I've dedicated my career to helping people - first, victims of crime and now, victims of discrimination and retaliation.

I am a former Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Clay County, Missouri, where I tried numerous high-profile felony cases. My practice places a special emphasis on employment discrimination matters and civil rights litigation in both state and federal courts. As an experienced litigator, I am available to serve as co-counsel to attorneys and law firms seeking litigation and trial support, helping attorneys develop trial strategies, select juries and present evidence and arguments to obtain a verdict.

I bring extensive experience in jury trials, litigation, mediation, and depositions from my work as both a prosecutor and a plaintiff-side employment law attorney. My background includes handling a wide range of civil matters.

I have represented employee plaintiffs against some of the world’s largest multinational corporations and have successfully resolved the vast majority of those cases in my clients’ favor. I advocate for my clients in jury trials, arbitration, and mediation.

In addition to my litigation practice, I have previously served as a municipal judge in Gower, Missouri for 12 years, as well as a municipal prosecutor and city attorney for Orrick, Missouri for 19 years.

I grew up in the small town of Madrid, Iowa, and attended the University of Iowa in Iowa City. I graduated cum laude from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan, where I was an honors scholar, served as a managing associate of the Law Review, and clerked for Judge Wilder of the 22nd Circuit in Ann Arbor.