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McDowell, Rice, Smith & Buchanan, A Professional Corporation, was founded in 1947. Founder and Kansas State Senator, Joseph H. McDowell, a civil rights advocate, combined forces with Claude L. Rice, a preeminent Bankruptcy attorney, to establish the initial Kansas City, Kansas office. Mr. Rice, a Bankruptcy trustee, founded and later sold EPI, an organization which electronically processes financial accounting and transactions for Bankruptcy estates. R. Pete Smith, a community activist, and Bankruptcy authority, presides as Managing Shareholder and President of McDowell, Rice, Smith & Buchanan, A Professional Corporation. Currently a member of the American College of Bankruptcy, Mr. Smith joined the firm in 1964, and simultaneously taught at the University of Missouri at Kansas City Law School, and authored ABA, KBA and CLE publications. Mr. Smith graduated magna cum laude from UMKC, was first in his class at UMKC Law School, and served as Editor In Chief of the Law Review. Mr. Smith figured prominently in the growth of the Firm, which now has offices in Kansas City, Missouri and Overland Park, Kansas.

The Firm is noted for its independence, individuality and entrepreneurial emphasis uniting practice areas which involve money and finance: Banking, Bankruptcy, Commercial Transactions, along with practice areas which promote personal and community development and growth: Business Law, Employment Law, State and Local Governmental Law and Real Estate Law, the Firm makes significant contributions to and for the communities and region which it serves. The Firm's litigation attorneys are noted for their versatility and their tenacious advocacy of causes which involve the entire spectrum of Civil Trial Practice.

Statement of Practice

Civil Litigation in all State and Federal Courts (including Serving as Local Counsel), Labor and Employment Law, Equal Opportunity Law, Post Employment Restrictive Covenants, Banking and Financial Services, Bankruptcy, Commercial Transactions, Insolvency and Reorganization, Acquisition and Mergers, Business Entities and Transactions, Debtor-Creditor, Secured Lending and Loan Workouts, Insurance, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Medical Malpractice, Health Care Law, Workers Compensation, Real Estate, Tax Law, Trust and Estate Planning, Probate, Fidelity and Surety, Construction Law, Sports and Entertainment Law, Victims Advocacy and Child Care Law.

Representative Clients:

Banking/Financial Services: California Public Employees Retirement System
Citigroup
Enterprise Bank
GMAC
Hyundai Motor Finance Corp.
Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America
Maica Gease, Ltd.
Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp.
Nissan-Infiniti LT
Sterling Financial Services, Inc.
Straus Capital Group, Inc.
Textron Financial Corp.
Toyota Motor Credit Corp.
Toyota Financial Services
Union Bank
VW Credit, Inc. Corporations: Albertson's, Inc.
Balls-Four-B Food Stores
Black & Veatch
Cannon S.p.C.
Chrysler Corporation
CNH America LLC
Champion Enterprises, Inc.
Coachmen Industries, Inc.
Gulfstream Coach, Inc.
Fairmont Honey, Inc.
Great Southern Bank
Highway Technologies, Inc.
Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Company
Ferrellgas, Inc.
Mobilfone, Inc.
Gerson Company
Oshkosh Corp.
Peters & Associates
Radio Station KCTE-AM
Sandretto, USA, Inc.
Terracon, Inc.
The Lockton Companies
3M Company
Toys "R" Us
Union Broadcasting . Energy: The Williams Companies. Insurance and Surety: Chubb Group of Companies
Great Western Casualty Company
Kansas Health Care Stabilization Fund
The Medical Protective Company
T.H.E. Insurance Co.
The Reciprocal Alliance
NCMIC Insurance Company. Labor and Employment: Helzberg Diamond Shops, Inc.
Silver Dollar City. Real Estate: American Executive Management, Inc.
Block & Company. Environmental: Brownfields Solutions Group
Kingston Environmental Services, Inc. Health Care: Carondelet Orthopaedic Surgeons, PA
Kindred Healthcare
Rockhill Orthopaedics, P.C.Non-Profit: West Central Fraternal Order of Police-Lodge #50.

Rate Information

Accepts Major Credit Cards

• Visa
• MasterCard
• American Express

Address

Skelly Building
605 West 47th Street, Suite 350
Kansas City, MO 64112-1005, (Cass, Clay, Jackson & Platte Cos.)

Phone

Phone: 816-753-5400
Telecopier: 816-753-9996

Website

http://www.mcdowellrice.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

(For biographical data on other McDowell, Rice, Smith and Buchanan attorneys, see professional biographies at Overland Park, Kansas)