Education
University of Iowa; Washington and Lee University School of Law.
lawyer Supreme Court of Missouri
University of Iowa; Washington and Lee University School of Law.
He was retained by a vote of the people of Missouri for twelve-year terms in 1994 and again in 2006. He served two 2-year terms as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri from July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2001 and from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2011. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Kappa Sigma from the University of Iowa, attended Yale Divinity School and received his law degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1978.
He was in private practice in Kansas City from 1978 to 1992, where he served as a director of Truman Medical Center and president of the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners.
Since retiring from the bench, he has joined the law firm of Armstrong Teasdale Limited Liability Partnership in its Saint Louis office.