Transforming Education

Steve is a physician who practiced physical medicine and rehabilitation until he exited clinical care midway through law school. Although he completed law school later in life, attending law school was always part of the

plan. Here’s how he described his journey in his law school application (edited for clarity):

“And so, I went to college, fully expecting that I would work

my way through to a bachelor’s degree as a prelude to attending

law school and becoming an attorney. If my parents were

children of the depression, my brothers and I were most

definitely children of the sixties and seventies. It was through

the eyes of an idealistic teenager that I watched lawyers

untangle the constitutional crisis of Watergate, advance a

burgeoning civil rights movement, and protect personal

freedoms. And, yes, I’d watched perhaps one too many

episodes of Perry Mason. These role models, real and fictional,

along with my ongoing interests in Social Studies, Politics,

Logic, and Debate seemed to be the perfect mix leading to my

interest in law.

All would have gone according to plan had it not been for those pesky ‘distribution requirements’ in college. Having managed to escape biology in high school, I quickly learned that skipping it was a non-starter if I planned to graduate. And how lucky I was to have such a roadblock, because the subject matter I dreaded quickly became my intellectual infatuation- an attachment so gripping that it led to a four decade adventure in medicine. .

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Throughout all this, I’ve never strayed from my interest in the law. I find myself intrigued by the same ‘big’ questions I considered 40 years ago, but just as intrigued as to how our legal system works. Despite the longstanding and ongoing interest, the logistics and timing never seemed quite right to go to Law School. Until now. My professional and

personal lives are both in a place where I’m confident I can become an engaged and effective lawyer.”

Steve is passionate about teaching and has extensive experience in medical education including having run a residency training program and taught medical students, insurance professionals, allied health

professionals and, yes, even a few attorneys. In addition to building and managing his private practice and several other businesses, Steve has consulted with hospitals, insurance companies, lawyers and other small businesses and start-ups during his career. Steve’s particular practice interests include physician contracts and business transactions, estate planning and asset protection and intergenerational transfer of wealth.

Steve lives in the Kansas City area with his wife and Oreo, their ‘aggressively affectionate’ lab-something rescue pup.

We educate, edify and, occasionally, entertain.  Our goal is to open the world of law so that physicians (and, yes, others) can better understand how the law and our legal system function and impact their lives.

We have entered into a partnership with the Kansas City Southwest Clinical Society so that we can provide Category 1 CME credits.  Contact us for more information about CME credits.