Judge, Missouri State Supreme Court, 2008-2017; 2019-present

Chief Justice, Missouri State Supreme Court, 2017-2019

Associate Circuit Judge, 4th Judicial Circuit, Atchison County, 2006-2008

Member, Appellate Practice Sub-Committee

Former Member, Civil Practice and Procedure Committee

Adjunct Professor of American Jurisprudence, William Jewell College, 2012-present

Instructor, Missouri Bar Professional Ethics Seminar

Attorney, Law Offices of Zel M. Fischer, 1992-2006

Attorney, Law Offices of James D. Boggs, 1989-1992

Law Clerk, Judge Andrew Jackson Higgins, Supreme Court of Missouri, 1988-1989

Member, The Missouri Bar, 1988-present

Former Member, 4th Circuit Judicial Bar Association

Member, Atchison County DARE

Member, Atchison County Economic Development Corporation

Former Member, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis

Member, Board of Directors, Tarkio Rodeo

Former Member, Clay County Bar Association

Member, Community Awareness Team

Former Member, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association

Member, Leadership Board, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Northwest Missouri

Former Member, Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys

Member, National Advisory Board for the University of North Carolina Bryson Center for Judicial Science Education

President, National Courts and Sciences Institute

Former Member, Platte County Bar Association

Member, Rock Port Rotary Club

Former Member, Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association

Member, Tarkio First Baptist Church

Member, Young Lawyers Section Council (Clay & Platte counties and rural NW Missouri)

Program Member, The Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource Center (ASTAR), 2008

Awards:

Theodore McMillian Judicial Excellence Award, The Missouri Bar, 2019

Distinguished Public Service Award, Kappa Alpha Order, 2017

President's Award, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law Foundation, 2017

Citation of Achievement, William Jewell College, 2012

James C. Kirkpatrick Award, Northwest Missouri Press Association, 2013

Distinguished Non-Alumnus Award, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, 2015

Number of Grandchildren:

4 Grandchildren

Publications:

Original author of Chapter 40, Strict Liability of Product Manufacturers and Sellers - Manufacturing Defect of the Products Liability Handbook, published by the University of Missouri, Kansas City, Continuing Legal Education