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Friday, December 3, 2010
Noon
Chappell's Grill, North Kansas City
$14 for lunch, drink, and tip.

David Gregory Kays

District Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court, Western District of Missouri
Nominated by George W. Bush on November 15, 2007, to a seat vacated by Dean Whipple; Confirmed by the Senate on June 10, 2008, and received commission on June 19, 2008.

Education:
Southwest Missouri State University, B.S., 1985
University of Arkansas School of Law, J.D., 1987

Professional Career:
Private practice, Missouri, 1988-1989
Assistant public defender, Office of the Special Public Defender, Springfield, Missouri, 1989
Assistant prosecuting attorney, Laclede County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Missouri, 1988-1989
Chief assistant prosecuting attorney, Laclede County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Missouri, 1989-1991
Prosecuting attorney, Laclede County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Missouri, 1991-1995
Adjunct faculty, Drury University, 1991-2004
Assocate circuit judge, Laclede County, Missouri, 1995-2004
Presiding judge, Twenty-sixth Judicial Circuit, State of Missouri, 2005-2008