Bio

• Prior to his semi-retirement, Ted worked for 33 years in the Public Protection Division of the Missouri Attorney General’s Office, as Deputy Chief Counsel. His duties included supervising all civil and criminal litigation in that Division. His duties are divided between special criminal prosecutions throughout the state and defending most of Missouri’s state law enforcement agencies in state and federal court in civil cases. Ted has tried cases in all but two of Missouri’s counties and has over 350 jury trials. Ted has briefed and argued over 500 reported appellate decisions in state and federal court. He also trains extensively in the area or criminal records, expungements, personnel records and the Sunshine Law. Ted also is a certified police instructor, teaching courses in many of the police training academies throughout Missouri, specializing in the area of search and seizure and the use of deadly force by police officers.

Practice Areas

• Criminal Prosecutions
• Civil Rights Defense
• Civil Defense

Admitted to Practice

• Missouri, 1981
• Tennessee, 1987
• North Carolina, 1987

Education

• Saint Louis University, JD 1981
  Graduated cum laude; member of Bar Journal
• Murray State University, 1978, summa cum laude, BS
  President, Psi Chi Honor Society

Honors & Awards

• Law Enforcement Instructor of the Year, 1990