Chad R. Caraker, Attorney at Law, is Owner/Operator of Caraker Law Firm, P.C., in Columbia, Missouri. He is authorized to practice before the Internal Revenue Service.

Mr. Caraker earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, which is consistently ranked among the top third of all U.S. law schools.

The School's Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution has been ranked the best of its kind in the nation for three straight years by U.S. News and World Report's annual survey of America's best graduate schools.

Prior to attending law school, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences, majoring in Political Science, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Mr. Caraker holds association memberships in the American Bar Association, Missouri Bar Association and Boone County Bar Association. In addition to his professional associations, he maintains an active civic involvement with the Columbia (MO) Chamber of Commerce and the Columbia Kiwanis Club.

A native of Harrisburg, Illinois, Mr. Caraker resides in Columbia, Missouri, with his wife, son and daughter.