Subscribe






What is RSS?

Areas Of Practice:

50% Agriculture Lobbying

50% USDA Litigation

Bar Admissions:

Missouri, 1969

District of Columbia, 1975

U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 1975

U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1975

U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1992

Education:

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, Missouri, 1969

J.D.

Honors: Merit Scholarship

Published Works:

"The new farm bill expands the availability of equitable relief for good faith violations of farm program rules", Ag. Law Update, November, 2002

 

"U.S. Supreme Court strikes down mushroom promotion assessments; fate of other commodity promotion assessment unclear", Ag. Law Update, June, 2001

 

"Farmers' legal rights in USDA civil rights cases get a boost with passage of federal legislation", Ag. Law Update, November, 1998

 

THE FARM CREDIT LAWS AND THE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF EACH SECTION OF THE FARM CREDIT ACT OF 1971, Privately distributed, 1998

 

"USDA Disaster Payments 'Means Test'", Ag. Law Update, November, 1994

 

"Pesticides and food safety: the Clinton administration proposal", Ag. Law Update, October, 1993

 

Chapter 9 ("Federal Assistance Programs for Farmers"); MISSOURI FARM LAW (2d ed.), Missouri Bar Association, December, 1993

 

"The ASCS '90-day rule'", Ag. Law Update, January, 1993

 

The 1981 Farm Bill: The Key Provisions Affecting Farmers and Agribusiness", Ag. Law Journal, Spring, 1982

 

"Federal Assistance Programs for Lawyers: An Outline for Lawyers", Ag. Law Journal, Fall, 1981

Representative Cases:

Pigford v. Glickman (USDA DC 1999)

 

In re Bargery (USDA ALJ 2003)

 

In re Southern Minn. Beet Sugar Coop. (USDA Jud. Off. 2005)

 

In re Cargill (USDA 2006)

Representative Clients:

Altria, Inc.

American Crystal Sugar Co.

Cheese Importers Association of America

CoBank

Farm Credit Council

First South Production Credit Association

National Milk Producers Association

South African Sugar Association

The DEIP Coalition

Wheat Export Trade Education Committee

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Missouri Bar Association, 1969 - Present

Member

 

District of Columbia Bar Association, 1975 - Present

Member

 

American Agricultural Law Association, 1989 - Present

Member

Past Employment Positions:

Hogan & Hartson, 2001 - 2002

 

Tuttle & Taylor, 1995 - 2000

 

McLeod, Watkinson & Miller, 1989 - 1995

 

House Committee on Agriculture, Counsel, 1985 - 1989

 

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry, Assistant Counsel, 1975 - 1984

 

Office of the Prosecuting Attorney (Jackson County, Missouri), Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, 1970 - 1975

 

Internal Revenue Service, Estate Tax Attorney, 1969