Admitted: 1984, Missouri; 1992, Illinois; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Law School: University of Kansas, J.D.
Member: The Missouri Bar (Immigration and Transportation Law Committees); American Bar Association; American Immigration Lawyers Association; Aviation Insurance Association; Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Immigration Law Committee).
Born: Alton, Illinois, April 25, 1958
Languages: Russian, Serbo-Croatian (Bosnian)