Anthony L.  DeWitt Bartimus, Frickleton, Robertson & Obetz, PC MR. ANTHONY L. "TONY" DEWITT, RRT, CRTT, has a diverse background in health care, law and litigation. The son of a Sedalia physician, Tony spent much of his life as a military dependent, graduating from high school at Clark Air Base in the Philippine Islands.Tony spent six years in the military and was a combat medic with the United States Army receiving the Army Commendation Medal twice in three years. After military service Tony spent thirteen years as a registered respiratory therapist and certified respiratory therapy technician. Tony worked in the areas of adult, pediatric and neonatal critical care. His duties as a therapist make him exceptionally familiar with all forms of life support and clinical monitoring equipment. While working as a therapist Tony obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Health Care and Administration from Ottawa University of Kansas City, and served as the administrative director of Cardiopulmonary and Neurology Services at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Hartford Connecticut. In 1990 Tony left the allied health profession after seeing the impact that health care financing changes had on the quality of patient care. Tony wanted to make a difference in the way that health care was provided to all patients, but especially to the elderly Medicare patients who so often felt the brunt of poor staffing and inadequate supervision of staff.After graduating cum laude from St. Louis University School of Law in 1993, Tony went to work as a law clerk for the Honorable Edward D. "Chip" Robertson of the Missouri Supreme Court. Thereafter he became an associate with the law firm of Shamberg, Johnson & Bergman in Overland Park, Kansas. For three years Tony specialized in the prosecution of medical negligence and "qui tam" or "whistleblower" lawsuits brought against health care providers. In 1998, when Judge Robertson joined the Bartimus, Frickleton, Robertson & Obetz law firm, Tony was one of three former law clerks Judge Robertson hired to serve on the legal briefing team for the State of Missouri v. American Tobacco Company. As an employee of the Missouri State Tobacco Recovery Project, Tony worked closely with Judge Robertson and the Bartimus, Frickleton, Robertson & Obetz firm. With the closure of that project in 2000, he became an employee of the firm. He concentrates his practice in the area of nursing home litigation and "qui tam" or federal whistleblower lawsuits.