Background
Ralston, Richard H. was born on September 28, 1942 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Ralston, Richard H. was born on September 28, 1942 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
University of Kansas (Bachelor of Science, 1965). University of Missouri at Kansas City (Juris Doctor, 1969).
Worked at Polsinelli, White, Vardeman & Shalton, A Professional Corporation (Kansas City, Missouri) specializing in Litigation, Mediation, Arbitration. Admitted to the bar, 1969, Missouri. United States. District Court, Western District of Missouri.
United States. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Editor-in-Chief, University of Missouri at Kansas City Law Review, 1968-1969. Recipient: All University Leadership Award, University of Missouri at Kansas City, 1969.
All University Academic Award, University of Missouri at Kansas City, 1969. American Jurisprudence Award, University of Missouri at Kansas City. Kansas City Bar Association Professional Responsibility Award.
Law Clerk to Judge Elmo B. Hunter, United States. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, 1968-1972. Professor of Law, Creighton University, 1972-1976.
Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Missouri at Kansas City, 1977-1979. United States. Magistrate Judge for Western District of Missouri, 1976-1988. Chairman, Subcommittee on Patterned Civil Jury Instructions for the Eighth Circuit, 1986.
Master, Ross T. Roberts Inn of Court, 1986-1991. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and American Bar Associations. The Missouri Bar (Chairman, Federal Practice Committee, 1988).
Certified Mediator, United States. District Court For Western District of Missouri and Missouri Supreme Court.
Member American Bar Association (chairman state membership committee since 1988), Missouri Bar (chairman federal practice committee 1988-1992), Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Executive Committee 1991-1995), Ross T. Roberts Inn Court (master 1986-1991), Phi Delta Phi.