Business and Commercial Litigation, Corporate and Business Law, Tort Litigation, Municipal Law and Municipal Finance, particularly:

• Administrative
• Compliance
• Contracts
• Corporate
• Franchise Law
• Business and Commercial Litigation
• Insurance and Personal Injury Litigation
• Labor and Employee Related Litigation
• Municipal Finance and Related Securities Law
• Municipal Government Law
• Products Liability
• Real Estate
• School and Educational Law
• Trade Secrets, Trademark and Copyright Infringement
• Uniform Commercial Code
• Workers’ Compensation

1980, Missouri. Preparatory Education: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (B.S. 1975, School of Speech). Legal Education: University of Cincinnati, College of Law (J.D. 1979).

GE Capital Mortgage Services, Inc., St. Louis, MO, Program Compliance Officer (1995-2000); General American Life Insurance Company, St. Louis, Missouri, Assistant Counsel (1994-1995); Peoples, Hale & Coleman, St. Louis, Missouri, Consultant (1993-1994), Senior Associate (1992-1993); Citicorp Mortgage, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, Associate General Counsel and Vice-President, (1991-1992); Associate Counsel (1987-1991); Assistant General/Senior Staff/Staff Counsel (1981-1985); St. Louis Public Defender Office, St. Louis, Missouri, Assistant Public Defender (1980-1981).

Board of Directors, St. Louis Bar Foundation (1996 to June 2008); Contributing Writer, St. Louis Lawyer (1999 to present); 1999 Inroads Leadership Institute Instructor; Mound City Bar Association, Member at Large (2002-2003), Vice President (1998-1999), Mound City Bar Association Coordinator for St. Louis Public Schools Career Awareness Fair (1999 and 2000); GE African American Forum, St. Louis Chapter; Adviser and Area Hub Leader (1997-2000); Updated section on procedural aspects of Missouri shareholder derivative actions in West’s Missouri Civil Procedures (published 1997); Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Executive Committee (1995-1996); American Corporate Counsel Association, St. Louis Chapter, Director, (1994-1996); Women in Leadership Public Affairs Training - Coro Foundation (1993).