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2345 Grand Boulevard, Suite 2100
Kansas City, Missouri 64108 (Cass, Clay, Jackson & Platte Cos.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.8
out of 5
(Main Office) King Hershey, PC is a Kansas City, Missouri, law firm with a practice emphasizing real estate development, public finance and commercial transactions and litigation. Founded in 1988, King Hershey has developed a regional reputation for successfully handling complex matters. Statement of PracticeGeneral Practice, Trials and Appeals before State and Federal Courts. Administrative Law, Bonds, Commercial Finance, Corporate, Financial Institutions, Economic Development, Executive Compensation, Gaming, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal Law, Public Finance, Real Estate Development, Securities Regulation, Taxation, Transportation, and Zoning and Planning. Year Established: 1988
Firm Size: 15
Representative Clients:CarMax Inc. City of Appleton City, Missouri City of Fulton, Missouri City of Hollister, Missouri City of Kirksville, Missouri City of Maryville, Missouri City of St. Joseph, Missouri City of Sugar Creek, Missouri Clay County, Missouri Dial Realty, Co. Economic Development Corporation of Greater Kansas City HCA, Inc. Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority of Kansas City, Missouri Little Blue River Development Corp. McCormack, Baron & Associates, Inc. Park University Planned Industrial Expansion Authority of Kansas City Port Authority of Kansas City, Missouri Quality Hill Redevelopment Corp Tuilleries Plaza.
Address2345 Grand Boulevard, Suite 2100 Kansas City, MO 64108, (Cass, Clay, Jackson & Platte Cos.)
PhonePhone: 816-842-3636 Telecopier: 816-842-2414

Website http://www.kinghershey.com
Office HoursMonday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Richard A. King Founder of Firm (1944-2006).
Michael Burke (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, May 8, 1949; admitted to bar, 1973, Missouri. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., 1970; J.D., 1973). Editor, Law and Policy in International Business, Georgetown Law Center, 1972-1973. City Councilman, Kansas City, Missouri, 1985-1987. Chairman, Kansas City Riverfront Development Task Force, 1984-1989. Member, 1987-1991; Chairman, 1991, Kansas City Port Authority; Kansas City Public Improvements Advisory Committee, Chairman, 2002. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Member, Real Estate and Municipal Law Committee); The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Real Estate Development Law; International Law; Gaming Law.Email: Michael Burke
Roxsen E. Koch (Shareholder) born St. Louis, Missouri, January 13, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Kansas; 1990, Missouri; U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, District of Kansas. Education: University of Missouri-Columbia (B.S.B.A., cum laude, 1986); University of Kansas (J.D., 1989). Phi Delta Phi. Board Member, Kansas City Consensus. Member: Kansas and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Public Finance.Email: Roxsen E. Koch
Anthony L. Gosserand (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, June 23, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1992, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: University of Missouri-Columbia (B.A., Political Science, 1988); University of Missouri-Kansas City (J.D., 1991). Order of the Barristers. Member, National Moot Court Team and Board. Member, University of Kansas City Law Review, 1990-1991. Student Editor in Chief, The Urban Lawyer, 1990-1991. Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Kathianne Knaup Crane, Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, 1991-1992. Author: Note, "Protecting the Foot Soldiers of an Ordered Society: An Analysis of State Statutory Aggravating Circumstances of Murdering a Police Officer in the Performance of His or Her Duty," 58 U.M.K.C.L. Rev. 675 (1990). Teaching Assistant, Legal Writing and Research, UMKC School of Law, 1990-1991. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Trial Practice; Appellate Practice.Email: Anthony L. Gosserand
William B. Moore (Member) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 22, 1948; admitted to bar, 1979, Minnesota; 1981, Missouri; U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. Education: Minnesota State University, Mankato (B.A., 1970; M.A., 1978); Hamline University School of Law (J.D., 1979); University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law (LL.M., Urban Affairs, 1982). John B. Gage Urban Affairs Fellow. Author: "Nuisance Vehicle Abatement in Missouri," Missouri Local Government Law Journal, Spring 1999. Adjunct Professor, Community Development Law, University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law, 1989. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan (Municipal Law Committee) and Eastern Jackson County Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar (Past Chairman, Local Government Law Committee); National Association of Bond Lawyers; Missouri Municipal Attorneys Association (Past President); International Municipal Lawyers Association (Past Regional Vice President for the Eighth Circuit/South); Missouri Economic Development Financial Association (Past President); Independence Council for Economic Development (Past Chairman). [With U.S. Army, 1971-1973]. Practice Areas: Public Finance; Real Estate Development; Zoning Law; Land Use.Email: William B. Moore
Kimberley S. Spies (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, June 6, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Missouri. Education: University of Missouri-Kansas City (B.B.A., 1979; M.A., 1980; J.D., with distinction, 1983). Delta Theta Phi. Member, Order of the Bench and Robe. Articles Editor, "The Urban Lawyer," 1982. Member, Law Review Staff, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1982-1983. Author: Comment, "Blight, Redevelopment and Relocation: A Recurring Pattern Under the Uniform Relocation Act," 51 UMKC Law Review, 107, Fall, 1982; Casenote, "People v. Aaron: The Michigan Supreme Court Uproots the Felony Murder Rule," 50 UMKC Law Review 312, Fall, 1981. Co-Author: (series of five articles) "Alternative Municipal Bond Financings for Missouri Cities," Missouri Municipal Review, January-May, 1984. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Public Finance; Business Law; Corporate Law.Email: Kimberley S. Spies
Roger W. Hershey (Shareholder) born Independence, Missouri, October 19, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Missouri; 1974, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Graceland College (B.A., cum laude, 1967); University of Missouri at Kansas City (J.D., with distinction, 1970; LL.M., Corporate and Commercial Law, 1976). Order of the Bench and Robe; Phi Delta Phi. Associate Editor, UMKC Law Review, 1969-1970. Adjunct Professor of Contracts, UMKC School of Law, 1976-1977. Member, 1980 and Leader, 1997, Rotary Foundation Group Study Exchange Teams to Sweden. Member, Missouri Governor's Low-Level Radioactive Waste Task Force, 1981-1983. Member, Independence Park Commission, Independence, Mo., 1995. Member, Board of Trustees, The Sierra Club Foundation, 1996-2002. Member, Excise Tax Advisory Committee, Independence, MO., 2000. Member, Board of Directors, Independence Chamber of Commerce, 2002-2006, Member, Board of Directors, Truman Heartland Charitable Reinvestment Foundation, 2004. Member, 1994-2004, Chairman, 2001-2003, Board of Trustees, Park University, Parkville, Missouri, 1995-2004, Vice President & General Counsel, Park University, 2004, Chairman, Independence Missouri Enhanced Enterprise Zone Board of Directors, 2007. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Eastern Jackson County and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; National Association of College and University Attorneys; Missouri Association of College and University Attorneys. [Lt., JAGC, USNR, 1970-1974]. Languages: Swedish. Practice Areas: College and University Law; Land Use; Zoning Law; Nonprofit Organizations Law; Real Estate Development.Email: Roger W. Hershey
Brian E. Engel (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, February 10, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Missouri; 1996, Kansas. Education: University of Missouri-Columbia (B.J., 1991); University of Missouri-Kansas City (J.D., 1995). Law Clerk to Judge Robert Berrey, III, Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, 1996-1997. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Public Finance.Email: Brian E. Engel
Martha E. Schach (Member) born Washington, Missouri, October 21, 1952; admitted to bar, 1982, Missouri; 1985, Kansas. Education: University of Missouri-Columbia (B.A., 1980); University of Missouri-Kansas City (J.D., with distinction, 1982). Member: the Urban Lawyer; Order of Bench and Robe. Member, University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review. Author, Casenote: "Reprise--The Rights of Riparian Landowners in Missouri," 49 UMKC L. Rev. 115 (Fall 1982). Member: The Missouri Bar; Kansas Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate Development; Commercial Contracts; Public Finance.Email: Martha E. Schach
Christopher John Lemke (Member) born Hartford, Wisconsin, October 8, 1971; admitted to bar, 2002, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 2003, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: Arizona State University (B.S., 1998) Golden Key; University of Missouri at Kansas City (J.D., with distinction, 2002) Order of the Bench and Robe. Member, University of Missouri Kansas City Law Review Board. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; Kansas Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; National Association of Bond Lawyers. [U.S. Air Force, E-4, 1989-1995]. Practice Areas: Land Use; Real Estate Development; Zoning Law; Economic Development; Tax Exempt Bonds; Commercial Contracts.Email: Christopher John Lemke
——————————Todd S. Abplanalp (Associate) born Topeka, Kansas, December 5, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Missouri; U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 2004, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., with honors, 1999; M.U.P., 2003; J.D., 2003). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Member, Local Government Law Committee); The Missouri Bar; Kansas Bar Association; The American Planning Association; American Institute of Certified Planners. Practice Areas: Land Use; Real Estate Development; Zoning; Public Finance.Email: Todd S. Abplanalp
Chad W. Lamer (Associate) born Salina, Kansas, August 21, 1968; admitted to bar, 2004, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 2005, Kansas and U.S. District Court of Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (B.G.S., 2000; M.U.P., 2004; J.D., 2004). Author: "Why Government Policies Encourage Urban Sprawl and the Alternatives Offered by New Urbas," 14 Kan. J.L. and Pub. Pol'y 391, Spring, 2004. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; Kansas Bar Association; American Institute of Certified Planners; Congress for New Urbanism. Practice Areas: Land Use; Zoning Law; Real Estate Development; Municipal Law; Commercial Litigation.Email: Chad W. Lamer
OF COUNSELJason C. Grill (Of Counsel) born Kansas City, Missouri; admitted to bar, 2004, Missouri; 2005, Kansas. Education: St. Louis University (B.S., Economics, summa cum laude, 2001); University of Missouri at Columbia School of Law (J.D., Advanced Certificate in Dispute Resolution, 2004). Phi Alpha Delta; Golden Key National Honor Society. Finalist, First-Year Mock Trial Competition, 2002. Instructor, Business Law and Legal Analysis Courses, Park University, 2006. Missouri House of Representatives, State Representative - District 32, 2006. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan (Member, Public Service, Public Relations and Local Government Committees), Platte County, Clay County and Kansas Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate Development; Land Use; Zoning Law; Municipal Law; Municipal Finance; Economic Development.Email: Jason C. Grill
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