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Current Employment Position(s):
Managing Partner, since October 1, 1998

Areas of Practice:
Business Planning & Counseling
Mergers & Acquisitions

John is the Managing Partner of our Business Services Division.  John specializes in assisting privately held businesses throughout the life cycle of the Company.  Assistance provided is from the initial formation of the correct entity, through ongoing advice as to the everyday issues involving the business, and finalizes with the eventual sale of the business and/or implementation of a business succession plan.

Personal:
John currently lives in Overland Park, Kansas with his wife Rebecca and his son Woodie.  John was raised in the Kansas City metropolitan area, attending Bishop Miege High School, University of Kansas, and UMKC.  A former Eagle Scout, John has a life long interest in scouting and the outdoors.

Bar Admissions:
Kansas, 1998
U.S. District Court District of Kansas, 1998
U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 2006
U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1999
U.S. Supreme Court, 2003

Education:
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, Missouri, 1997, Juris Doctorate
University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO, USA, 1994, B.S. - Economics
University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO, USA, 1994, B.A. - Philosophy

Fraternities/Sororities:
Phi Kappa Tau
Phi Delta Phi