Art became interested in law in the eighth grade after reading Clarence Darrow for the Defense: A Biography. His book-inspired law career spans more than 31 years and includes being named by The Daily Record as one of the 10 Legal Leaders in the Kansas City metropolitan area for 2007. The award recognizes attorneys who have made significant contributions to their professions and their communities.

Professionally, Art is credited with developing a legal practice dedicated to developing renewable fuels. Clients will tell you he is adept at finding points of resolution rather than conflict in any legal situation. That edge helps him facilitate and close complex business transactions that are at times adversarial. His accomplishments include guiding clients in creating ethanol plants in Iowa and Illinois and biodiesel plants in Kansas City, Kan., Belize and southern California. Art's legal counsel also helped found a company which builds ethanol 85 and Liquid Propane Gas dispensing stations in countries ranging from Mexico to India.

Personally, Art is dedicated to veterans' causes and is a decorated veteran himself. He served in the U.S. Army as a forward observer in the 25th Infantry Division and later as a U.S. Army nuclear weapons advisor to the Belgian Air Force.

Art joined Levy & Craig in 2004. During his extensive career, he has practiced at several local law firms.

CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS
> Developed the strategy for a business lawsuit that rendered the largest
   verdict in Ohio history, $215 million

ACTIVITIES
> Chairman, Department of Veteran Affairs Advisory Committee on
   the Readjustment of War Veterans, 2006
> Trustee, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Ft.
   Leavenworth, Kan., 2006
> Past Chairman, Kansas Women's Business Center, 2004-2006
> Chairman, Heart to Heart International, since 2003
> Member, Liberty Memorial Trustees, since 2002
> Board of Directors, Film Commission of Greater Kansas City,
   since 2000
> Chairman, Kansas City Vietnam Veterans Memorial, since 1985
> Founder and Co-chairman, Heart of America Stand Down Foundation,
   since 1992

PRESENTATIONS
> Renewable energy breakout session in conjunction with Mark Beemer,
   CEO and Chairman of the Board, Alternative Energy Sources Inc.;
   First-Ever Enterprise Bank Leadership Day, 2007: "Paving a Path of
   Excellence"

EDUCATION
> J.D., University of Missouri Columbia School of Law, Columbia,
   Mo., 1975
       > Honors: Order of the Coif
       > Managing Editor, Lead Articles Editor, Missouri Law Review
> B.A., Political Science, University of Missouri-Columbia Honors
   College, Columbia, Mo., 1968
       > Honors: Cum laude

BAR ADMISSIONS
> Missouri, 1975
> U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, 1975
> U.S. Tax Court, 1981

HONORS
> Legal Leader, The Daily Record, 2007
> Heart to Heart Service to Humanity Award, 2006
> National Service Award, Association of the United States Army, 2003
> Volunteer of the Year, Victor E. Speas Foundation, 2003
> United States Army Artillery School Hall of Fame, 2002
> National Service Award, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, 1996
> National Service Award, Vietnam Veterans of America, 1992
> Veteran Silver Award, The Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor
   Foundation, 1989
> Distinguished Alumnus, Kansas City Tomorrow Association, 1989