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Member at the firm The Hershewe Law Firm, P.C.
Areas of Practice
Truck Accidents; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Civil Trials; Insurance Bad Faith; Trial Practice; Civil Practice; Construction Accidents; Gas Explosions; Products Liability; Drug and Medical Device Litigation; Automobile Liability; Trucking Liability; Business Litigation; General Negligence
Admitted
1977, Missouri
Law School
University of Tennessee, J.D., 1976
College
Missouri Western State College, B.A., 1972
Membership
Jasper County, Springfield and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar (Member, Board of Governors); Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (Member, Board of Governors).
Biography
Phi Kappa Phi. Recipient, AITLAmerica Life Member Award, 2008; The Thomas G. Strong Trial Attorney Award, June 2008; AITLAmerica National Achievement Award, May 2008; APITLAmerica Advocate of Justice Award, 2009. Co-Author: Chapter 6, "Pretrial Discovery Motions," Missouri Products Liability Handbook, edited by Gary C. Robb, published by the University of Missouri at Kansas City, School of Law; Co-Contributor to supplement to Chapter 62 of Averbach, Handling Accident Cases, published by Lawyers Co-Op. Speaker, Missouri CLE Seminar on Jury Instructions, July, 1985. Chairperson, University of Missouri Seminar on Missouri Torts and Civil Procedures Update, May 3, 1990. Moderator, The Missouri Bar CLE Seminar on Missouri Law Update, June, 1991. Speaker: Missouri Association of Court Reporters, "Medical Malpractice - Delayed Caesarean Section," September 1991. Speaker, Arkansas Trial Lawyers, 1999. Speaker, The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 2000. Speaker, Florida Medical Trial Skills, 2000. Faculty Member, ATLA Seminar on Focus Groups, April 2000. Speaker: Kansas City Bar Association, "Discovery of Electronic Data in Medical Malpractice Cases," 2002. Speaker, Kansas City Bar Association, "Opening Statements," 2004. Speaker, Springfield-Metro Bar Association, "Deposing Experts," February 2004. Speaker, Kansas City Metro Bar Association, April 2004. Speaker, Brain Injury Foundation, September 13, 2004. Speaker, Missouri Bar Mid-Year Seminar, "Admissibility of Expert Testimony after McDonough," January 2005. Speaker, Missouri Bar, "Jury Selection in the Age of Tort Reform," July 2005. Speaker, Kansas Trial Lawyers of America, "Opening Statements" and "Wooden's Pyramid of Success," August 2007. Co-Editor, Missouri Courts Bulletin. Publications and Speaker: "Convincing Arguments on Damages," for AAJ (2/8/08); "Plaintiff's Case Themes that Work in Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice - how to identify them, how to fortify them and how them," for SMBA (2/22/08). Speaker: Springfield Metro Bar Association, "Plaintiffs' Case Themes That Work Today," February 2008; AAJ, "Convincing Arguments on Damages," February 2008; AITLAmerica, "Damages in Interstate Trucking," May 2008; MOBAR, "Discovery: Unearthing the Heart of the Case," June 2008; MATA, "Closing Arguments: Demonstration & Jury Deliberations," June 2008. AITLAmerica National Advisory Board, 2007; Member, National Advisory Board for the Association of Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America; APITLAmerica Executive Board of Trustees, Member, 2009. Served on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Court.
Born
St. Joseph, Missouri, February 8, 1948
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