Recognition & Involvement
Awards
Leader, Service Trip to Guyana, South America, April 2015 - Led a group of seven volunteers at the St. John Bosco’s Boys Orphanage and at the David Rose Scholl for Disabled Children. | Martindale-Hubbell, AV Preeminent Peer Rating | Honoree, Missouri Lawyers Up & Coming Award, 2013 - Present | Honoree, Missouri & Kansas, 2010-Present | Honoree, The Missouri Bar, Pro Bono Wall of Fame, 2011 - Present | Coach, Jessup Competitive Moot Court Team, Saint Louis University School of Law, 2005-2010
Publications
["“Handling Preventability Determinations in Trucking Accidents Cases” , DRI’s “In Transit” , July, 2019", "“Precluding Discovery of Preventability Determinations in Trucking Accidents” , Journal of Transportation Management, Summer-Fall, 2018", "\"Precluding Discovery of Preventability Determinations in Trucking Accidents Under 49 U.S.C. § 504(f)\" , DRI’s “The Voice”, December, 2017", "“Handing Marijuana Issues in Your Trucking Case” , DRI's For the Defense Magazine, April, 2016", "“Curtailing Plaintiffs Efforts to Broaden Motor Carrier Liability Through the Broad Definitions under FMCSR Section 390.5,” , DRI's E-Forum, April, 2015", "“Defending Against Attempts to Impose Liability through the Broad Definitions under 49 C.F.R. § 390.5” , TLA’s The Transportation Lawyer, December, 2015", "“New House Bill Seeks to Reform FMCSA’s CSA Scores,”, DRI's E-Forum., April, 2015", "“FMCSA Releases Crash Weighting Analysis and Seeks Public Input,”, DRI's E-Forum and USLAW NETWORK, Inc.'s Transportation E-Brief, January, 2015", "“Defending Motor Carriers Performing Oversize Load And Heavy Haul Operations” , USLAW NETWORK, Inc.'s Magazine, 2015", "“New Eavesdropping Restrictions in Illinois\", USLAW NETWORK, Inc.'s Transportation E-Brief, January, 2015"]
Associations
USLAW NETWORK, Inc (Transportation Practice Group; Retail Practice Group) | Defense Research Institute, Inc. (DRI) (Trucking Law Executive Committee (2012 to present); Chair of Publications (2017 to present); Coordinator of all the Special Litigation Groups (2015 to 2016); Chair of the Regulatory/Government Affairs Special Litigation Group (2012 to 2016); Product Liability Committee; Commercial Litigation Committee) | Transportation Lawyers Association (TLA) (Representative-at-Large, Executive Committee (2016-2018); Vice Chair - Membership and Recruiting Committee (2015-Present); Casualty Litigation Committee; Motor Carrier Transportation Committee) | American Bar Association (ABA) (Transportation Section) | Illinois State Bar Association, 2012 - 2013 (Member, Standing Committee Judicial Evaluations - Outside Cook County) | Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL) (Member) | St. Clair County Bar Association
Speaking
“Winning Strategies for Ensuring that Your Trucking Company’s Safety Representative Holds Up on Direct and Cross-Examination”, DRI’s 2019 Trucking Primer, Nashville, Tennessee, June 26, 2019 - Present | “The “New” Standard of Care – Technology & Technology on its Head”, USLAW NETWORK, Inc.’s Spring 2019 Network Client Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, March 30, 2019 - Present | “Challenging Plaintiffs’ Use of Federal Regulations to Bolster Negligence Claims”, DRI’s Transportation Committee Webinar, March 13, 2019 - Present | “Good Golly, Miss Molly - New Strategies and Approaches to the “Oldies” , USLAW Network, Inc.’s – Transportation and Logistics Exchange, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 22, 2019 - Present | “Legal Developments in Transportation Litigation” , Cottingham & Butler’s client meeting, Dubuque, Iowa, October 1, 2018 - Present | “Avoiding the Crisis Created Long Before the Accident – Legal and Litigation Issues with Employee Handbooks and Training Manuals", Arkansas Trucking Conference, September 20, 2019 - Present | “Derivative Negligence Claims against Motor Carrier”, Strafford Webinars, August 22, 2018 - Present | “Protecting the Crisis Management From Discovery: Addressing Requests For Post-Accident Investigation Materials And Preventability Determinations During Litigation”, USLAW Spring Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona, April 7, 2018 - Present | “Motor Carrier Claims for Negligent Entrustment” , Strafford Webinars, August 16, 2017 - Present | “Marijuana and the Employer – Navigating the Evolving Risk Landscape” , CLM & Business Insurance Retail, Restaurant, & Hospitality Conference, Dallas, Texas, , February 24, 2017 - Present | “Now What? Managing Catastrophes” , Vanliner Insurance Company, St. Charles, Missouri, February 10, 2017 - Present | “Truck Drivers and Pot Heads: Can the Two Ever Be Friends?”, DRI’s Trucking Law Conference, Chicago, Illinois, April 14, 2016 - Present | “Understanding the Plaintiff’s Playbook in Trucking Cases and Being Proactive Against It,” , National Interstate Insurance Company client meeting, Amelia Islands, Florida | “Navigating Through the Litigation Minefield and Combating Plaintiff’s Game Plan,” , Cottingham & Butler’s client meeting, Dubuque, Iowa | “Unique Challenges in Handling Claims Against Heavy Haulers and Carriers of Oversize Loads,” , TLA’s 2014 Annual Conference, Tampa, Florida