Admitted
2001, Florida; 1958, New York; 1969, Missouri; 1989, California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Yale University, J.D., 1957; Columbia University School of Law, Master in Intl. Affs., 1958; Columbia University School of Law, LL.M., 1969; Columbia University School of Law, J.S.D., 1975
Law School Graduation Year
1975
College
University of Chicago, A.B., 1954
Memberships
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Member: Environmental Law Committee; Local Governmental Law Committee); The Florida Bar; State Bar of California; The Missouri Bar; New York State Bar Association.
Biographical
National Editor, The Urban Lawyer (National Journal on Urban Law of The American Bar Association, Section of State and Local Government Law). Author: From Sprawl to Smart Growth: Successful Legal, Planning and Environmental Systems (ABA 2000); Cases and Materials on Land Use (West, 1999 3d Ed.) with Callies and Roberts; Model Subdivision Regulations and Practice: Text and Commentary, (APA 1995) with Shultz; Exactions, Impact Fees and Dedications (ABA 1995) with Bushek; State and Local Government Finance, (Callaghan 2001) with Gelfand. Professor Emeritus of Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, 1968—. Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, 1984-1985, the London School of Economics and Reading University, 1974-1975 and the University of Miami, 1996-1997. Director, Annual Planning and Zoning Institutes, American Center for National and International Law, Dallas and San Francisco. Member: American Institute of Certified Planners; Advisory Board, Journal of Environmental and Planning Law; Federalism Committee, International Municipal Lawyers Association. Faculty Member, American Law Institute, American Bar Association, Annual Institute on Land Use. Appointed Special Master by U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, in U.S. v. Conservation Chemical Company, 1984-1988. Member, Board of Directors and Past Chair, Planning and Law Division, American Planning Association.