Background
Eldridge, Junior, Truman K. was born in 1944 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
Eldridge, Junior, Truman K. was born in 1944 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
Rockhurst College (Bachelor of Arts, 1966). University of Missouri at Kansas City (Juris Doctor, 1969).
Worked at Armstrong, Teasdale, Schlafly & Davis (Kansas City, Missouri) specializing in General Civil, Trial and Appellate Practice. Antitrust, White Collar Criminal Defense, Environmental, Franchise, Insurance, Labor and Equal Opportunity, Probate and Estate Planning, Real Estate, Bankruptcy, Tax, Municipal, Negligence, Workers Compensation, Banking and Corporation Law. Admitted to the bar, 1969, Missouri and United States.
District Court, Western District of Missouri.
1977, United States. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit. 1992, United States. Supreme Court.
1995, United States. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Board of Editors, University of Missouri at Kansas City Law Review, 1967-1969. Company-Author: Missouri Environmental Law Handbook, Government Institute, (1st Education 1990.
2nd Education 1993). Member, Environment and Energy Commission, City of Kansas City, Missouri, 1990-1991.
1994. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan (Member and Chairman, 1990-1991, Federal Courts Committee) and American (Member, Litigation Section. Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law Section) Bar Associations.
The Missouri Bar (Member, Business Torts Committee). Defense Research Institute (Member, Business Torts Committee).
Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers.
American Judicature Society. Armstrong, Teasdale, Schlafly & Davis conducts a comprehensive nationwide civil law practice from offices in Kansas City and Saint Louis, Missouri, Olathe, Kansas, and Belleville, Illinois. The firm is the Missouri member of Lex Mundi, an international association of independent law firms.
Member, Board of Editors, University of Missouri at Kansas City Law Review, 1967-1969.