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Due
to rapid growth in the Republic area the City determined to employee a
fulltime attorney to assist in addressing legal issues that are generated
with the growth. Mr. Dirickson entered into employment with the City of
Republic in June of 2005. Prior to becoming part to the staff for the
City of Republic, he was an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Springfield,
Missouri, for 10 years working as the Chief Prosecuting Attorney and also
in the civil division of the City Attorney’s office representing
assigned departments.
Prior
to employment with the City of Springfield, he practiced in the private
sector for 12 years in Oklahoma with a firm representing a number of cities
and towns and served as an Assistant District Attorney of Caddo County,
OK, for 3 years. He was a board member of the Oklahoma Municipal Attorney’s
Association representing small community prosecutors on the board. He
is currently a member of the Missouri Municipal Attorneys Association.
Mr.
Dirickson has taught at the Springfield Police Academy presenting prosecution
issues faced in municipal court and has conducted training for Springfield
code enforcement personnel regarding how to present a case for prosecution
or for administrative hearing. He has been a speaker at an OMAA conference
speaking on prosecution issues and has spoken at a Missouri Milk, Food
and Environmental Health Association conference regarding administrative
enforcement issues for health inspectors.
He
is a graduate of Southwestern State College, Weatherford, OK, with a Bachelor
of Arts in History and Business Administration and graduated from the
Oklahoma University School of Law with a Juris Doctorate Degree.
He
is a member of Optimist International and is currently a member of the
Sunrise Club in Springfield. He has recently completed Class XX of Leadership
Springfield.
He
is married to Pamela who works for the neonatal doctors at Cox Health
System in their office. They are members of the Second Baptist Church
in Springfield. They have two children, Melissa, an international flight
attendant for Continental Airlines, and Brandon, a student at Missouri
State University, and a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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