansas City Metropolitan (Member, Judicial Recommendation Committee, 1960-1961) and American Bar Associations.
The Missouri Bar (Member: Civil Practice Committee, Special Committee on Tort Revision, 1986. Special Committee to revise Judicial Article of Missouri Constitution, 1988-1989).
Lawyers Association of Kansas City. Missouri Association of Trial Judges (President, 1974-1975).
Fellow: American Bar Foundation.
American College of Trial Lawyers.