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600 Plaza West Building
4600 Madison Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri 64112 (Cass, Clay, Jackson & Platte Cos.)
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 Accepts Credit Cards (Main Office) Slagle, Bernard & Gorman, A Professional Corporation, established in 1919, is a broad-based business and litigation firm. Slagle, Bernard & Gorman attorneys appear in all state and federal trial and appellate courts in the states of Missouri and Kansas and appear with local counsel in other states and federal courts. With its rich tradition, diverse experience, innovative spirit, wealth of knowledge and client loyalty, Slagle, Bernard & Gorman serves you with the representation you would expect from a larger firm, yet with the hands-on partner level involvement of a smaller firm. Statement of PracticeGeneral Civil Practice. Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts, Commercial Litigation, Corporation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Estate Planning, Estate and Trust Administration, Probate, Tax Exempt Organizations, Taxation including individuals, fiduciaries, business and tax-exempt organizations, Corporate, Partnership, Entity Formation, Finance, Business Acquisitions and Dispositions, Securities, Employee Benefits, ERISA, Pension and Profit Sharing Matters, Bankruptcy, Insurance, Real Estate, Employment Law, Business Law, Medical Malpractice, Creditor's Rights, Workers Compensation, Family Law, Divorce, Personal Injury, Residential Community Associations, Business and Commercial Disputes, Construction Claims and Disputes, Mechanic's Liens, Foreclosures, Condemnation, Product Liability and other Tort Actions, Insurance Defense, Lender Liability Claims, Fidelity and Surety Claims, Corporate Officer and Director Liability, Federal and State Tax Litigation, Medicare Fraud Litigation. Year Established: 1919
Firm Size: 21
ClientsCLIENTS INCLUDE: Ace Pipe Cleaning, Inc.
ACME Radiator & Air Conditioning, Inc.
AFCO Credit Corp.
Affiliated Building Centers, Inc.
B.F. Ascher & Company, Inc.
Balboa Insurance Group
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, LLC
Canal Insurance Co.
Central Natural Resources, Inc.
City of Fountains Foundation
City of Lee's Summit, MO.
CNA Insurance Co.
Commercial Lithographing Company, Inc.
Country Club Bank
Crawford & Co.
Cross Midwest Tire, Inc.
Curry Investment Co.
Estelle & Robert A.L. Ellis Foundation
Fire Works of Kansas City, Inc.
First Financial Insurance Co.
Foxx Equipment Co.
Francis Family Foundation
Full Moon Productions
Heartland Golf Development, LLC
Hermes Landscaping, Inc.
Honeywell International, Inc.
Independent Stave Company, Inc.
International Paper Co.
J.E. Meyer Construction Co.
Kansas City Neurosurgery Group, L.L.C.
Kansas City Police Department
Kansas Division of Workers Compensation
Kansas Insurance Dept.
Kansas Lumber Homestore, Inc.
Kone, Inc.
Liberty Mutual Group
Media Professional Insurance
Miller Nichols Charitable Foundation
Mortgage Investment Trust Corp.
Mr. LongArm, Inc.
Musselman & Hall Contractors, L.L.C.
Musser-Davis Land Co.
Police Retirement System of Kansas City
Prairie Highlands Golf Course, LLC
Premium Financing Specialists, Inc.
R.A. Long Foundation
Securitas Security Services U.S.A., Inc.
Site Inspection, L.L.C.
The Bishop Spencer Place, Inc.
The Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri
The Hartford Financial Services, Inc.
The Travelers Companies, Inc.
TSC International Merchandising, Ltd.
United Federation of Doll Clubs, Inc.
United National Insurance Company
W.A. Ellis Construction Co.
Worldwide Innovations & Technologies, Inc.
YRC Worldwide Inc.
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Address600 Plaza West Building
4600 Madison Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64112, (Cass, Clay, Jackson & Platte Cos.)
PhonePhone: 816-410-4600
Fax: 816-561-4498
Website
http://www.sbg-law.com
Office HoursMonday: By Appointment Only: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: By Appointment Only: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: By Appointment Only: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: By Appointment Only: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: By Appointment Only: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Warren E. Slagle (1915-1999).
James H. Bernard (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, June 9, 1920; admitted to bar, 1948, Missouri. Education: University of Kansas (A.B., 1941); Harvard University; University of Kansas (LL.B., 1948). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi. President, Estate Planning Council of Kansas City, 1973-1974. Recipient, 2002 Donald H. Chisholm Award by the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation. Member: The Missouri Bar, American Bar and Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Associations; Lawyers Association of Kansas City. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Taxation; Tax Exempt Organizations.
Kenneth I. Fligg, Jr. (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, October 25, 1934; admitted to bar, 1957, Kansas; 1958, Missouri. Education: University of Kansas (A.B., 1955; LL.B., 1957). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, University of Kansas Law Review, 1957. Member: The Missouri Bar; Lawyers Association of Kansas City. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Real Estate; Taxation.
Richard F. Adams (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, November 17, 1931; admitted to bar, 1957, Missouri; 2000, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: University of Missouri (B.S., 1952); University of Kansas (LL.B., 1957). Phi Delta Phi. Member and Chair, Missouri Commission on Judicial Retirement Removal and Discipline, 1994-2000. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar (Member, Board of Governors, 1978-1982). Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Litigation; Business Law.
Gerald W. Gorman (Member) born North Kansas City, Missouri, 1933; admitted to bar, 1956, Missouri. Education: Harvard University (B.A., cum laude, 1954; LL.B., magna cum laude, 1956). Member: The Missouri Bar; Clay County and Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Associations; Lawyers Association of Kansas City. Practice Areas: Taxation; Business Law; Trusts & Estates; Tax Exempt Organizations.
Roger T. Hurwitz (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, 1928; admitted to bar, 1952, Missouri. Education: University of Missouri (A.B., 1949; LL.B., 1951); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1952). Recipient, Donald H. Chisholm Award, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, 2004. Speaker: "Recent Developments in Federal, Estate, Gift, and GST Taxation," University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1978-2008; "Hot Topics in Estate Planning," Estate Planning Society of Kansas City, 1998-2007. Past President, Jewish Family and Children's Service. Member: Disbursement Committee, Oppenstein Brothers Foundation; Disbursement Committee, Brady Foundation. Member: The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Lawyers Association of Kansas City (Past President); Estate Planning Council of Kansas City (Past-President); Heart of America Tax Institute (Past Chair); American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; American Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Corporate Law; Taxation.
Ernest N. Yarnevich, Jr. (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, September 12, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Missouri. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1966; J.D., 1969). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, University of Kansas Law Review, 1969. Co-Chairman, Heart of America Tax Institute, 1981. Member: The Missouri Bar; Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; Lawyers Association of Kansas City. Practice Areas: Business Acquisitions; Business Law; Taxation; Natural Resource Law.
Douglas N. Ghertner (Member) born St. Louis, Missouri, December 9, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, Missouri; U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Missouri; U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; U.S. Court of Claims; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth and Tenth Circuits. Education: University of Colorado (B.A., 1968); University of Missouri (J.D., 1972). Clerk to the Hon. David J. Dixon, Chief Judge, Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, 1973-1974. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Lawyers Association of Kansas City; International Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Personal Injury; Business Litigation; Civil Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Condemnation; Appellate Practice; Medical Malpractice; Mediation.
Stanley N. Wilkins (Member) born Neodesha, Kansas, June 9, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Kansas; 1975, Minnesota (inactive); 1977, Missouri, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri and District of Kansas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth and Tenth Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Kansas (B.S., 1969); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., cum laude, 1973). Member, Board of Editors, Washburn Law Journal, 1972-1973. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; Kansas Trial Lawyers Association. [Captain, U.S. Marine Corp., 1969-1976]. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Environmental Law; Food Law; Personal Injury; Insurance Coverage.
James R. Mueller (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, November 7, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Missouri. Education: Carleton College (B.A., 1973); University of Missouri at Kansas City (J.D., 1976). Delta Theta Phi. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Estate Planning; Estate and Trust Administration; Probate; Fiduciary Taxation; Secured Lending; Commercial Leasing.
James H. Bernard, Jr. (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, June 8, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Missouri. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1973); Creighton University (J.D., 1976). Member: The Missouri Bar; Kansas City Metropolitan and American Bar Associations; Lawyers Association of Kansas City; The Estate Planning Society of Kansas City. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Trusts and Estates; Creditor Rights; Tax Exempt Organizations.
Thomas L. Lasley (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, January 31, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Missouri, 1978, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 2000, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: University of Missouri-Kansas City (B.A., 1975; J.D., 1978). Phi Kappa Phi. Author: "Will Contests," Missouri Bar CLE on Estate Administration, 2009 Edition. Member, City Planning Commission, 1989-1990, Board of Zoning Appeals, 1990-1992 and City Council, 1992-1995, Mission Hills, Kansas. Member: The Missouri Bar (Member, Probate Committee, 1993). Practice Areas: Elder Law; Trusts and Estates; Probate; Wills; Business Law; Real Estate; Qui Tam; Medicare Fraud Litigation.
Vincent L. Gualtier (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, June 19, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Missouri; U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. Education: University of Kansas (B.S., 1981; J.D., 1984). Member, Kansas Criminal Procedure Review, 1983-1984. Member: The Missouri Bar; Kansas City Metropolitan and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Entities; Business Acquisitions; Taxation; Real Estate; Securities.
Rod Hoffman (Member) born Garden City, Kansas, August 24, 1953; admitted to bar, 1986, Missouri; 1987, Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (B.S.J., 1976; J.D., 1986). City Commissioner, Garden City, 1979-1983. Mayor, Garden City, 1979-1980. Director, Southwest Kansas Ground Water Management District No. 3, 1981-1983. Member, Lenexa, Kansas Planning Commission, 1993. Member: The Missouri Bar; Kansas City Metropolitan, Johnson County and Kansas Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Creditor Rights; Community Association Law.
Stephen P. Horn (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, December 18, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 2000, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: University of Missouri (B.A., 1984; J.D., 1987). Author: Note, "Sexual Harassment: One Step Forward, One Step Backward," 52 Mo. L. Rev. 663, (1987). Member: The Missouri Bar; Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Commercial Litigation.
Richard H. Wagstaff, III (Member) born St. Louis, Missouri, October 22, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Oklahoma and U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma; 1985, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1996, Missouri. Education: University of Kansas (B.S., Journalism, 1980); Oklahoma City University (J.D., 1983). Member: Johnson County and Kansas Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Domestic Relations Law; Estate Planning Law; Civil Litigation; Workers Compensation Law.
David G. Watkins (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, October 15, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Missouri, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri and U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Kansas (B.S., 1981; J.D., 1984). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Business Law; Taxation; Real Estate; Employment Law; Tax Exempt Organizations.
Robert A. Stopperan (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, December 13, 1967; admitted to bar, 1995, Missouri; 1996, Kansas. Education: Westminster College (B.A., 1990); University of Missouri, Kansas City (J.D., 1995). Member, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Law Review. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and Johnson County Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; The Estate Planning Society of Kansas City. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Probate; Real Estate; Taxation.
Frank B. W. McCollum (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., March 7, 1941; admitted to bar, 1970, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1988, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1996, U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., 1963); Duke University School of Law (J.D., 1970). Editor, Legal Research Program, Duke School of Law, 1969-1970. Member, U.S. Government Merit Board, 1995. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Johnson County, Kansas and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. [Lt., U.S. Navy, 1963-1967]. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Family Law; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Torts; Administrative Law.
——————————Katherine L. O'Connor (Associate) born Kansas City, Missouri, February 23, 1972; admitted to bar, 2005, Missouri and Kansas. Education: University of Missouri (B.S., 1994); University of Missouri-Kansas City (J.D., 2003). Member, University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review 2001-03. Law Clerk to Hon. Patricia Breckenridge, Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, 2004. Member: The Missouri Bar; Kansas City Metropolitan, Johnson County and Kansas Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Employment Law.
Jonathan N. Dilly (Associate) born Augsburg, Germany, February 9, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Kansas; 2008, Missouri. Education: Nebraska Wesleyan University (B.S., 2004); University of Kansas (J.D., 2007). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Johnson County and Kansas Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Taxation; Real Estate.
Amy L. Johnson (Associate) born Pocahontas, Iowa, August 9, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 2006, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: University of Northern Iowa (B.A., 2002); University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., 2005). Articles Editor, Journal of Gender, Race and Justice, University of Iowa College of Law, 2004-2005. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and Kansas Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Employment Discrimination; Civil Litigation; Family Law.
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