He was one of the lead attorneys in the successful defense of Kemner vs. Monsanto, the longest civil jury trial in American history. Ken has defended numerous companies in alleged chemical exposure claims in workplace or products cases involving dioxin, PCBs, asbestos, medical monitoring, and benzene. Ken served as Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Missouri from 1969 to 1972 and served as a Special Agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1966 to 1968. He received his J.D. from Washington University School of Law and his B.S. from the University of Illinois.