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| | Address | | 221 West Lexington, Suite 400, P.O. Box 900 | | Independence, Missouri 64051 | | (Jackson Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Humphrey, Farrington & McClain, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil and Trial Practice. Probate, Corporation, Contract, Education, Real Estate, Banking and Personal Injury Law. Asbestos Litigation, Tobacco Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Class Actions, Labor and Employment. | | Year Established: 1969 | Firm Profile:
Located in Independence, Missouri for over 35 years, Humphrey, Farrington & McClain, P.C. provides legal counsel to clients both locally and across the nation. The firm's practice encompasses many areas of law, including Complex and Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law, Business Planning, Wills, Probate, Estate Planning, Education Law and Real Estate. The Litigation practice includes the areas of Products Liability, Class Actions, Asbestos Litigation, Tobacco Litigation, Personal Injury and Toxic Torts. The firm also achieved the highest rating in Martindale-Hubbell. | | Firm Size: 12 | Representative Clients:
Barbour Concrete Co.; Galen Boyer Motors, Inc.; Independence Board of Education; Cable Dahmer Chevrolet, Inc.; A-1 Rentals Inc.; Bank of Belton. | Reference:
1st National Bank of Missouri. | | Buford L. Farrington (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, July 30, 1947; admitted to bar, 1975, Missouri. Education: Duke University; University of Missouri at Columbia (B.S., 1969; J.D., 1975). Author: "Independent Administration," Missouri Estate Administration, Chapter 16, 1984, 3rd Edition. Chairman, 1986-1992 and Attorney, 1982-1986, Jackson County Board of Election Commissioners. Member: Eastern Jackson County (President, 1986-1987) and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar (Member: Taxation Committee, 1975-1976; Probate Committee, 1977—); American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Probate Law; Estate Planning Law; Real Estate; Business Planning Law. Email: Buford L. Farrington | | Kenneth B. McClain (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, August 26, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Missouri. Education: Graceland College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1979); University of Michigan (J.D., 1982). Editor, Journal of Law Reform, 1981-1982. Author: "A Proposal For Apportioning Damages in Fair Representation Suits," Mich. J. of L. Ref., V. 14, N. 3, p. 497, 1981; "Cost Recovery Litigation: Abatement of Asbestos Contamination," Am.Jur. Trials, V. 40:317. Member, Eastern Jackson County Law Library Board, 1988-1990. Member: Eastern Jackson County Bar Association (Board Member, 1989-1991); The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Occupational and Environmental Litigation; General Litigation; Class Actions. Email: Kenneth B. McClain | | Steven E. Crick (Member) born Independence, Missouri, August 29, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Missouri. Education: Southwest Missouri State University (B.S., 1981); University of Missouri-Kansas City (J.D., 1984). Member, Independence Industrial Development Authority, 1988-1993. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Eastern Jackson County (Board Member, 1992—; Vice President, 1996-1997) and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Asbestos Litigation; Products Liability; General Litigation. Email: Steven E. Crick | | Joseph S. Gall (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, November 9, 1951; admitted to bar, 1986, Missouri. Education: Colorado State University (B.S., 1974); University of Missouri-Kansas City (J.D., 1985). Author: "Chapter 9, Discovery, of Missouri Practice," Volume 2, Methods of Practice Litigation Guide, 3rd Edition, West Publishing Co., 1992. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; American Bar Association; Missouri School Board Association Council of School Attorneys. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation; School Law; Municipal Law. Email: Joseph S. Gall | | Scott R. Manuel (Member) born Berkeley, California, August 6, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, California; 1989, Missouri. Education: Graceland College (B.A., cum laude, 1981); Golden Gate University (J.D., 1984). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and Eastern County Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; State Bar of California (Member, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Section). Practice Areas: Estate Planning Law; Business Planning Law; Probate Litigation. Email: Scott R. Manuel | | Scott A. Britton-Mehlisch (Member) born Gaylord, Michigan, April 7, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Missouri. Education: Graceland College (B.A., cum laude, 1986); University of Missouri-Kansas City (J.D., 1989). Alpha Mu Gamma; Phi Alpha Theta; Phi Delta Phi. Listed in Who's Who in American College Students. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Eastern Jackson County and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Asbestos Products Liability Law; General Litigation. Email: Scott A. Britton-Mehlisch | | —————————— | | Donald H. Loudon, Jr. (Associate) born Kansas City, Missouri, August 11, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1984); Loyola University (J.D., 19 87). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys. Practice Areas: Tobacco Litigation. Email: Donald H. Loudon, Jr. | | Scott B. Hall (Associate) born Kansas City, Missouri, July 27, 1969; admitted to bar, 1999, Missouri. Education: University of Kansas (B.S.J., 1993); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 1998); University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom (L.L.M., environmental law, with distinction, 1998). Recipient: John Winston Chapter Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Litigation. Email: Scott B. Hall | | W. Benjamin Kasey (Associate) born Kokomo, Indiana, August 2, 1971; admitted to bar, 2001, Missouri; 2002, Kansas. Education: Indiana University (B.S., 1996); Washburn University (J.D., 2001); University of Missouri at Kansas City (LL.M., Taxation, 2002). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar;; Kansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation; Real Estate. Email: W. Benjamin Kasey | | Christopher R. Miller (Associate) born Kearny, Nebraska, October 11, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Missouri; 2003, Kansas. Education: University of Nebraska (B.S., cum laude, 1999; J.D., 2002). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Kansas Bar Association; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Products Liability; Class Actions. Email: Christopher R. Miller | | J'Nan Kimak Judy (Associate) born Independence, Missouri, May 27, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Missouri; 2005, Kansas. Education: University of Miami, Ohio (B.A., 2001); University of Missouri at Kansas City (J.D., 2004). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Kansas Bar Association. Practice Areas: Tobacco Litigation; Personal Injury; Class Actions. Email: J'Nan Kimak Judy | | Daniel A. Thomas (Associate) born Kansas City, Missouri, July 13, 1975; admitted to bar, 2003, Missouri. Education: Park University (B.A., 1999); University of Missouri at Kansas City (J.D., 2002). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Class Actions. Email: Daniel A. Thomas | | Andrew K. Smith (Associate) born Kearney, Nebraska, August 12, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Nebraska. (Not admitted in Missouri). Education: University of Nebraska at Kearney (B.S., magna cum laude, 1999); University of Nebraska at Lincoln (J.D., with distinction, 2002). Member: Nebraska State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Class Actions; Personal Injury. |
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