BAR ADMISSIONS
- Kansas Bar, 1991
- U.S. District Court, Kansas, 1991
- 10th Circut Court of Appeals, 2007
EDUCATION
- University of Kansas (B.A., 1976; J.D., 1991)
LISTED IN:
- The Best Lawyers in America®, 2007-present
- Super Lawyers, Missouri & Kansas, 2007-2012
- Elder Law Clinic, University of Kansas School of Law, Visiting Professor, 1995 – 2006
- Kansas Bar Association, Outstanding Service Award, 2002 and 2010
- National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Outstanding Kansas Chapter Member 2010
MEMBER:
- Douglas County Bar Association
- Kansas Bar Association (KBA)
- Continuing Legal Education Committee of the KBA
- KBA Elder Law Section Member
- National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), 1996 – present
- Kansas NAELA Chapter President, 2006 – 2007
- Kansas Advocates for Better Care, Board Member 1996 – present
PUBLICATIONS:
- Advising the Elderly Client, Thompson/Reuters, 2002 – 2015 (4-volume reference manual, updated annually)
- Editor (with Emily Donaldson), Kansas Long-Term Care Handbook, KBA 2008
- Elder Law, chapter for the Kansas Annual Survey (with Patrick H. Donahue) KBA 1998 – present
- Legalese, 60 AND BETTER, monthly column for Douglas County Senior Services’ newspaper, May 1994 — present
- Medicaid Long-Term Care Update: The Basics, Estate Recovery, and the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, 75 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 8 (2006)
- Medicaid Eligibility for Long-Term Care: The Basics, Recent Developments, and Some Thoughts on the Future, 16 PREVENTIVE LAW JOURNAL 1 (Summer 1997)
- Estate Recovery: A New Challenge for Estate Planning, 63 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 24 (1994)