Private practice, Platte City, Missouri, 1973
Assistant city attorney, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1973-1977
Business law instructor, Webster College, 1976-1977
Private practice, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1977-1979
Judge, Circuit Court of Missouri, Fifth Judicial Circuit, 1979-1987
Judge, Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, 1988-1996; chief judge, 1994-1996