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Address
1010 Walnut, Suite 500
Kansas City, Missouri 64106 (Cass, Clay, Jackson & Platte Cos.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.9
out of 5
Statement of PracticeGeneral Civil Trial and Appellate Practice. Administrative, Admiralty, Agricultural Law, Antitrust, Banking, Bankruptcy, Business Law, Commercial, Corporate, Corporate Finance, Education, Employee Benefits, Environmental, Estate Planning, Government Affairs, Health Care, High Technology, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Limited Liability Company, Media, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal, Not-for-Profit Institutions, Probate, Products Liability, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation, Toxic Torts, Zoning. Firm Size: 163
Representative Clients:American Multi-Cinema, Inc.
Ameristar Casinos
Argosy Casinos
American Gem Society
Barkley
CBL & Associates
CVR Energy
CommunityAmerica Credit Union
Copaken, White & Blitt
Developers Diversified Realty Corp.
Encore Capital Group, Inc.
Hillcrest Bank
Kansas City Southern Railway
Kubota
Molle Automotive Group
Morgan-Dreiseszun Developers
Owens Corning
Pener's Men's Wear, Inc.
RED Development
Strategic Restaurant Acquisition Group
Westfield
Anheuser-Busch InBev
Bank of America
The Doe Run Company
DuPont
Lewis & Clark Marine, Inc.
Lowe's Home Centers, Inc.
Nooter Corp.
Pioneer Hi-Bred International
Stifel Nicolas & Co.
Center for Emerging Technologies
State Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority
St. Anthony's Medical Center
St. Louis Post-Dispatch LLC
St. Louis University
SRAM Corp.
Trustco Bank New York
WellPoint, Inc.
Address1010 Walnut, Suite 500
Kansas City, MO 64106, (Cass, Clay, Jackson & Platte Cos.)
PhonePhone: 816-421-2500
Fax: 816-472-2500
For attorney e-mails use: first initial of first name, middle initial, last name, @lrf-kc.com, e.g., jasmith@lrf-kc.com
Websitehttp://www.lewisrice.com
Firm/Affiliate OfficesSt. Louis, Missouri: (Main Office) 500 North Broadway, Suite 2000. Telephone: 314-444-7600.
Belleville, Illinois: 325 South High Street. Telephone: 618-234-8636.
Overland Park, Kansas: 7015 College Boulevard, Suite 135. Telephone: 913-381-8898.
Jefferson City, Missouri: 221 East Capitol Avenue. Telephone: 573-893-7724.
Town and Country, Missouri: 12935 North Outer Forty, Suite 210. Telephone: 314-439-5169.
Washington, Missouri: 216 West Main, P.O. Box 1040. Telephone: 636-239-7747.
MEMBERSRalph E. Bellar, Jr. (Member) admitted to bar, 1988, Kansas; 1989, Missouri. Education: Kansas State University (B.S., 1985); University of Kansas (J.D., 1988). Associate Editor, Kansas Law Review, 1987-1988. Note Editor, Kansas Criminal Procedure Review, 1987-1988. Member: Kansas Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Zoning and Planning Law; Land Use Law; Lease Law; Business Law.
Scott M. Brinkman (Member) admitted to bar, 1989, Arizona; 1995, Kansas and Missouri. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., with distinction, Business, 1986; J.D., 1989). Recipient, Rice Scholar Award. Associate Editor, Kansas Law Review, 1987-1989. Law Clerk to the Honorable John W. Lungstrum, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. Member: The Missouri Bar; Kansas Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense.
William E. Carr (Member) admitted to bar, 1971, Missouri; 1983, Kansas. Education: University of California at Berkeley (A.B., 1968); University of Chicago (J.D., 1971). Author: Chapter "Negotiation of Commercial Leases," The Commercial Property Lease, American Bar Association, 1993. Co-Author: "The International Practice of Real Estate," Probate and Property, American Bar Association, 1996. Adjunct Professor of Law, Real Estate Finance, University of Missouri at Kansas City Law School, 1994. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan (Chairman, Committees on: Real Estate Law, 1996 and 1997; Managing Partners, 2000), Kansas and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; American College of Real Estate Lawyers. Fellow: American College of Real Estate Lawyers (Member, Board of Governors, 2005-2008). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Lease Law; Finance; Mortgages Law; Business Law.
John E. Cruz (Member) admitted to bar, 1999, Kansas; 2000, Missouri. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1997); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., 1998). Member: Kansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate.
Kristen M. Dekker (Member) admitted to bar, 2000, Kansas; 2001, Missouri; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Kansas (B.S.M.E., 1997; J.D., 2000). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and Kansas Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Banking; Secured Lending; Real Estate; Commercial Law.
Peter M. DiGiovanni (Member) admitted to bar, 1976, Missouri; 1983, Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1971; J.D., 1976). Order of the Coif. Member, The University of Kansas Law Review, 1975-1976. Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Kansas, 1985-1989. Member: Kansas Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; American College of Real Estate Lawyers. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business Law.
Mark D. Eisemann (Member) admitted to bar, 1982, Kansas; 1990, Missouri. Education: Pomona College (B.A., 1979); Washington University (J.D., 1982). Senior Editor, Washington University Law Quarterly, 1981-1982. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; Kansas Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate.
Peter K. Hartweger (Member) admitted to bar, 1995, Missouri. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., Accounting, 1989); University of Missouri (J.D., 1995). Certified Public Accountant, Missouri, 1992. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business; Taxation; Tax-Exempt Entities.
John C. Hickey (Member) admitted to bar, 1979, Missouri; 1983, Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (B.J.S., 1976; J.D., 1979). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, 1977-1979 and Note and Comment Editor, 1978-1979, The University of Kansas Law Review. Member: Kansas Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Bankruptcy Law; Construction Law; Debtor Creditor Law; Mortgages.
Stanley C. Johnston (Member) admitted to bar, 1981, Missouri; 1983, Kansas; 1986, Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., 1977; J.D., 1980); University of Missouri at Kansas City (LL.M., 1987). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Southwestern Law Journal, 1979-1980. Adjunct Professor, Corporate Taxation, Fall, 1988 and Fall, 1998, Taxation of Pass-through Entities, 1994-1998, University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law. Member: The Missouri Bar; Kansas Bar Associaton; American Bar Association (Member, Committees on: Corporate; Negotiated Transactions; Tax); State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business; Corporate; Taxation.
Alan G. Keith (Member) admitted to bar, 1972, Pennsylvania; 1984, Kansas; 2004, Missouri. Education: Eastern Nazarene College and Gettysburg College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1968); Duke University (J.D., 1971). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and Kansas Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. (Also at Overland Park, Kansas Office). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Law; Banking Law; Finance Law; Mortgages.
James Edward Kelley, Jr. (Member) admitted to bar, 1963, Massachusetts; 1966, District of Columbia; 1974, Missouri; 1990, Kansas. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1959); Harvard University (LL.B., 1963). Member: Kansas Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation; Torts Law; Appellate Practice; Civil Practice; White Collar; Criminal Defense.
Thomas R. Larson (Member) admitted to bar, 1975, Missouri; 1998, Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1972); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., 1974). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and Kansas Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice.
James J. Lutz (Member) admitted to bar, 1980, Missouri; 1986, Kansas. Education: University of Nebraska (B.S., 1973); University of Missouri at Kansas City (J.D., 1980). Member, University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review, 1978-1980. President, Eastern Kansas Estate Planning Council, 1992-1993. Member: Kansas Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate Law; Trust Law; Taxation; Business Law.
Thomas M. Martin (Member) admitted to bar, 1988, Kansas; 1989, Missouri. Education: Washburn University of Topeka (B.B.A., 1984); University of Kansas (M.B.A., 1988); University of Kansas (J.D., 1988). Washburn-Schultz Scholar. University of Kansas Graduate Business Scholar. Member University of Kansas Moot Court Council. Member, University of Kansas Law Review, 1987-1988. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; Kansas Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation; Employment Law; Commercial Law; Banking; Environmental Law.
Douglas C. McKenna (Member) admitted to bar, 1973, New Hampshire; 1975, Missouri; 1977, Kansas. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1969); University of Kansas (J.D., 1973). President, 1992-1994 and Board of Directors, Dartmouth Lawyers Association. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Kansas and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; International Association of Defense Counsel. Member, Board of Trustees and Fellow, Johnson County Bar Foundation (President, 1992-1993). Practice Areas: Employment Discrimination; Labor Relations; Securities; Commercial; Litigation.
Charles F. Miller (Member) admitted to bar, 1979, Missouri. Education: Southwest Missouri State University; University of Missouri at Columbia (A.B., summa cum laude, 1976; J.D., 1979). Phi Beta Kappa. Note and Comment Editor, Missouri Law Review, 1978-1979. Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School, 1983. Member, Board of Editors, International Council of Shopping Centers Legal Update, 1985-1999. Member, Development Review Task Force. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Member, Real Estate Committee; Chairman, 1991 and 2000); The Missouri Bar; American College of Real Estate Lawyers; Missouri Tax Increment Financing Association; National Association of Industrial and Office Parks (Member, Board of Directors, Kansas City Chapter); Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Committees. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Zoning and Planning Law; Land Use Law; Lease Law; Business Law; Natural Resources Law.
Patrick J. Nelson (Member) admitted to bar, 1986, Kansas; 1987, Missouri. Education: University of Kansas (B.S., 1983; J.D., 1986); University of Missouri at Kansas City (LL.M. Taxation, 1990). Member, University of Kansas Law Review, 1985-1986. Member: Kansas Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Taxation; Business Law; Partnerships; Limited Liability Companies; Like Kind Exchanges.
Janet Kalt O'Bannon (Member) admitted to bar, 1995, Missouri; 1996, Kansas. Education: University of Nebraska (B.A., 1986); University of Missouri at Kansas City (J.D., with distinction, 1995). Order of Bench and Robe. Note Editor, University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review, 1994-1995. Member: Kansas Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law.
Lauren E. Roberts (Member) admitted to bar, 1985, Kansas; 1991, Missouri. Education: Kansas State University (B.A., cum laude, 1967); University of Kansas (J.D., 1985). Phi Delta Phi. Member, 1983-1984 and Research Editor, 1984-1985, The University of Kansas Law Review. Member: Kansas Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Finance.
Dale G. Schedler (Member) admitted to bar, 1986, Texas and U.S. Tax Court; 1990, Kansas; 1992, Missouri. Education: Oklahoma State University (B.S., 1982; M.S., in Accounting, 1983); University of Oklahoma (J.D., with highest honors, 1986). Phi Eta Sigma; Order of the Coif. Editor and Note Editor, Oklahoma Law Review, 1985-1986. Certified Public Accountant, Oklahoma, 1984-1990. Author: Missouri Limited Liability Company Forms and Practice Manual (1995). Adjunct Professor of Law, Taxation of Property Transactions, University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School, 2002. Member: The Missouri Bar (Chairman, Business Law Committee, 1998-1999; Member, Business Law Governing Council, 1993; Chairman, Limited Liability Company Revision Subcommittee of the Business Law Committee; Recipient, President's Award, 1993); State Bar of Texas; Kansas and American (Member, Business and Tax Law Sections; Chairman, Limited Liability Company Subcommittee of Real Estate Committee of the Tax Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation; Limited Liability Company Law; Partnership Law; Corporate Law; Business Law.
Paul B. Torline (Member) admitted to bar, 1992, Kansas; 1993, Missouri. Education: Benedictine College (B.A., 1987); University of Kansas (J.D., 1992). Order of the Coif. Member: Kansas Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Lease Law; Business Law; Brokerage Law.
Robert W. Tormohlen (Member) admitted to bar, 1990, Missouri; 1991, Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1987; J.D., 1990). Rice Scholar. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Property. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Johnson County and Kansas Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Insurance Defense; Creditor's Rights; Construction Litigation.
Scott A. Wissel (Member) admitted to bar, 1997, Missouri; 1998, Kansas; 1999, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 1994); Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., with honors, 1997). Law Clerk to the Honorable G. Thomas VanBebber, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, 1997-1999. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Kansas and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Banking Litigation; Real Estate Litigation.Email: Scott A. Wissel
RETIRED PARTNERJack N. Fingersh (Retired Partner) admitted to bar, 1958, Missouri; 1983, Kansas. Education: University of Missouri (B.A., 1953); University of Michigan (J.D., with distinction, 1958). Member: American College of Real Estate Lawyers. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business Law.
RESIDENT ASSOCIATESJason C. Bache (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Maryland; 2006, Missouri; 2007, Kansas. Education: University of Florida (B.S., 2000); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 2003). Member: Kansas Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment.
Joseph E. Bant (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Missouri. Education: University of Kansas (B.S., 2005; J.D., 2008). Member: The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; Personal Injury; Banking Litigation; Wrongful Death.
Kyle M. Binns (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Missouri; 2008, Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (B.S., 2004; J.D., 2007). Order of the Coif. Note and Comment Editor, Kansas Law Review, 2006-2007. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and Kansas Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Leasing; Business Law; Finance.
Lori A. Gregory (Associate) admitted to bar, 1988, Missouri; 1989, Kansas. Education: Northeast Missouri State University; University of Missouri (B.S., 1985; J.D., 1988). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; Johnson County Bar Association; Kansas Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; National Association of Elderlaw Attorneys. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Estate Taxation; Probate; Elderlaw.
Scott T. Hall (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Missouri and Kansas. Education: Washington University (B.A., 2000); University of Kansas (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Lease Law; Zoning, Planning and Land Use.
Bradley J. Maddock (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Missouri; 2005, Kansas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.B.A., 2001); University of Kansas (J.D., 2004). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and Kansas Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Leasing; Development; Acquisition and Sales.
Michele M. McCue (Associate) admitted to bar, 1986, Missouri; 1989, Kansas. Education: Missouri State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1983); Washington University (J.D., 1986). Member, Washington University Law Quarterly, 1984-1985. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and Kansas Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Lease Law; Mortgages Law; Finance.
Shannon M. O'Bryan (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Missouri; 2006, Kansas. Education: Truman State University (B.S., 2001); University of Kansas (J.D., 2005). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and Kansas Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate.
John G. Peryam (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Missouri; 2005, Kansas. Education: DePauw University (B.A., 1999); University of Kansas (J.D., 2004). Order of the Coif. Recipient, The Paul Wilson Advocacy Award, 2003. Member, Kansas Law Review, 2002-2003. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities; Real Estate.
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