DWYER, DYKES & THURSTON, L.C.

OF COUNSEL

NAOMI A. KAUFFMAN: Naomi was born in Chicago, Illinois, on April 9, 1945. She graduated from the University of Michigan in 1966 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and from Whittier College School of Law in 1977 with a Juris Doctorate Degree. Naomi is admitted to practice in the States of California, Kansas, U.S. District Court; District of Kansas, Missouri, U.S. District Court; Western District of Missouri and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Naomi has extensive experience in the areas of adoption, domestic relations law, civil litigation and mediation. She is a member of the Kansas City Metropolitan (Member, Family Law Section), Kansas (Member, Ethics Committee, 1982-84; Ford-Gray County Bench-Bar Committee, 1982-83) and American (Member, Family and Litigation Section; Forum Committee on Communications) Bar Associations; State Bar of California; The Missouri Bar; Association of Women Lawyers (Member, Board of Directors, National Conference of Women's Bar Associations, 1983). Naomi is a Certified Mediator, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts.