BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Darryl Burton - Co-Founder
Valerie Burton - Executive Assistant
James Cousins - Centurion, Inc.
Milton Grimes - Nationally Acclaimed Civil Rights Attorney
Christopher Iliff, Executive Director
Krista Klaus - Garmin International
Bruce Kusmin - Mariner Wealth Advisors
Lamonte McIntyre - Co-Founder
Tom Mertz - TradeNet Publishing
Kevin Moriarty - Mediator, Former Chief Judge Johnson County District Court
Nikki Newton - UMB Bank
Sean O'Brien - UMKC School of Law
John D. Petersen, Chairman - Polsinelli
Mary Putney, Treasurer  - Accountant
Dr. Barry Wood - Nephrologist 

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
Christopher C. Iliff – Attorney
Kevin Moriarty – Judge Turned Mediator, Moriarty Mediation
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

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
Dennis Morgan
Susan Morgan
Joyce McCollum

Carolyn Rapp

REGIONAL VOLUNTEERS

(EXONEREE SERVICES)

JoDenise Bradley, St. Louis

Victoria Carthen, St. Louis

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