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| | Address | | 4701 College Boulevard, Suite 107 | | Leawood, Kansas 66211 | | (Johnson Co.) | | Mailing Address: 2420 Pershing Road, Suite 400, Kansas City, MO, 64108 | |  | Accepts Credit Cards |
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| | | Reviser of the Missouri Law Digest for this Directory. | Swanson Midgley, LLC practices in the following areas of law:
Appellate Litigation, Business Litigation, Community Banking, Construction Law, Corporate Law, Employment Law, Estate, Business Succession, Asset Protection, Franchise Law, Real Estate, Taxation. | | Year Established: 1886 | Firm Profile:
For over 120 years, Swanson Midgley has continuously provided professional legal service to its clients. We listen to our clients' needs and goals in order to help guide them with their legal and business matters. Our clients appreciate our attentiveness to proactive planning for their future business needs. We focus on providing our highest quality legal services in the most efficient manner. Its practice covers the full range of corporate/commercial matters including commercial and civil litigation. The firm has experience in tax, franchising, securities law, estate planning, banking and employee benefits. Swanson Midgley's attorneys are legal industry leaders which is proven by its long history of prominent attorneys including a Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court, a President of the Missouri Bar Association, a presiding Judge of the District Court of Kansas, a member of the Board of Examiners of the Missouri Bar Association, and a City Councilmember. Swanson Midgley places high importance on civic duty by being actively involved with the community. Many of our members serve as trustees and advisors to local colleges and universities, church organizations, and other not-for-profit organizations. Additionally, in 2007, we implemented a "Green Initiative" to adjust our office practices to be more environmentally friendly. Swanson Midgley is a proud member of Meritas. Meritas is an international association of independent business law firms. Swanson Midgley is a member of Meritas because we recognize the added value of having business-to-business relationships throughout the United States and the world. Our Meritas association gives our clients access to legal industry leaders around the world. | | Firm Size: 19 | Representative Clients:
Avila University; Carstar Franchising Systems, Inc.; Circle K Corp.; Columbia Insurance Group; Copaken, White & Blitt; Curry Investment Company; Douglass National Bank; Employers Mutual Casualty Co.; Equitable Life Assurance Society of U.S.; Ferguson Enterprises, Inc.; Galvmet, Inc.; H & H Color Lab, Inc.; H & R Block; Hanover Insurance Co.; Highway CarrierCorp.; HNTB Corporation; Interlochen Corp.; MasterProtection Corp. (Firemaster); Mr. Goodcents Frachising Systems, Inc.; NorthStar Bank; Physicians Reference Laboratory; Pizza Hut, Inc.; Powell Family Foundation; Principal Financial Group; Reynolds Metals Co.; Right Management Consultants; River City Industrial Refrigeration; S & K Industries; Salof Refrigeration Company, Inc.; Scot Young Research, Inc.; Taylor Cable Products, Inc.; The Prudential Insurance Company of America; The Lee Apparel Co.; Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Co.; United Country Real Estate; United Benefit Life Insurance Co.; Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States; W.C. Tingle Co. | Rate Information:
Accepts Major Credit Cards |
Other Office Locations of Swanson Midgley, LLC
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A. (Main Office)
| | Christopher Barhorst (Member) born St. Louis, Missouri; admitted to bar, 1991, Missouri; 1992, Kansas. Education: Tufts University (B.A., cum laude, 1988); University of Missouri at Kansas City (J.D., 1991). Member: The Missouri Bar; Kansas Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business Law; Landlord and Tenant Law. Email: Christopher Barhorst | | Douglas M. Beck (Member) born Salt Lake City, Utah, March 16; admitted to bar, 1981, Missouri; 1991, Kansas. Education: Pepperdine University; Brigham Young University (B.S., 1977; M.Acc., 1980; J.D., cum laude, 1980). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Civil Pleading and Procedure. Certified Public Accountant, Missouri, 1982. Member: Kansas and American (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar (Member, Committees on: Probate and Trust Law; Taxation Law); Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Taxation; Probate; Business Planning. Email: Douglas M. Beck | | Kelly Dean Brende (Member) born Mt. Clemens, Michigan, November 23; admitted to bar, 1995, Nebraska; 2000, Missouri; 2001, Kansas. Education: Northern Michigan University (B.S., 1990); Creighton University (J.D., cum laude, 1995); University of Missouri, Kansas City (LL.M. in Taxation, 1998). Member: The Missouri Bar; Kansas, Nebraska State, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Business Planning; Taxation. Email: Kelly Dean Brende | | Stanley M. Burnstein (Member) born St. Joseph, Missouri, May 6, 1936; admitted to bar, 1962, Missouri; 1966, U.S. Tax Court; 1991, Kansas. Education: University of Missouri (B.S., 1958; J.D., 1962). Omicron Delta Kappa; Beta Gamma Sigma. American Jurisprudence Award in Negotiable Instruments. Certified Public Accountant: California, 1964; Missouri, 1965. Instructor, Taxation, Avila College, 1978-1979. Chairman, UMKC/CLE Estate Planning Internship Program, 1994-2003. Member: Kansas Bar Association; The Missouri Bar (Member, Taxation Committee, 1966—); Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Chairman, Taxation Committee, 1980-1982); American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Estate Planning Association (Director, 1984-1986). Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Taxation; Business Succession Planning; Real Estate; Corporate Advisory Services. Email: Stanley M. Burnstein | | James A. Durbin (Member) born Butler, Missouri, October 16; admitted to bar, 1989, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1990, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: William Jewell College (B.A., 1986); University of Kansas (J.D., 1989). Phi Kappa Delta; Delta Mu Delta. Member, Moot Court Council. First Year Moot Court Oral Finalist. Member: The Missouri Bar; Kansas Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Premises Liability; Civil Trial Practice; Labor and Employment; Education. Email: James A. Durbin | | James F. Freeman, III (Member) born Springfield, Missouri, December 17; admitted to bar, 1989, Missouri; 1990, Kansas; U.S. District Courts, District of Kansas and Western District of Missouri; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth and Tenth Circuits; U.S. Court of Claims; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Missouri at Kansas City (B.A., 1986; J.D., 1989). Instructor, Government Contracts, University of Missouri, Kansas City, 1999-2002. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Kansas and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Commercial Litigation; Business Law; Contract Law; Appellate Practice; Probate; Transportation Law; Corporate Law. Email: James F. Freeman, III | | Debra Davis Hallauer (Member) born Tulsa, Oklahoma, February 3; admitted to bar, 1990, Missouri; 1991, Kansas and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Missouri Western State College (B.S., 1983); University of Missouri-Kansas City (J.D., 1990; LL.M. in Taxation, 1995). Phi Alpha Delta. Co-Author: "The Law of Health Care Decision-Making," University of Missouri at Kansas City/Continuing Legal Education, 1995. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan (Member, Probate Subcommittee), Johnson County, Clay County and Kansas Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar (Member, Probate and Trust Subcommittee); Estate Planning Council of Eastern Kansas; The Estate Planning Society; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Practice Areas: Elder Law; Estate and Gift Taxation; Trusts and Estates; Asset Protection; Charitable Giving; Estate Planning; Guardianship and Conservatorship; Wills; Probate. Email: Debra Davis Hallauer | | Julie Haverly (Associate) born 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Missouri; 2005, Kansas and Nebraska, 2006, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri. Education: William Jewell College (B.A., magna cum laude, 2000); University of Missouri at Columbia (J.D., 2004). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Kansas and Nebraska State Bar Associations; Association of Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City; The Missouri Bar; Kansas City Bankruptcy Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Quiet Title; Real Estate Bankruptcy; Residential Real Estate Foreclosure; Real Estate Title; Collections. Email: Julie Haverly | | Daniel V. Hiatt, Jr. (Associate) born 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Missouri. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 2001); Tulane University (J.D., 2005). Member: The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Estate Planning; Probate. Email: Daniel V. Hiatt, Jr. | | Rodney V. Hipp (Member) born Wichita, Kansas, March 5; admitted to bar, 1976, Missouri; 1988, Kansas. Education: Kansas State University (B.A., 1969); University of Virginia (M.A., 1970); Indiana University (M.B.A., 1976; J.D., cum laude, 1976). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Eta Sigma. Co-Author: with Michael Jenkins, "Starting and Operating a Business in Missouri," Oasis Press, 1986. Member, Estate Planning Society of Kansas City, 1984—. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Lawyers Association of Kansas City. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Tax; Not-For-Profit Entities; Health Care. Email: Rodney V. Hipp | | John J. Miller (Member) born Leavenworth, Kansas, January 4, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1992, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Missouri-Columbia (A.B., summa cum laude, 1981; B.J., 1981; J.D., 1984). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Eta Sigma; Kappa Tau Alpha; Phi Kappa Phi; Delta Theta Phi. Editor-in-Chief, University of Missouri Law Review, 1983-1984. Law Clerk to: Honorable Joseph E. Stevens, Jr., U.S. District Judge, Western District of Missouri, 1984-1986; Stinson, Mag & Fizzell, 1986-1991; Nygaard & Miller, 1991-1996. Arbitrator For: The National Association of Securities Dealers; American Arbitration Association (Commercial and Securities). Member: The Missouri Bar; Kansas Bar Association; Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association. Practice Areas: Securities Fraud; Securities Arbitration; NASD Arbitration; Litigation; Arbitration; Mediation. Email: John J. Miller | | Scott H. Murphy (Member) born Des Moines, Iowa, February 4, 1966; admitted to bar, 1997, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1998, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: Iowa State University (B.S.E.E., 1990); Drake University (J.D., with high honors, 1997). Member, Drake Law Review. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; Kansas Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Law. Email: Scott H. Murphy | | OF COUNSEL | | James M. Ramsey (Of Counsel) born Kansas City, Missouri, July 18, 1945; admitted to bar, 1973, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. (Not admitted in Kansas). Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., cum laude, 1967); University of Missouri at Kansas City (J.D., 1973). Instructor, Labor Law, Central Missouri State University, 1973-1975. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. [1st Lt., U.S. Army, 1968-1971]. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: James M. Ramsey | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Kansas City, Missouri Office: 2420 Pershing Road, Suite 400, Crown Center. Telephone: 816-842-6100. Fax: 816-842-0013.
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