Admitted to bar, 1996, Missouri; also admitted to practice before U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. Preparatory education: Truman State University (B.S., Political Science, 1993); letal education, Washington University (J.D., 1996). Order of the Coif. Associates Editor, Washington University Law Quaterly, 1995-1996.