Lecturer – American Association of Exporters and Importers, World Trade Institute, American Management Association, New York Bar Association, D.C. Bar Association, U.S. Small Business Administration, Georgetown University, the American Petroleum Institute, the Border Trade Alliance, the National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones, and numerous international, national and locally sponsored seminars in the areas of strategies and techniques for importing and exporting, special Customs procedures, including bonded warehouses, temporary importation bonds, entireties, drawback, and analysis of benefits and establishment of U.S. Foreign‑Trade Zone

Founder, Past President, Past General Counsel (1972-2023) – National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones

Author – “Foreign-Trade Zone Manufacturing, The Emergence of a Free Trade Instrument," 9 Virginia Journal of International Law 444, 1969.  Numerous articles on international trade subjects

Member – American Association of Exporters & Importers
Member – American Society of International Law
Member – Society for International Affairs
Member – National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, Inc.
Member – International Trade Club of Greater Kansas City
Member – International Relations Council
Former Member – District Export Council (U.S. Department of Commerce)
Member – Customs and International Trade Bar Association
Member – American Bar Association – International Law Committee
Member – Federal Bar Association
Member – Missouri Bar Association – International Law Committee
Member – Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
Member – Lawyers Association of Kansas City