Background
Clayton Vandivort, William was born on June 2, 1947 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States.
Clayton Vandivort, William was born on June 2, 1947 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States.
Westminster College (Bachelor of Arts, 1969). Georgetown University Law Center (Juris Doctor, 1972).
Worked at Dement, Vandivort and Dement (Sikeston, Missouri) specializing in General Civil and Criminal Trial Practice. Personal Injury, Workers Compensation, Products Liability, Insurance, Real Estate, Admiralty, Corporation, Banking, Business, Administration, Cable Television, Probate and Estate Planning Law. Admitted to the bar, 1972, Missouri, United States.
District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri and United States.
Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. 1973, Illinois.
Omicron Delta Kappa.
Phi Alpha Theta. Editor, Georgetown Law Journal, 1971-1972.
Author, with Milton Greenfield, Junior, "Non-Probate Transfers Under the Uniform Probate Code," Journal of the Missouri Bar, March, 1973. Member and Secretary, Thirty-Third Judicial Circuit Bar Committee, 1981-1988.
Member: The Bar Association of Metropolitan Saint Louis. Scott County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations.
The Missouri Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Kenneth L. Dement, Senior, began practice in 1961 as a sole practitioner with emphasis on plaintiff"s personal injury law. William Clayton Vandivort who also practiced as a sole practitioner, primarily in corporate and business law, joined Mr. Dement in 1989 to form Dement and Vandivort.
The firm grew to three in 1990 with the addition of Mr.
Dement"s son Kenneth L. Dement, Junior, who concentrates in tort defense litigation.
Member: The Bar Association of Metropolitan Saint Louis. Scott County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. The Missouri Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.