Currently a member of a Kansas City based firm specializing in litigation, including complex and class action litigation, commercial and business litigation, defense of medical professionals and hospitals, construction litigation, and other litigation specialties. Members of the firm are recognized by their peers as leaders in the various fields of litigation, including selection into American Board of Trial Advocates, International Society of Barristers, American College of Trial Lawyers; Super Lawyers, Best of the Bar in Litigation, Best Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers Top 100, Dean of the Trial Bar, Missouri Legal Icon Recipient.
Case Experience
Business Dissolution
Civil Rights
Class Actions
Commercial/Business
Consumer Fraud
Contract Disputes
Employment
Family Businesses
Health Care
Insurance
Intellectual Property
Legal Malpractice
Libel & Slander
Medical Devices
Medical Malpractice
Mergers & Acquisitions
Nursing Homes
Partnerships
Personal Injury
Premises Liability
Product Liability
Professional Fees
Professional Liability
Professional Malpractice
Professional Negligence
Property Damage
Securities
Sexual Harassment
Shareholder Disputes
Torts
Trusts / Estates
Unfair Competition
Wrongful Death
Education
University of Missouri at Columbia, J.D. 1979
University of Missouri at Columbia, B.S., with honors 1975
Memberships & Affiliations
The Missouri Bar, President, 2019-2020
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, President 2010
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation, President 2018
Dean of the Trial Bar 2023Missouri Bar Foundation Trustee
Johnson County Bar Association, Silver Fellow
Task Force on the Profession, 2015-2018
Task Force on the KCMBA
United States District Court for Western District of Missouri Federal Practice Committee
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