About Donald L. Wolff

Admitted: 1962, Missouri; 1969, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Military Appeals Law School: University of Missouri, J.D., 1962 College: University of Missouri, B.S., 1959 Member: The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Chairman, Trial Section, 1969); St. Louis County (President, 1972) and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar (Chairman, Juvenile Courts and Laws Committee, 1972-1973; Criminal Law Committee, 1978-1979; Member: 8th Circuit Federal Bench-Bar Committee, 1980-1987; Evidence Task Force, 1982; Task Force Missouri Public Defender System); National District Attorneys Association; Lawyers Association of St. Louis (President, 1979); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Missouri Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1980-1989); American Judicature Society. Biography: Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Sigma. Author: "Pre-Trial Release and the Pre-Arraignment Code," Missouri Bar Journal, 1969; "Missouri Bar Criminal Practice Handbook, Continuing Legal Education," and "Missouri Bar Practical Skills Handbook," 1978. Co-author: "Habeas Corpus," St. Louis Bar Journal, Winter, 1978; "A New Test for Ineffective Assistance of Counsel?, "Missouri Bar Journal, March, 1980; "Criminal Law and The Constitution", St. Louis Bar Journal, 1987; "of DNA Testing in Criminal Cases," MACDL/NACDL Seminar, 1990; "ONA-Deoxyribonucleic Acid or Do Not Admit," Mo. Lawyers Weekly, 1993; "Criminal Practice Forms," Mo. Practice, West Publ. Co., 1993. Adjunct Associate Professor, St. Louis University School of Law, 1979-1985. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney (Chief Trial Assistant), 1966-1969. Recipient: Roy F. Essen Award, St. Louis County Bar Association, 1969; Distinguished Service Award from St. Louis County Bar Association, 1988; Dr. Martin Luther King Human Rights Award, 1998; American Civil Liberties Union Award, 1998. Legal Consultant, KMOX Radio and KSDK TV. Member, Legion of Honor, Demolay, 1971. Member, Board of Directors: Boys and Girls Town of Missouri, 1971-2000; Cystic Fibrosis, Gateway Chapter, 1972-2000; Urban League Legal Counsel, 1986-; Chairman of the Board, American Civil Liberties Union, 1985-. President, Big Brother Organization of Greater St. Louis, 1975. Member, National Board of Directors, 1977-1986 and Counsel, 1980-1982, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America. Member, Board of Trustees, Law School Foundation, University of Missouri, 1979-1989. General Counsel: American Civil Liberties Union, Eastern District of Missouri, 1986-1999; Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, 1989-. Advisory Comm. Family Violence Project, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, General Counsel Legal Advocates to Abused Women, 1991-1998. Harris-Stowe State College Board of Regents, 1995-. Municipal Court Judge, City of Creve Coeur, 1994-. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, in the area of Criminal Defense, 1st- 8th Editions. Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Born: St. Louis, Missouri, September 25, 1935 ISLN: 902655346