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| | Address | | 4420 Madison Avenue | | Kansas City, Missouri 64111 | | (Cass, Clay, Jackson & Platte Cos.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 816-931-2700 | | Fax: 816-931-7377 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.dysarttaylor.com | | |
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| Dysart Taylor Lay
Cotter & McMonigle, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice. Aviation, Transportation, Product Liability, Corporation, Real Estate, Taxation, Insurance, Trial, Appellate, Probate and Estate Planning. | | Year Established: 1935 | Firm Profile:
Dysart Taylor Lay Cotter & McMonigle, P.C. was founded in 1935 as a general practice law firm. The firm's general practice in business planning, litigation and transportation expanded substantially and is now complimented by specialized experience in aviation, creditor's rights/bankruptcy, business acquisitions and mergers, estate planning, probate, government regulation, insurance, products liability, real estate and taxation. | | Firm Size: 20 | Clients:
GENERAL COUNSEL FOR: Berkel & Co. Contractors, Inc.; Buildex, Inc.; Grandview Products Co., Inc.; Gully Transportation, Inc.; John Rohrer Contracting Company, Inc.; Kansas City, Missouri Employees' Retirement Systems; Metro Park Warehouses, Inc.; Packaging Products Corporation; People to People International, Inc.; Print Time, Inc.; Roadbuilders Machinery & Supply Co., Inc.; Tarmac International, Inc.; Trabon Printing Company, Inc.; UTXL, Inc.; Waller Truck Company. | Representative Clients:
American Family Insurance Group; American Southern Insurance Company; Armed Forces Insurance Company; Avemco Insurance Company; Cameron Insurance Companies; Carolina Casualty Company; DaimlerChrysler Services North America, LLC; Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company; Global Aerospace, Inc.; Houston Casualty Company; Liberty Mutual Ins. Co.; Luzier, Inc.; NationaLease of Kansas City, Inc.; Powerscreen International; Southern Marine & Aviation Underwriters; Southern Union Company d/b/a Missouri Gas Energy; Terex Corporation; Terex Cranes Wilmington, Inc.; Textron Lycoming; United States Aviation Underwriters; U.S. Xpress, Inc.; Universal Underwriters Group; Waller Truck Line, Inc.; Wausau Insurance Cos.; Zurich North America. | | Robert W. Cotter (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, December 11, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Missouri; U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th and 10th Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Rockhurst College (B.A., 1973); University of Missouri at Kansas City (J.D., with distinction, 1976). Member, University of Missouri at Kansas City Law Review and Assistant Editor, Urban Lawyer, 1975-1976. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and American (Aviation Subcommittee of Litigation Section) Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers (Board Member, 2006—). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Aviation Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Business Law; Arbitration; Mediation. Email: Robert W. Cotter | | Patrick K. McMonigle (Member) born Washington, Missouri, July 16, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Missouri; U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th and 10th Circuits; U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Claims Court. Education: Southeast Missouri State University (B.S., cum laude, 1974); University of Missouri at Kansas City (J.D., with distinction, 1978). Recipient, Distinguished Service Award, Transportation Lawyers Association, 1998. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar (Member, Transportation Law Committee); Transportation Lawyers Association (Secretary/Treasurer, 2006-2007; Second Vice President, 2008—); Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers; Transportation Industry Defense Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Business Law; Insurance; Transportation; Construction. Email: Patrick K. McMonigle | | Martin M. Montemore (Member) born St. Joseph, Missouri, June 16, 1944; admitted to bar, 1978, Missouri; U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas and U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit. Education: Southwest Missouri State University (B.S., 1967); University of Arkansas (M.S., 1973); University of Missouri-Kansas City (J.D., with distinction, 1978). Member, University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review, 1977-1978. Senior Law Clerk to Honorable William H. Becker, Senior U.S. District Judge, 1978. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar (Aviation and Transportation Committee); Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers; AOPA Legal Panel Board Member; National Transportation Safety Board Bar Association. [Lt. Col. (ret.), Pilot, Missouri Air National Guard, 1980-1996; Capt., USAF, 1967-1975]. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Aviation Law; Personal Injury. Email: Martin M. Montemore | | Kent M. Bevan (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, March 17, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Missouri; U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; U.S. District Court, District of Kansas and U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th and 10th Circuits. Education: University of Missouri at Kansas City (B.A., 1972; J.D., 1974). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and American (Member, Section on Litigation and Business) Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. [Colonel (Ret.), Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Army Reserve]. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance; Transportation; Business Law. Email: Kent M. Bevan | | Lee B. Brumitt (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, March 3, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Missouri; U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th and 10th Circuits. Education: Central Methodist University (B.S., 1981); Drake University (J.D., 1983). Member, Advisory Board of Directors, Big Brothers and Big Sisters. Chair, Congregational Board, Country Club Christian Church. Recipient, KCMBA Volunteer Attorney Project Award. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Kansas Bar Association. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Commercial and Insurance Litigation; Business Law. Email: Lee B. Brumitt | | Stephen J. Bahr (Member) born Andale, Kansas, April 20, 1961; admitted to bar, 1993, Kansas; 1994, Missouri. Education: Kansas State University (B.S., 1983); University of Kansas (J.D., 1993). Certified Public Accountant, Kansas, 1985. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Johnson County and Kansas Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Estate Planning Council of Eastern Kansas; Kansas City Estate Planning Society. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Business Planning; Corporate Law; Taxation; Probate Law. Email: Stephen J. Bahr | | Thomas E. Roszak (Member) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 28, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Missouri. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.S.E.E., 1973); Washington University (J.D., 1976); University of Missouri at Kansas City (LL.M., in Taxation, 1982). Eta Kappa Nu. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Taxation; Corporate Law; Estate Planning; Trademarks; Real Estate. Email: Thomas E. Roszak | | Patrick J. Kaine (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, March 14, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Kansas; 1993, Missouri, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1988); University of Kansas (J.D., 1992). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance; Aviation Law; Transportation. Email: Patrick J. Kaine | | George P. Coughlin (Member) born Altenstadt, Upper Polish Camp, Germany, March 17, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Missouri; U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th and 10th Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1969); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1973). Law Clerk, Chief Judge William H. Becker, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, 1973-1975. Best of the Bar (2002 and 2003) attorney survey by the Kansas City Business Journal. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and American Bar Associations (Member, Product Liability Committee of the Litigation Section and Subcommittee on Chemicals and Industrial Equipment Manufacturers); The Missouri Bar; Defense Research Institute (Member, Product Liability and Trial Tactics and Techniques Committees); Kansas City Regional Commercial Advisory Council to the American Arbitration Association. Practice Areas: Product Liability Defense; Commercial Litigation; Business Torts Litigation; Commercial Arbitration. Email: George P. Coughlin | | John F. Wilcox, Jr. (Member) born Fort Rucker, Alabama, April 8, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Kansas and U.S. District Court of Kansas; 1995, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit. Education: Missouri State University (B.S., Political Science and Psychology, cum laude, 1990); University of Kansas (J.D., 1994). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Kansas and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Transportation Lawyers Association; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance; Transportation; Criminal Law. Email: John F. Wilcox, Jr. | | Don R. Lolli (Member) born Macon, Missouri, August 9, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit; 1981, U.S. Tax Court; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit; 1996, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 2006, Kansas. Education: University of Missouri-Columbia (B.A., Economics, 1971; J.D., 1974). Phi Delta Phi Tiedman Inn (President, 1973-1974). Beta Theta Pi (Assistant National General Secretary, 1997-2003). CLE Lecturer, University of Missouri-Columbia. Listed, Who's Who in American Law, Marquis. Chairman, Fundraising, St. Teresa's Academy and Rockhurst High School. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Kansas Bar Association. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Civil Trial Practice; Business Disputes; Complex Dissolution of Marriage; Appellate; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: Don R. Lolli | | Matthew W. Geary (Member) born North Kansas City, Missouri, September 30, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Missouri; 2002, Kansas. Education: William Jewell College (B.A., Political Science, 1998); University of Kansas (J.D., 2001). Note and Comment Editor, University of Kansas Law Review. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Kansas and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Ross T. Roberts Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Matthew W. Geary | | —————————— | | Molly B. Bartalos (Associate) born Belleville, Illinois, March 10, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 2002, Kansas. Education: University of Missouri, Columbia (B.S., Psychology, honors, 1998); University of Missouri at Columbia, School of Law (J.D., 2001). Phi Alpha Delta (1998-2001). Author: Journal of the Missouri Bar, Nov.-Dec. 2001 Issue. Member: The Missouri Bar; Kansas Bar Association; Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Young Lawyers Section, 2001—); Association of Women Lawyers of Kansas City; Johnson County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Molly B. Bartalos | | Michael J. Judy (Associate) born Kansas City, Missouri, February 24, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Missouri; 2007, Kansas; U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: St. Louis University (B.A., 2003); University of Missouri at Columbia School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member, University of Missouri-Columbia Journal of Dispute Resolution. Member: The Missouri Bar; Kansas and American Bar Associations; Ross T. Roberts Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Michael J. Judy | | Amanda Pennington Ketchum (Associate) born Independence, Missouri, March 2, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 2002, Kansas. Education: William Jewell College (B.A., 1998); University of Missouri at Columbia, School of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Board Member, Young Lawyer Section and Chair of Special Projects Committee; Vice Chair, KCMBA Solo and Small Firm Committee); The Missouri Bar (Elected Member, Young Lawyers Council, Executive Board; Board Member and Chair of Awards and Scholarship, Association for Women Lawyers). Email: Amanda Pennington Ketchum | | OF COUNSEL | | Lewis A. Dysart (Of Counsel) born Hallsville, Missouri, April 29, 1924; admitted to bar, 1949, Missouri; 1950, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit; 1959, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Chicago; University of Missouri (B.S., 1947); University of Michigan (J.D., 1949). Phi Delta Phi. Lecturer, Administrative Law, University of Missouri at Kansas City Law School, 1958-1959. Member, Board of Park Commissioners, Kansas City, Missouri, 1963-1971. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Law; Business Law; Estate Planning. Email: Lewis A. Dysart | | Frank W. Taylor, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Iola, Kansas, November 23, 1931; admitted to bar, 1958, Missouri and Kansas; U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th, 8th, 10th and 11th Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Kansas (B.S., 1953; J.D., 1957). Member: The Missouri Bar; Kansas City Metropolitan and American Bar Associations; Transportation Lawyers Association (President, 1985-1986). Practice Areas: Transportation; Real Estate; Corporate Transactions; Estate Planning. Email: Frank W. Taylor, Jr. | | Howard D. Lay (Of Counsel) born Kansas City, Missouri, September 25, 1926; admitted to bar, 1957, Missouri; U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th, 8th and 10th Circuits; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Missouri at Kansas City (B.A., 1957; J.D., 1957). Bench and Robe. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial; Bankruptcy; Auto Dealership; Personal Injury; Estate Planning; Probate. Email: Howard D. Lay | | Philip A. Klawuhn (Of Counsel) born St. Joseph, Missouri, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Missouri. Education: William Jewell College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1978); Georgetown University (J.D., 1981). Phi Epsilon. Chairman, 1987-1990 and Member, 1985-1990, Board of Zoning Adjustment, Kansas City, Missouri. Vice Chairman, 1994-1998, and Member, 1990-1998, City Plan Commission of Kansas City, Missouri; Board of Trustees, City Trusts, Kansas City, Missouri (1995—). Special Assistant Attorney General of Missouri, 1990-1994. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Civil Litigation; Public Law. Email: Philip A. Klawuhn | | William J. Shapiro (Of Counsel) born Kansas City, Missouri, March 4, 1937; admitted to bar, 1961, Missouri. Education: Washington University (B.A., 1959); University of Michigan (LL.B., 1961). Member: The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Transactional Practice; Federal Taxation; State Taxation. Email: William J. Shapiro |
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