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                                         Welcome                                                      

                                 Interim Executive Director Valerie L. Burton                                              

                                                     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                   

 

 

 

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Darryl Burton - Co-Founder

Lamonte McIntyre - Co-Founder
James Cousins - Centurion, Inc.
Milton Grimes

Nationally Acclaimed Civil Rights Attorney
Tom Mertz - TradeNet Publishing
Nikki Newton - UMB Bank
Sean O'Brien - UMKC School of Law
Mary Putney, Treasurer  - Accountant
 

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LEGAL TEAM

Tom Bath - Trial Lawyers, Bath & Edmonds

Kent E. Gipson – Attorney, Law Office of Kent Gipson, LLC
Milton C. Grimes – Vice President, Trial Lawyers College
Jennifer Hernandez – Associate Attorney, Law Office of Kent Gipson, LLC
Paul Oller – Criminal Defense Attorney, Oller Law Firm
Taylor L. Rickard – Associate Attorney, Law Office of Kent Gipson, LLC
Cynthia Short – CLS Mitigation and Consulting Services

RESEARCH TEAM

Ron Olson, Lead Case Developer
Linda Briscoe
John Donham
Jane Long
Dennis Morgan
Susan Morgan
Joyce McCollum

Carolyn Rapp

LEGAL TEAM

Kent E. Gipson – Attorney, Law Office of Kent Gipson, LLC
Milton C. Grimes – Vice President, Trial Lawyers College
Jennifer Hernandez – Associate Attorney, Law Office of Kent Gipson, LLC
Christopher C. Iliff – Attorney
Kevin Moriarty – Judge Turned Mediator, Moriarty Mediation
Sean O’Brien – Professor, UMKC School of Law
Paul Oller – Criminal Defense Attorney, Oller Law Firm
 John Petersen – Shareholder, Polsinelli Law Firm
Taylor L. Rickard – Associate Attorney, Law Office of Kent Gipson, LLC
Cynthia Short – CLS Mitigation and Consulting Services

REGIONAL VOLUNTEERS

(EXONEREE SERVICES)

JoDenise Bradley, St. Louis

Victoria Carthen, St. Louis

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REGIONAL VOLUNTEERS

Eileen  & Keen Umbehr, Wichita, KS