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Crown Center
2400 Pershing Road, Suite 500
Kansas City, Missouri 64108-2533 (Cass, Clay, Jackson & Platte Cos.)
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(Main Office) Statement of PracticeCivil and Complex Litigation, Regional and National Litigation Management, Aviation, Business, Construction, Employment, Environmental, Fidelity and Surety, Insurance, Product Liability, Professional Liability, Real Estate, Trusts and Estates. Year Established: 1982
Firm Affiliations ALFA INTERNATIONAL Representative Clients:Aetna Inc.
AIG Aviation
AIG Domestic Claims, Inc.
Altec Industries
American Airlines
Big Lots, Inc.
Boston Scientific Corporation
C.R. Bard, Inc.
CNA Insurance Company
Coca-Cola Enterprises
Comcar Industries, Inc., Crete Carrier Corporation
DaimlerChrysler Services North America, LLC
Fisher-Price, Inc.
Ford Motor Company
Fuqua Homes, Inc.
General Motors Corporation
Genmar Holdings, Inc.
GlaxoSmithKline
Global Aerospace
Icon Health & Fitness, Inc.
International Truck & Engine Co.
Johnson & Johnson
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
Monaco Coach Corporation
Novo Nordisk Inc.
Pfizer, Inc.
Procter & Gamble
Safeco Insurance Company
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Southwest Airlines
Sprint Nextel Corporation
Swift Transportation Co., Inc.
Underwriters at Lloyd's London
VarTec Telecom Inc.
Volkswagen of America, Inc.
YRC Worldwide, Inc.
AddressCrown Center
2400 Pershing Road, Suite 500
Kansas City, MO 64108-2533, (Cass, Clay, Jackson & Platte Cos.)
PhonePhone: 816-399-5567
Fax: 816-472-0288
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Firm/Affiliate OfficesOverland Park, Kansas: 51 Corporate Woods, 9393 West 110th Street, Suite 500, 66210. Telephone: 913-451-6752.
St. Louis, Missouri: 1010 Market Street, Suite 950, 63101. Telephone: 314-231-2925. Fax: 314-231-4857.
Thomas N. Sterchi (Member) born Olney, Illinois, August 6, 1945; admitted to bar, 1972, Missouri. Education: Eastern Illinois University (B.S., in education, 1967); University of Missouri-Columbia (J.D., 1972). Member, University of Missouri Law Review, 1971-1972. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and American (Member, Litigation, Tort and Insurance Practice Sections) Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Defense Research Institute; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers (Board Member, 1989-1995); Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (Chairman, Pharmaceutical Litigation Section, 1997-1999); Product Liability Advisory Council; Trial Attorneys of America; International Who's Who Product Liability Defence Lawyers. Practice Areas: Products Liability Defense; Drug and Medical Device Defense; Employment Litigation; Toxic Tort Litigation; Insurance Defense.Email: Thomas N. Sterchi
John W. Cowden (Member) born Springfield, Missouri, June 3, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Missouri. Education: Missouri State University (B.A., 1967); University of Missouri (J.D., 1970). Assistant Attorney General, Missouri, 1970-1971. Member: American (Member: Litigation Section; Aviation Committee) Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; American College of Trial Lawyers; American Board of Trial Advocates; International Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Product Liability Advisory Council; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association. Practice Areas: Aviation Litigation; General Civil and Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Insurance Coverage; Alternative Dispute Resolution.Email: John W. Cowden
Thomas E. Rice, Jr. (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, August 19, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Missouri; 1989, Kansas. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1976; J.D., 1979). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Epsilon. Contributing Editor, Missouri Civil Procedure Form Book. Member: American Bar Association (Litigation Section, Corporate Counsel Committee; Environmental Litigation Committee); The Missouri Bar; Kansas Bar Association; Product Liability Advisory Council; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers; Kansas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel; American Counsel Association. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Environmental Liability; Insurance Coverage; Products Liability Defense; Toxic Tort Litigation; Employment Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Thomas E. Rice, Jr.
James T. Seigfreid, Jr. (Member) born U.S. Air Force Base, Azores, Portugal, March 20, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, Missouri; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas;. Education: Loyola University, Rome, Italy (1977-1978); Regis College (B.A., 1979); Drake University (J.D., 1984). Law Clerk to Hon. Charles Shangler, Judge of the Western District, Missouri Court of Appeals, 1984-1985; Law Clerk to Hon. Louis A. Lavorato, Chief Judge, Iowa Supreme Court, retired 1983. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers; International Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; American Boat & Yacht Council; Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Automotive Products Liability; Premises Liability; Toxic Torts; General Commercial Litigation.Email: James T. Seigfreid, Jr.
James R. Jarrow (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, March 2, 1959; admitted to bar, 1989, Missouri; 1990, Kansas. Education: Indiana University (B.A., 1981); Washburn University (J.D., 1988). Member, Order of Barristers, 1987-1988. Washburn Law Journal, Associate Editor, 1988. Law Clerk to Hon. William Carpenter, District Court of Kansas, Third Judicial District, 1988. Police Officer/Accident Reconstruction Specialist, Colorado Springs, Colorado Police Department, 1981-1985. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and Kansas Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Automotive Products Liability; Personal Injury; Business Litigation; Drug and Medical Device Defense; Life Insurance Defense; Disability Insurance Defense.Email: James R. Jarrow
James S. Kreamer (Member) born Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September, 15, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Missouri; 1990, Kansas. Education: University of Iowa (B.B.A., 1986); University of Kansas (J.D., 1989). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Kansas and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Telecommunications Law; Construction Litigation; Fidelity and Surety; Insurance Litigation; Products Liability; Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA).Email: James S. Kreamer
Kara T. Stubbs (Member) born Lawrence, Kansas, August 17, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Missouri; 1993, Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1989; J.D., 1992). Phi Alpha Delta (Alumni Chapter Treasurer, 1996-1998). Law Clerk to Hon. Thomas C. Clark, Jackson County Circuit Court, 1992-1993. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Kansas and American (Litigation Section, Torts and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar (Chair, Young Lawyers Section Council, 2000-2001; Young Lawyers Section Council Executive Committee Member, 1999-2002); Defense Research Institute (Drug and Medical Device and Products Liability Committees); Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers; International Association of Defense Counsel (Member, Drug, Device and Biotechnology Committee, Product Liability Committee and Trial Techniques and Tactics Committee); Ross T. Roberts Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Litigation; Product Liability Defense; Drug and Medical Device Defense; Commercial Litigation.Email: Kara T. Stubbs
Paul S. Penticuff (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, December 19, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Missouri; 1994, Arkansas and Kansas. Education: Southwest Baptist University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1990); University of Missouri at Columbia (J.D., 1993). Phi Delta Phi; Alpha Chi. Order of the Barristers. Member and Note and Comment Editor, Missouri Law Review. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and American Bar Associations; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Drug and Medical Device Litigation; Products Liability; Construction Law; Intellectual Property Litigation; Litigation.Email: Paul S. Penticuff
Patrick Lysaught (Member) born Kansas City, Kansas, September, 12, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Missouri. Education: Creighton University (B.A., 1971); University of Missouri, Kansas City (J.D., with distinction, 1974). Law Clerk to Chief Judge William H. Becker, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, 1975-1976. Member: American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Tort; Insurance Practice and Antitrust); Defense Research Institute (Member, Board of Directors, 2003-2005); Westmo Defense Lawyers Association; American Board of Trial Advocates; International Association of Defense Counsel (Member, Sections on: Drug, Device and Biotech; Toxic Tort; Product Liability; Business Litigation; Multi Party Litigation Committee; Executive Committee, 2002-2005). Practice Areas: Products Liability; Drug and Medical Device Defense; Toxic Torts; Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Patrick Lysaught
Hal D. Meltzer (Member) born Great Bend, Kansas, June 15, 1955; admitted to bar, 1979, Kansas; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court; 1988, Missouri; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth and Tenth Circuits; U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Missouri; U.S. District Court, District of Arkansas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., cum laude, 1975); University of Kansas (J.D., magna cum laude, 1979). Order of the Coif. Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyer, 2005. Listed, United Who's Who. Member: Kansas City (Missouri), Kansas City Metropolitan, Johnson County, Kansas and American (Member, Sections On: Litigation; Tort and Insurance Practice; Law Practice Management; Law Office Management) Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Defense Research Institute; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Missouri Association of Trial Lawyers; Kansas Trial Lawyers Association; Trial Attorneys of America; American Trial Lawyers Association (Associate Member). Practice Areas: Product Liability Defense; Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Professional Liability Defense; Civil Rights; Commercial Litigation; Employment Litigation Defense; Civil Practice; Transportation (Trucking) Defense.Email: Hal D. Meltzer
David M. Eisenberg (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, February 16, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, New York; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 2003, Missouri; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: Brooklyn College (B.A., 1970); Brown University (M.A., 1972); Georgetown University (J.D., 1975). Named in Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers, 2005. Member, Arbitration Panel, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1986-2001. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Kansas and American (Board of Editors, Appellate Practice Committee; Member, Appellate Rules and Statutes Committee; Chair, Subcommittee on Marketing and Advertising, Business Law Section, 1996-1999; Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Labor Arbitration and Injunctions, 1977-1978; Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation; Business Law; Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law) Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. American Employment Law Council; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers; ALFA International Labor and Employment Practice Group (Member, Steering Committee). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation; Telecommunications; Appellate Practice.Email: David M. Eisenberg
Shawn M. Rogers (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, August 30, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Kansas; 1999, Missouri. Education: State University of New York at Binghamton University (B.S., 1994); University of Kansas (J.D., 1998). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Kansas, Missouri and American Bar Associations; Trucking Industry Defense Association; Trial Attorneys of America; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Truck Accidents; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Shawn M. Rogers
L. J. Buckner, Jr. (Member) born Topeka, Kansas, 1964; admitted to bar, 1993, Missouri; 1994, Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (B.S.B., with distinction, 1986); Yale Law School (J.D., 1993). Member: Jackson County Bar Association; Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Kansas Bar Association; Earl E. O' Connor Inn of Court; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Tort Defense.Email: L. J. Buckner, Jr.
Elizabeth Raines (Member) born Midland, Texas, January 26, 1968; admitted to bar, 2000, Texas; 2001, Missouri; 2002, Kansas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., 1990; J.D., 2000). Managing Editor, International Law Review Association. Law Clerk to Hon. Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr., Supreme Court of Missouri, 2000-2001. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; Kansas Bar Association; Ross T. Roberts Inn of Court; Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers; ALFA International Midwest Regional Practice Group (Member, Steering Committee). Practice Areas: Products Liability; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Employment Litigation.Email: Elizabeth Raines
Claudio E. Molteni (Member) born Milano, Italy, June 22, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Missouri; U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 2000, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1986; J.D., 1989). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; Kansas Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Kansas Trial Lawyers Association; National Employment Lawyers Association. Languages: Italian and French. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Employment Law; Products Liability Defense; Business Litigation.Email: Claudio E. Molteni
Thomas S. Stewart (Member) born Des Moines, Iowa, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Missouri. Education: University of Missouri, Columbia (B.A., magna cum laude, 1976); University of Missouri, Kansas City (J.D., with distinction, 1979). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Bench and Robe. Recipient: Thomas E. Deacy Trial Practice Award, 1979; President's Award of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, 2005. Editor-in-Chief, University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review, 1978-1979. Chair, Managing Partner Committee, 1993-1994, 2004-2005. Board Member: Heart of America United Way; Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce; Johnson County Leadership Council; Civic Council; University of Missouri at Kansas City; Arthritis Foundation; Kansas Head Injury Association. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Personal Injury; Business Litigation.Email: Thomas S. Stewart
Marcos A. Barbosa (Member) born Mindelo, Cape Verde; admitted to bar, 2004, Missouri; 2005, Kansas. Education: Mid-America Nazarene College (B.A., 2001); University of Kansas (J.D., 2004). Member: American Bar Association; Kansas Bar Association; Jackson County Bar Association; Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers; National Bar Association. Languages: Portuguese and Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability.Email: Marcos A. Barbosa
Koriambanya (Kori) S. Carew (Member) born Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, Missouri; 2002, Kansas. Education: Westmar University (B.A., 1997); Drake University (J.D., 2001). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Jackson County (President, 2008 & 2009; First Vice President, 2006 & 2007; Second Vice President, 2004 & 2005; Treasurer, 2003; Recording Secretary, 2001 & 2002), Kansas and American (Member, House of Delegates, 2007-2009; Liaison, Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants, 2000-2001; Lieutenant Governor for Diversity, 8th Circuit, 1999 & 2001) Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar (YLS Council, 2006-2008); Association of Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City (Member, Board of Directors, 2007); Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers (Member, Board of Directors 2009-2010); Defense Research Institute; Earl E. O'Connor Inn of Court (Board Member). Practice Areas: Tort Liability; Products Liability; Employment Litigation.Email: Koriambanya (Kori) S. Carew
Jarod G. Goff (Member) born Dodge City, Kansas, September 15, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Kansas and Missouri. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1999; J.D., 2001). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; Kansas Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers; Lawyers Association of Kansas City. Practice Areas: Aviation Defense; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense; Products Liability Defense; Toxic Torts; Truck Accidents.Email: Jarod G. Goff
John A. Watt (Member) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 2, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Missouri; 2001, Kansas and Massachusetts. Education: Kansas State University (B.S., Political Science, 1997); Boston University School of Law (J.D., Litigation, with honors, 2000). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan (Member: Executive Committee; Young Lawyers Committee, Social and Public Service), Massachusetts and Kansas Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Insurance Defense; Surety Law; Commercial Law; Trucking Liability.Email: John A. Watt
RETIRED PARTNERThomas O. Baker (Retired Partner) admitted to bar, 1958, Missouri. Education: University of Missouri (B.S., 1955); University of Missouri School of Law (J.D., 1957). (Retired).
OF COUNSELRobert A. Babcock (Of Counsel) born Jackson, Michigan, 1934; admitted to bar, 1959, Michigan; 1966, Missouri. Education: University of Kansas (B.S. in Architecture, 1957); University of Michigan (J.D., 1959). Phi Delta Phi. Vice Chairman, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, Section on Torts and Insurance Practice, American Bar Association, 1984-1989; President, Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, 1988-1989; President, 1988-1989 and Member, Board of Directors, 1985-1991, Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers; President, Westmo Defense Lawyers Association, 1975-1976; Member, Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel; Chairman, Fidelity and Surety Committee, 1982-1983 and Chairman, Professional Liability Committee, 1979-1980, Defense Research Institute. Chairman, Public Contract Law Committee, Missouri Bar, 1984-1986. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and American (Member, Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, Member, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee) Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; State Bar of Michigan; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers; Lawyers Association of Kansas City. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Construction Law; Contracts; Fidelity and Surety; Professional Liability.Email: Robert A. Babcock
Theodore C. Beckett (Of Counsel) born Boonville, Missouri, May 6, 1929; admitted to bar, 1957, Missouri. Education: University of Missouri-Columbia (B.S., 1950; J.D., 1957). Order of the Coif; Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Board of Editors, Missouri Law Review, 1956-1957. Member, 1995-2001, and President, 1998, Board of Curators, University of Missouri System. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Fellow: American Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Litigation; General Practice.Email: Theodore C. Beckett
Edward J. O'Reilly (Of Counsel) born New York, New York; admitted to bar, 1974, Missouri; 1990, Kansas. Education: Boston College (B.A.); St. Louis University (J.D.); University of Missouri at Kansas City (M.S., Environmental Geology). Legal Teaching Positions, Business Law, Avila University. Mock Trial 2004 and 2005. Rockhurst University Business Law, 2007. Visiting Lecturer, University of Missouri (Environmental Issues), 1994. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and Kansas Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. [Capt., USAF SAC, Missile Combat Crew, Whiteman A.F.B., MO]. Practice Areas: Drug and Medical Device Defense; Geo Science; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Toxic Torts; Premises Liability; Automotive Products Liability.Email: Edward J. O'Reilly
Hibberd V.B. Kline, III (Of Counsel) born 1947; admitted to bar, 1975, Missouri. Education: Harvard University (A.B., History, cum laude, 1969); University of Virginia (J.D., 1975). Member: The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice.Email: Hibberd V.B. Kline, III
Michael T. Marcotte (Of Counsel) born Springfield, Illinois, October 21, 1946; admitted to bar, 1974, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. Education: University of Missouri at Columbia (B.S.Ed., 1968); University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law (J.D., 1974). Member: Kansas City (Member, In-house Counsel, Medical/Legal, and Tort Law Committees) and American (Member, Tort and Insurance Practice and Health Insurance Law Committees) Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar (Member, Medical/Legal, Health and Hospital Law, and Insurance Law Committees); National Health Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers; Ross T. Roberts Inn of Court; Urban League of Kansas City (Member, Board of Directors); Broadway/Main Association (Member, Board of Directors). [U.S. Army Military Intelligence Special Agent, 1968-1971; Sergeant, Received Army Commendation Medal]. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Regulatory Law; Administrative Law; Government Relations.Email: Michael T. Marcotte
Dylan L. Murray (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1997, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. Education: University of Missouri at Columbia (B.J., 1993; J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Products Liability; Construction Law.Email: Dylan L. Murray
ASSOCIATESAnne E. Baggott (Associate) born Springdale, Arkansas, 1978; admitted to bar, 2006, Massachusetts; 2007, Missouri; 2008, Kansas. Education: University of Missouri - Columbia (Bachelor of Journalism, magna cum laude, 2000); Suffolk University Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Phi Delta Phi (Rehnquist Inn - Historian, 2003-2004). President, Moot Court Board. Member, Suffolk Journal of Trial & Appellate Advocacy. Member: Massachusetts, Kansas and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Defense Litigation; Products Liability Defense; Commercial Litigation.Email: Anne E. Baggott
Jonathan E. Benevides (Associate) born Fall River, Massachusetts, 1983; admitted to bar, 2009, Missouri. Education: Rockhurst University (B.S., Business Management, 2005); University of Kansas School of Law (J.D., 2009). Member: The Missouri Bar.Email: Jonathan E. Benevides
Tye Burger (Associate) born Hastings, Nebraska, 1983; admitted to bar, 2009, Missouri. Education: Kansas State University (B.S., Journalism and Mass Communications, cum laude, 2006); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2009). Member: The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Real Estate; Civil Litigation.Email: Tye Burger
Jodi L. Butler (Associate) born Overland Park, Kansas; admitted to bar, 2008, Missouri; U.S District Court, Western District of Missouri; U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Missouri. Education: University of Missouri, Columbia (B.A., 2005); University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law (J.D., 2008). Vice President, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law Emissaries, 2006-2007. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Association of Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City. Practice Areas: Products Liability Defense; Commercial Litigation.Email: Jodi L. Butler
Whitney E. Deacon (Associate) born Jonesboro, Arkansas, March 8, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Missouri. Education: University of Arkansas (B.S.B.A., 2000); University of Missouri (J.D., 2003). Member, Missouri Environmental Law and Policy Review, 2002-2003. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar (Representative, Young Lawyers Section, 2004); Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers; Association of Women Lawyers. Practice Areas: Products Liability Defense; Civil Trial Practice.Email: Whitney E. Deacon
Sara E. Dick (Associate) born Affton, Missouri, May 4, 1981; admitted to bar, 2005, Missouri; 2006, Kansas. Education: University of Missouri at Kansas City (B.A., with distinction, 2003; J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Staff Member, University of Missouri, Kansas City Law Review, 2003-2005. Editor-in-Chief, The Urban Lawyer, 2004. Practice Areas: Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Defense Litigation.Email: Sara E. Dick
Kristen A. Henderson (Associate) born Overland Park, Kansas, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Missouri; 2006, Kansas. Education: St. Louis University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2002); University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law, (J.D., 2005). Literary Editor, University of Missouri at Kansas City Law Review; Phi Beta Kappa. Member: The Missouri Bar; Kansas Bar Association; Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Drug and Medical Device Defense.Email: Kristen A. Henderson
Angela M. Higgins (Associate) born December 30, 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, Missouri; 2003, Kansas; 2006, District of Columbia; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: Clemson University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1997); University of Missouri at Kansas City (J.D., with distinction, 2002). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Member, 2003-2006); American Bar Association (Member, 2006; Member, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee); The Missouri Bar (Member, 2002-2006; Member, Insurance and Business Law Committees). Practice Areas: Litigation; Civil Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; Products Liability Defense; Appellate Practice.Email: Angela M. Higgins
Elizabeth Gepford McCulley (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, Missouri. Education: Avila College (B.S., 1991); University of Missouri at Kansas City (J.D., with distinction, 2001). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; American Bar Association; Defense Research Institute (Member, Ethics and Trial Tactics Committees). Practice Areas: Drug and Medical Device Defense; Products Liability Defense; Medical Malpractice; Real Estate.Email: Elizabeth Gepford McCulley
Bryan E. Mouber (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, Missouri; 2000, Kansas. Education: Georgetown University (B.S.B.A., 1993); University of Missouri at Kansas City (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Products Liability; Commercial Litigation.Email: Bryan E. Mouber
John E. Patterson (Associate) born Lindsborg, Kansas, January 18, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Kansas; 2006, Missouri. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 2002; J.D., 2005). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Johnson County and Kansas Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Defense Litigation.Email: John E. Patterson
M. Kathryn Pruett (Associate) born Kansas City, Missouri, June 22, 1981; admitted to bar, 2008, Missouri; 2009, Kansas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., Journalism, 2003); University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; Jackson County Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Kansas Bar Association; Association of Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability Defense; Civil Litigation.Email: M. Kathryn Pruett
Eric C. Sexton (Associate) born Salina, Kansas, January 26, 1960; admitted to bar, 1990, Kansas and Missouri. Education: United States Military Academy (B.S., 1982); Washburn University (J.D., 1989). Phi Alpha Delta. Research Editor, Washburn Law Journal, 1989. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; Kansas Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. [2LT-CPT, U.S. Army, 1982-1987]. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Eric C. Sexton
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