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

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
REGIONAL VOLUNTEERS
Eileen & Keen Umbehr, Wichita, KS