Bio

• Jeff joined the AGO in 2003 in the Financial Services Division. In 2005, he transferred to the Criminal Division, then in 2021, he returned to the Financial Services Division, Child Support Section. He has appeared in every appellate court and a majority of the circuit courts in the state.

  Jeff came to Missouri in 1993 after earning his law degree from the University of Arkansas. Jeff began work as an assistant prosecuting attorney in southwest Missouri, focusing on child support enforcement. In 1997, Jeff began work as a staff attorney for the Missouri Division of Child Support Enforcement (later the Family Support Division) in Springfield, and later in Columbia and Jefferson City.

Practice Areas

• Family law
• Criminal law

Admitted to Practice

• Supreme Court of Missouri, 1993
• U.S. Dist. Court, Western Dist. of Missouri (1993, inactive)

Education

• University of Arkansas
  Juris Doctor,1993
  Board of Advocates; W.B. Putnam American Inn of Court; Phi Delta Phi Honorary Legal Fraternity; Dean’s List; Who’s Who in American Law Students
• Eastern New Mexico University
  Bachelor of Science, Communications (honors),1983
  Kappa Sigma fraternity; Phi Eta Sigma freshman honor society; Sigma Mu Phi sophomore honor society

Professional Affiliations

• The Missouri Bar