I guarantee that I will thoughtfully and aggressively represent you or your loved one. My trial, negotiating experience and reputation for tough, honest representation span more than two decades. I know how to investigate a case and consider every possible approach, so that you can have the most options possible from which to choose a safe, beneficial way forward.

I have never done any sort of work but criminal defense. We will not be hurried, but rather will take the time we need to explore all of your options.

I promise to listen to you, to treat you with respect, to answer your questions and to return your phone calls. I look forward to meeting you. I hope that when you leave my office, you can feel more confident and hopeful; you can leave the worrying to me.

• Criminal Appeals
• Gun and Weapon Offenses
• Fraud and White-Collar Crime
• Probation and Supervised Release Revocation
• Grand Jury Witnesses
• Federal Criminal Law
• Appellate Practice
• Habeas Corpus
• Criminal Law
• Drug Crimes

• Missouri, 1988
• Illinois, 1991
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri, 1990
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 1991
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 2005
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2005

• Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 1988 J.D.
• Honors: Order of the Coif
• Honors: American Jurisprudence Award for Torts & Civil Procedure
• Law Review: Washington University Law Quarterly, Notes and Comments Editor, 1987 - 1988
• University of Missouri, St Louis, Missouri, 1985 B.A.
• Honors: University Scholar
• Major: English

• Rahn v. Hawkins, 464 F.3d 813 (8th Cir. 2006)
• United States v. Jones, 269 F.3d 919 (8th Cir. 2001)
• United States v. Dunlap, 28 F.3d 823 (8th Cir. 1994)

• Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated
• Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women's Lawyers , 2011

• Panel of Lead Attorneys, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri Member
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• The Missouri Bar
• Illinois State Bar Association
• Criminal Justice Act Defense Bar

• Hon. George F. Gunn, Jr. U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Missouri, Law Clerk, 1988 - 1990
• Sonnenschein, Nath and Rosenthal, Associate, 1990 - 1991
• Assistant Federal Defender, Eastern District of Missouri, 1991 - 2001