John
is a native of West Virginia. He was born in May of 1966.
After serving on active duty with the United States Army as a Combat
Engineer, West Virginia requested that he find a more suitable place
to reside. He found that the Ozarks were much like home and
headed west.
The State of Missouri allows
him to practice law. However it requests that he limit his practice to times when there is an adult
around to supervise. In an extraordinary act of misjudgment, Dan and Steve saw fit to get him admitted to the U.S. District Court
for the Eastern District of Missouri. He has been unable to shanghai any other Court into admitting him.
John took several classes at a university. Having no earthly idea
what he wanted, he settled on philosophy. Marshall University gave him
the heave-ho in 1996 and conferred a B.A. degree to insure he would
have no excuse for returning. You may recognize Marshall as the Thundering
Herd, the Division II football champions who trounced Missouri
University in 1995. Always being one for the underdog, John headed to Missouri for law school.
He attended Washington University. It is still rumored he received
his letter of admission by mistake. Once there, the
administration had to find a way to limit the time he would be in class and disrupt the
other students. They decided to keep him occupied by making him an associate
editor for the Washington University Law Quarterly.
The senior members of the firm have
adopted a similar strategy for keeping John out of the office and away from the paying clients.
They encourage his attendance at meetings of the Butler County Bar Association
and work on the SEMOLS Board of Directors. Dan and Steve always look
forward to the two weeks during the summer when John is fulfilling his
commitment to the Missouri National Guard JAG Corps.
Amy is charged with the duty of keeping John out of the office. She started her career as a legal secretary with the firm in 1997 and has questioned the decision frequently since.
Appointments with John can be arranged through Amy during normal business hours. The phone number and address is:
Moore and Walsh
Attention Amy
P.O. Box 610
Poplar Bluff, Missouri 63902
573-785-6200
573-785-4100 (Fax)