BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Christopher C. Iliff – Executive Director
John D. Petersen – Chairman, Polsinelli Law Firm
Mary Putney – Treasurer, Accountant
Darryl A. Burton – Former President, Co-Founder
Lamonte McIntyre – Co-Founder
Valerie Burton – Executive Assistant
Jim Cousins – Centurion, Inc.
Milton C. Grimes – Nationally Acclaimed Civil Right Attorney
Krista Klaus – Garmin International
Bruce Kusmin – Mariner Wealth Advisors
Tom Mertz – TradeNet Publishing
Kevin Moriarty – Mediator, Former Chief Judge of Johnson County District Court
Nikki Newton - UMB Bank

Sean O’Brien – Professor, UMKC School of Law

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

RESEARCH TEAM

Ron Olson, Lead Case Developer
Linda Briscoe
John Donham
Jane Long

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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