MEMBERS OF FIRM
Patrick J. Stueve (Member) born Prairie Village, Kansas, December 13, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, Missouri and Kansas. Education: Benedictine College (B.A., with distinction, 1984); University of Kansas (J.D., 1987). Order of the Coif. Editor: University of Kansas Law Review; Criminal Procedure Review, 1987. Law Clerk to Honorable John W. Oliver, U.S. District Court Judge, Western District of Missouri, 1987-1989. Member: Lawyers Association of Kansas City (President Elect); Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Chair, Antitrust/Business Torts Committee, 2000-2002); American Bar Association (Member, Antitrust Section). Practice Areas: Antitrust; Unfair Competition; Intellectual Property; Products Liability; Franchise Law; Securities Fraud; Class Actions.Email: Patrick J. Stueve
Norman E. Siegel (Member) born Baltimore, Maryland, June 13, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Missouri, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: Tufts University (B.A., 1990); Washington University (J.D., 1993). Articles Editor, Washington University Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law. Assistant Attorney General, Missouri, 1993-1996. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; American Bar Association (Member, Business Law Section); Robert T. Ross Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Class Actions; Securities Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; White Collar Crime.Email: Norman E. Siegel
George A. Hanson (Member) born Lawrence, Kansas, July 29, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1994, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: Oberlin College (B.A., with high honors, 1988); University of Minnesota at Minneapolis (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Law Clerk to Honorable Harriet Lawing, Minnesota Court of Appeals. Articles Editor, Minnesota Journal of Law and Inequality. Author: "To Catch a Thief: The Legal end Policy Implications of Honesty Testing in the Workplace." Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Employment and Labor; Unfair Competition; Intellectual Property.Email: George A. Hanson
Todd M. McGuire (Member) born Elgin, Illinois, December 9, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 2000, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: Drake University (B.A., Rhetoric and Communication Studies, summa cum laude, 1996; J.D., highest honors, 1999). Phi Beta Kappa. Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, Drake University Law Review, 1998-1999. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Lawyers Association of Kansas City; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Class Actions; Civil Appeals; Antitrust; White Collar Crime.Email: Todd M. McGuire
Todd E. Hilton (Member) born St. Louis, Missouri, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Missouri; 2000, Kansas. Education: University of Miami (B.A., cum laude, 1996); George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1999). Phi Sigma Tau. Omicron Delta Kappa. Alpha Lambda Delta. Member, University of Miami Chapter, National Pre-Legal Honor Society. Recipient: The Phi Sigma Tau Award, University of Miami; The Justice Thurgood Marshall Prize, George Washington University. Member, The George Washington Journal of International Law and Economics. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Products Liability; Toxic Torts; Commercial Litigation; Consumer Litigation.Email: Todd E. Hilton
Rachel Schwartz (Member) born Morton Grove, Illinois, April 30, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Texas; 2004, Missouri and Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., with honors, 1998) Phi Beta Kappa; University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 2001). Member: State Bar of Texas; Lawyers Association of Kansas City; Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Antitrust; Securities; Class Actions.Email: Rachel Schwartz
Virginia I. Stevens Crimmins (Member) admitted to bar, 2001, Missouri; 2002, Kansas and Illinois. Education: Agnes Scott College (B.A., 1998); Georgetown University (J.D., 2001). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; Illinois State Bar Association; American Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Labor and Employment; Products Liability.Email: Virginia I. Stevens Crimmins
ASSOCIATES
Bradley T. Wilders (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois; 2008, Missouri and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: University of Missouri (B.S., Computer Science, 2001); University of Missouri at Columbia School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Author: note, "Standing on Hallowed Ground: Should the Federal Judiciary Monitor Executive Violations of the Establishment Clause?" 71 Mo. L. Rev. 1199, 2006. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Patent Infringement; Intellectual Property Infringement; Civil Litigation.Email: Bradley T. Wilders
Eric L. Dirks (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri and District of Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1999); University of Iowa (J.D., with high distinction, 2003). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Class Actions; Collections; Products Liability; Wage and Hour Law; Commercial Litigation.Email: Eric L. Dirks
Jack D. McInnes, V (Associate) born Kansas City, Missouri; admitted to bar, 2004, Missouri; 2005, Kansas; U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (B.S., 2001; J.D., 2004). Order of the Coif. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Kansas Bar Association; Lawyers Association of Kansas City; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Employment Law.Email: Jack D. McInnes, V
Ashlea Schwarz (Associate) born Garden City, Kansas, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 2008, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: Kansas State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2004); University of Kansas School of Law (J.D., 2007). Golden Key. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Lawyers Association of Kansas City. Languages: German.Email: Ashlea Schwarz
Lee R. Anderson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Missouri; 2006, Kansas. Education: University of South Dakota (B.S./Masters, cum laude, 1997); University of Missouri at Kansas City, College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Judicial Clerk to Honorable Ronald Holliger, Missouri Court of Appeals, 2005-2006. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation(100%).Email: Lee R. Anderson
Jason M. Lindner (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, California. (Not admitted in Missouri). Education: University of Miami (B.A., cum laude, 1997); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 2000). Member: San Diego County and American Bar Associations. (Resident, San Diego California Office).Email: Jason M. Lindner
OF COUNSEL
Richard M. Paul, III (Of Counsel) born Orange, California, November 12, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Missouri; 1997, Kansas. Education: University of Missouri (B.A., 1992; J.D., 1995). Associate Managing Editor, Missouri Law Review. Judicial Clerk, Missouri Supreme Court and Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District. Author: "The Clash Between the First Amendment and Civil Rights," 60 Mo. L.Rev. 889. Past Chair, Appellate Courts Committee. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Chair: Appellate Courts Committee Business Torts Handbook; Fiduciary Duties Chapter Business Torts Committee); Lawyers Association of Kansas City. Practice Areas: Class Actions; Complex Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy Litigation; Appellate Practice; Transportation Law; Intellectual Property Litigation; Oil and Gas Litigation.Email: Richard M. Paul, III
Jason S. Hartley (Of Counsel) born 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, California. (Not admitted in Missouri). Education: University of California, San Diego (B.A., 1993); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Recipient, Provost's Honor List, University of California, San Diego. Assistant Executive Editor, Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law Winner, Nathan Burkan Memorial Writing Competition sponsored by ASCAP. Co-Author: "Joint Comments of the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law and Section of International Law on the Meaning of 'Understanding' in the Australian Trade Practices Act 1974," March 26, 2009 and National Law Journal, November 19, 2007. Author: "Airlines Hit by Antitrust Actions," discusses RDB's lawsuits and the federal government's two-year investigation into whether major airlines set up illegal cartels that imposed fuel surcharges on passengers and air freight purchasers that were not related to actual fuel costs; "Background of the Illinois Brick Decision," Appendix, ABA Section of Antitrust Law's Indirect Purchaser Litigation Handbook, August 8, 2007; "The Self-Insurers' Role in Combating Excessive Prescription Drug Prices," The Self-Insurer, Vol. 20, February 2003; "In Re High Fructose Corn Syrup: A New Form of Chicago School Education," Findlaw.com, November 2002. Member: San Diego County and American Bar Associations; American Association for Justice; Consumer Attorneys of California; Consumer Attorneys of San Diego. (Resident, San Diego California Office). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Antitrust Class Actions; Unfair Trade.Email: Jason S. Hartley