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| | Address | 1000 Walnut
Suite 1600 | | Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2140 | | (Cass, Clay, Jackson & Platte Cos.) | |  | Accepts Credit Cards |
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| Wyrsch Hobbs & Mirakian, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
Civil, Criminal, Trial and Appellate Practice. Post-Conviction Litigation, Internal Investigations and Compliance Programs, Tax "Controversies" and Criminal Tax, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Family Law, Environmental Law, DUI/DWI, Drug Crimes, Felonies, Homicide, Capital Litigation, Misdemeanors, Traffic Violations, Parole and Probation, Assault, Securities, Securities Fraud, Personal Injury, Civil Rights Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Commercial Law, Business Planning, Business Law, Real Estate, Trusts and Estates, Wills and Probate Law, Auto Accidents, Airplane Crash Litigation, Railroad Accidents, Sexual Abuse, Slip and Fall and Wrongful Death. General Practice. | | Year Established: 1981 | Firm Profile:
Wyrsch Hobbs & Mirakian, P.C. is a law firm with an emphasis in complex civil and in criminal litigation, including white-collar criminal cases as well as other felony matters, including homicide and death-penalty cases. Our firm has handled a large number of high profile litigation matters in state and federal courts throughout the state of Missouri and nationwide. Our firm represent clients in all areas of criminal defense, business and commercial litigation, appeals, internal investigations and compliance programs, tax controversies and criminal tax, anti-trust and trade regulation, personal injury and civil rights, family law, commercial law and business planning, real estate, and wills and trusts. Clients of our firm are kept informed of the progress of their case in plain language, so that clients understand potential outcomes and are able to make informed decisions. Our firm employs experience, expertise, cost-efficient methods, and modern technology for providing top-quality legal services to our clients. Our firm is rated AV by Martindale Hubbell Legal Directory. In addition, our firm is listed in Martindale Hubbell: "Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers" in five different categories: civil trial practice, criminal trial practice, appellate practice, general practice and personal injury practice. Our firm endeavors to employ lawyers of the highest caliber. Our lawyers have been listed in the publication, "Best lawyers in America" and have been named among the "Best of the Bar" by the Kansas City Business Journal. Our firm includes Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers, members of the American Board of Trial Advocates, and Fellows of the American Bar Foundation. Additionally, one of our lawyers is a member of the College of Master Advocates and Barristers, while another is a past recipient of the Missouri Bar Foundation's Lon O. Hocker Trial Lawyer Award. One of our lawyers received an award from the Midwestern Innocence Projects at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School for work on behalf of the wrongfully convicted. Two of our lawyers were recently named to the International Who's Who of Business Crime Lawyers, 2003, and the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers (2004 edition). Many of our lawyers have also been involved in bar activities such as teaching in numerous continuing legal education programs on the national, regional, and local levels as well as participation on criminal rules and instructions committees. Three are adjunct professors at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, Law School and two have served as president of the Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. For a more detailed description of our practice areas, please visit our website at whmllaw.com. | | Firm Size: 9 | Representative Clients:
Sinclair Oil Corp; CoinMach Corp. | Reference:
United Missouri Bank, Kansas City, Mo. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Accepts Major Credit Cards
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American Express
Discover | | James R. Wyrsch (Senior Partner) born Springfield, Missouri, February 23, 1942; admitted to bar, 1966, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1971, U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit; 1972, U.S. Supreme Court; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th and 10th Circuits; 1978, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1979, Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals of the United States; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1983, U.S. Tax Court; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1963); Georgetown University (J.D., 1966); University of Missouri (LL.M., Trial Practice, 1972). Phi Delta Phi. Member of Council of Barristers, 1965-1966. Listed in: Who's Who in Kansas City Law, K.C. Business Journal, 1991, 1994; Euromoney; Guide to World's Leading White Collar Crime Lawyers, 1995; Who's Who in the World; Who's Who in America; Who's Who in American Law; Who's Who in Finance and Business; Who's Who in the Midwest; Who's Who in Emerging Leaders in America (1st Edition); Who's Who in American Education: International Who's Who of Business Crime Lawyers, 2003; International Who's Who of Business Lawyers (2004 Edition); Chambers USA-America's Leading Business Lawyers (2004); Starthmore Who's Who (2004-2005); National Directory of Criminal Lawyers. Co-Author: "Specific Requests for Exculpatory Evidence after U.S. v. Bagley," 55 University of Missouri, Kansas City, Law Review 50, 1986; "Judicial Hostility to Other Crimes Evidence in Criminal Cases," 46 Journal of the Missouri Bar 139 (1990); "Considerations in the Use of Evidence Obtained from Experimental Investigation of Speech and Voice: Constitutional and Other Considerations," Vol. 606 of the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 119 (1990); Criminal Intent and Due Process, Vol. 25, "The Champion" 10 (1991); Jury Unanimity: A Requirement of Due Process," The Champion, Vol. 26 p.18; "Missouri's New Wire Tap Law," 48 Journal of the Missouri Bar 21 (1992); "Federal Constitutional Law Review, Including Federal Criminal Practice" Federal Court Seminar, UMKC/CLE (Annual, 1992—); "Parallel Proceedings," NACDL Mid-Winter MAUI Meeting, 1994; "The Scope of the Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine in the Corporate Context," ABA Annual Meeting, 1998; "The Missouri Mens Rea Requirement: New Supreme Court Opinion and How the Requirement Has Changed," 66 UMKC L.Rev. 499 (1998). Moderator: "Improving the Criminal Justice System," National Lawyers Association Annual Convention, 2003. Co-Author: Missouri Criminal Practice "Voire Dire" and "Post Trial Motions," (Mo. Bar 1st Ed 1977), Post-Trial Motions, (Mo Bar 3rd Ed 1996); "Tactics in Making a Criminal Record in Missouri Criminal Cases," University of Missouri-Kansas City, Continuing Legal Education, 1979; "Legal Problems of Franchisees and Franchisors," University of Missouri-Kansas City, Continuing Legal Education, 1975; "Annual Survey of Criminal Law," Missouri Bar, 1984; "How to Effectively Protect Your Record in Civil Cases-Offers of Proof and Constitutional Questions," University of Missouri at Kansas City Continuing Legal Education, 1985; "Missouri Criminal Trial Practice," The Harrison Company, 1994. Adjunct Professor, Criminal Trial Techniques, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1981—. Lecturer, Missouri College For Trial Judges, 1984-1988. Member, Missouri Supreme Court Committee on Pattern Criminal Instructions and Charges (now Mo. Sup. Ct. Procedures Committee), 1983—; Member, Subcommittee to Draft Manual of Model Criminal Instructions for the District Courts of the Eighth Circuit (1986—). Member: Federal Practice Committee, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, 1985-1988; Panel of Arbitrators, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, 1985-1991; Judicial Selection Committee, U.S. Magistrate, Western District of Missouri, 1985; University of Missouri-Kansas City Advisory Council, Legal Assistants Program, 1985-1988; Jackson County, Missouri Circuit Court Advisory Committee, 1998—; Program Committee, Judicial Conference for U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1989. Teaching Attorney, Kansas City Bar Association Inns of Court, 1985-1988. Special Public Defender, State of Missouri, 1985. Listed in: "Best Lawyers in America (Criminal Law), all editions. Member of Faculty, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Mid-America Region, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1991-1993. Member, Missouri Bar Evidence Task Force to Revise Missouri Evidence Restated (2nd Ed. 1993); Member, Board of Directors, Kansas City Bar Foundation; Participant, American Board of Trial Advocates Masters In Trial Program, Kansas City, Missouri, 1993. Senior Counsel, College of Master Advocates and Barristers. Member: U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society (Mo. Membership Co-Chair, 2002-2004); Missouri Supreme Court Historical Society. Recipient: Service Award, University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Foundation, 1991-1992; "Best of the Bar," Kansas City Business Journal, 2002-2004; Lawyer of the Year. Missouri Lawyers Weekly, 2001; Dean of the Trial Bar Award, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, 2002; Practitioner of the Year Award, 2002, University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law Alumni Association; Lifetime Achievement Award, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, 2004; Chas. Shaw Trial Advocacy Award, Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2004; KC Legal Leader of the Year 2005 (One of Ten), "The Daily Record"; Super Lawyers, Missouri/Kansas 2005-2007; Top Ten Lawyers, Criminal Defense and White Collar, Missouri and Kansas; Liberty and Justice Legacy Award, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation, 2007. Named, "Local Litigation Star," Benchmark, "America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys," 2008. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association (1975-2000). Co-Chairman, Missouri Membership, 2002-2006, Vice-Chair, National Membership, 2006-2007 and Chair, National Membership, 2007-2008, U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society. Access to Justice Committee, 2002-2007 and National Vice Chairman, Access to Justice Committee, 2007-2008. Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation; American Association for Justice. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Chairman: Criminal Law Committee, 1980-1981; Anti-Trust Committee, 1982; Business Tort/Anti-Trust, Franchise Law Committee, 1998) and American Bar Association; The Missouri Bar (Vice-Chairman, Criminal Law Committee, 1978-1979); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Secretary, 1982; Director, 1983); American Board of Trial Advocates (advocate). Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers (Access to Justice Committee, 2002-2004; Chair, State Committee, 2005); Missouri Bar Foundation, 1997—; Litigation Counsel of America; Trial Lawyer Honorary Society; International Academy of Trial Lawyers. [Capt., U.S. Army, 1966-1969]. Reported Cases: U.S. v. Wells, 519 U.S. 482 (1997); U.S. v. Burgess, 175 F.3d 1261 (11th Cir. 1999); U.S. v. Tucor Int'l, 189 F.3d 834 (9th Cir. 1999); Andrews v. A T & T, 95 F.3d 1014 (11th Cir. 1996); Mical v. Sprint Telemedia, 1 F.3d 1031 (10th Cir. 1993); U.S. v. Goodman, 984 F.2d 235 (8th Cir. 1993); U.S. v. Denmon, 483 F.2d 1093 (8th Cir. 1973); Mobil Oil v. Clark, 652 F.2d 2 (8th Cir. 1981); Sinclair Oil v. Dymon, Inc., 988 F.Supp. 1304 (D. Kan. 1997); In Re 636 South 66th Terrace, 835 F.Supp. 1304 (D. Kan. 1993); Kampe v. Colom, 906 S.W.2d 796 (Mo. App. 1995). Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Civil Law; Anti-Trust Litigation. Email: James R. Wyrsch | | Stephen G. Mirakian (Senior Partner) born Washington, D.C., June 3, 1949; admitted to bar, 1977, Kansas, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas and U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit; 1979, Missouri, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Military Appeals. Education: United States Military Academy (B.S., 1971); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., cum laude, 1977). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Editorial Staff, Washburn Law Journal, 1976-1977. Author: Case Comment, "Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California, Tort Law," Washburn Law Journal, Vol. 15, 1976; Case Note, "Entrapment: Time to Take an Objective Look," Washburn Law Journal, Vol. 16, 1977. Adjunct Professor of Business Law, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas, 1981-1990. Panelist, Petroleum Marketing Practices Act Symposium, 1991. Lecturer, Admissibility of Expert Testimony, National Business Institute, Spring, 2003. Panelist and Lecturer, Litigation Practice for Paralegals, 1993. Host of "K.C. Law," CNN Radio, 1990-2000. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Kansas and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. [JAGC, U.S. Army, 1977-1980]. Practice Areas: Complex Business Litigation; Complex Personal Injury; Landlord and Tenant Law; Criminal Trial; Appellate Practice; Business; Real Estate; Condemnation; Child Custody. Email: Stephen G. Mirakian | | James R. Hobbs (Senior Partner) born Kansas City, Missouri, February 13, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court; 1997, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: Westminster College; University of Kansas (B.A., with Honors, History, 1978); Member, Mortar Board Society; University of Missouri-Kansas City (J.D., 1981). Member, Moot Court Board. Member, Mortar Board Society. Listed in: "National Directory of Criminal Lawyers," 1991, 1992; "Best Lawyers in American Criminal Law," 1993-2003. Recipient, 1989 Lon O. Hocker Memorial Trial Lawyer Award of Missouri Bar Association. Member, University of Missouri at Kansas City Law Review, 1979-1981. Author: Comment, "Plaintiff's Use of 'Day in the Life' Films --- A New Look at the Celluloid Witness," 49 University of Missouri at Kansas City Law Review 179, Winter, 1981; "Opening Statements," Vol. I, Missouri Criminal Practice, Missouri Bar CLE (Supp. 1989-1990, 1992); "Creative Use of Demonstrative Evidence," Missouri Criminal Practice, 1989. Co-Author: "Discovery by Right or Court Action," Vol. I, Missouri Criminal Practice (2d Ed. Supp. 1992); "Criminal Law and Practice," Annual Law Update, Missouri Bar Continuing Legal Education, 1990-2000. Lecturer: "Malpractice, Defensive Lawyering in Criminal Cases," Fall Criminal Practice Institute, Missouri Bar Association, 1990; Annual Law Update on Criminal Law, Missouri Bar Association, 1990-2000; "How to Address Federal Criminal Grand Jury Investigation," Missouri Bar/MACDL, 1993; KCMBA Federal Practice Constitutional Law Update, 1993-1994; "Specific Intent Defenses," National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Houston, Texas, 1994; "Visualizing Reasonable Doubt Defenses," Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1995; "Specific Intent Defenses," Bureau of National Affairs' Program, Vail, Colorado, 1997. Presenter, Health Law and Criminal Law Conference, Law Education Institute, Snowmass, Colorado, 2003. Adjunct Instructor: Paralegal Course, Litigation II, Avila College, 1985-1995; UMKC Law School, 1987-2000. Instructor, Missouri Bar Trial Institute, 2002-2003. Lecturer, Criminal Law and Health law LEI Seminar, Snowmass, CO (2002-2004). Judicial Merit Selection Panel for U.S. Magistrate, Western District of Missouri, 1990. Assistant Public Defender, Jackson County, Kansas City, Missouri, 1982-1984. Participant: National College of Trial Advocacy Advanced Criminal Trial Course, 1986; Western Trial Advocacy Institute, 1984; Advanced National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1987. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan (Chairperson, Criminal Law Committee, 1990-1991 and 1991-1992; Member, Circuit Court Advisory Committee, 1996) and American (Member, Complex Crime Committee) Bar Associations; Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member, Board of Directors; Chairman, Continuing Legal Education, 1988-1998; President, 1995-1996; Member, Fed Practice Committee U.S. Dist Court W.D. Mo.); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; American Board of Trial Advocates. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; American College of Trial Lawyers (Member, Federal Criminal Procedure Committee, 2002—). Practice Areas: Criminal and Civil Litigation. Email: James R. Hobbs | | Keith E. Drill (Partner) born North Tarrytown, New York, May 27, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Missouri, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1988, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: Colgate University (B.A., 1983); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., 1987). Phi Delta Phi. Judge, Pro Tem: City of Mission, Kansas, 1994-2003; City of Roeland Park, Kansas, 1997-2000. Municipal Judge: City of Roeland Park, Kansas, 1999; City of Mission, Kansas, 2003—. Member: Johnson County, Kansas Charter Commission, 1999-2000; Johnson County, Kansas Charter Review Committee, 2000—. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Johnson County, Kansas and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Trial Practice. Email: Keith E. Drill | | Charles M. Rogers (Partner) born Monticello, Utah, November 21, 1947; admitted to bar, 1976, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit. Education: University of Missouri at Kansas City (B.A., 1973; J.D., with distinction, 1976). Associate Editor, University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review. Note, "State ex rel. Lucus v. Moss--Admissibility of Videotaped Depositions in Missouri," 43 U.M.K.C., L. Rev. 139 (1974). Author: "Voir Dire in Capital Cases," Death Penalty Seminar, Missouri State Public Defender System, 1987; "Pretrial Motion Practice," Defending Criminal Cases, UMKC/CLE, 1989; "Effective Advocacy in Closing Argument," Trial Skills Workshop, Missouri State Public Defender System, 1990; "Arson Defense and Investigation," Fall Criminal Practice Institute, Missouri Bar CLE, 1990; "Opening Statements -- A Practical Approach," Trial Skills Workshop, Missouri State Public Defender System, 1991; "Certiorari in the United States Supreme Court," Missouri Capital Case Resource Materials, 2d Ed., Missouri Capital Punishment Resource Center, 1995. Teaching/Lectures: "Demonstrative Evidence"; "Closing Argument"; "Cross Examination"; "Opening Statements"; "Record Preservation"; "Voir Dire in Capital Case," Death Penalty Seminar, Missouri State Public Defender System, 1987; "Pretrial Motion Practice," MACDL-UMKC/CLE, 1989; "Arson Defense and Investigation," MACDL-MoBar CLE, 1990; "Getting and Keeping Stays of Execution," Missouri Capital Punishment Resource Center, 1995. Trial Skills Workshop, Missouri State Public Defender System, 1984-1992; (with J. Vincent April, II) "Jury Selection -- Obtaining and Retaining and Using Information," Life in the Balance, National Legal Aid and Defender Association, 1995; (with Michael Means) "Litigating in Difficult Communities," Life in the Balance, National Legal Aid and Defender Association, 1995; "Voir Dire in a Criminal Cases," Ross T. Roberts Inns of Courts," 1995. Panelist: "Round Table Discussion of Current Issues in State and Federal Courts," MACDL-MoBar CLE, 1990, 1992. Training Committee: Missouri State Public Defender System, 1984-1994. Chairman, Trial Skills Workshop, 1992-1993. Member: The Missouri Bar; Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member, Board of Directors, 1988—; President, 2003-2004); Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Chair, Criminal Law Committee, 2001); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. [with U.S. Army, 1968-1979]. Practice Areas: Criminal Law. Email: Charles M. Rogers | | Marilyn B. Keller (Partner) born Covina, California, November 20, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1992, Kansas, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas and U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th and 10th Circuits; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri. Education: William Jewell College (B.S., 1986); University of Missouri, Kansas City (J.D., 1991); Oxford University, Oxford, England. Associate Book Review Editor, Urban Lawyer, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, 1989-1990. Participant, Missouri Bar Trial Institute. Lecturer: Municipal Court Update, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; Document Control and Organization, Organizing and Presenting Exhibits for Trial. Adjunct Professor of Law, Criminal Sentencing, University of Missouri, Kansas City, 2002—. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Kansas and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation and Criminal Justice) Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL); Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (MACDL); Association of Trial Lawyers of America. (Managing Partner). Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; Trial and Appellate Practice. Email: Marilyn B. Keller | | J. Justin Johnston (Partner) born Emporia, Kansas, February 18, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Missouri; 2001, Kansas, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., English, 1997); University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law (J.D., 2000). Member, National Team, Moot Court, 1999-2000. Recipient, H. Michael Coburn Legal Advocacy Scholarship, 1999-2000. Literary Editor, University of Missouri at Kansas City Law Review, 1999-2000. Law Clerk for the Honorable Laura D. Stith and Judicial Clerk, Supreme Court of Missouri and Missouri Court of Appeals, May 2000-April 2001. Author: "Reasonover v. Washington: Toward a Just Treatment of the Wrongly Convicted in Missouri," 68 University of Missouri at Kansas City Law Review 411, 2000; "Drafting Strategies for Specific Motions," Advanced Legal Drafting for Kansas Paralegals, Institute for Paralegal Education, 2002. Member, Supreme Court Historical Society. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Johnson County, Kansas and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Civil Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: J. Justin Johnston | | —————————— | | Nathan J. Owings (Associate) born Blue Springs, Missouri, September 11, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Missouri and U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri; 2005, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: Truman State University (B.A., 2001); Washington University (J.D., 2004). High Pass Trial Advocacy Class, 2003. Member, Supreme Court Historical Society. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Kansas Bar Association; American Bar Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; White Collar Criminal Defense; Civil Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Nathan J. Owings | | David S. Bell (Associate) born Chicago, Illinois, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Missouri; 1998, Kansas. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S.E., magna cum laude, 1994); New York University (J.D., 1997; LL.M., Taxation, 1997). Sigma Phi Epsilon. Recipient, The Charles M. Shaw Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy, March 2007. Named, One of the 16 "Up & Coming Lawyers," Missouri Lawyers Weekly, October 2006. Practice Areas: Federal, State and Local Criminal Law(100%). Email: David S. Bell | | LEGAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL | | Darlene Wyrsch (Paralegal) born Topeka, Kansas, December 4, 1940; Paralegal, Wyrsch, Hobbs & Mirakian, P.C. Member: National Paralegal Association, 1982—; Westlaw. Email: Darlene Wyrsch | | Dru A. Colhour (Paralegal) born Richmond, Missouri, October 15, 1961; Education: William Jewell College (1980-1981); University of Missouri, Kansas City (Paralegal Certificate, 1987). Paralegal for: F. Coulter deVries, P.C., 1983-1986; Linde Thomson Langworthy Kohn & Van Dyke, P.C., 1986-1991; Wyrsch, Hobbs & Mirakian, P.C., 1991—. Lecturer to Paralegal Litigation Course at Avila College, Kansas City, Missouri. Executive Secretary, Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Practice Areas: Criminal Litigation; Civil Litigation. Email: Dru A. Colhour | | Tami Blakesley Education: Graceland University; Missouri Southern State College (B.S.B.A., Marketing and Management, 1986); Avila University (Paralegal Certificate, 1993). Member: Kansas City Paralegal Association (Director of Education and Board Member, 1992); National Federation of Paralegal Associations. | | Barbara Ann Walters born Staten Island, New York; Education: Central Missouri State University (B.S., Business Education, 1994); William Jewell College (Paralegal Certificate, 2001). Volunteer, Missouri Innocence Project. Member: Kansas City Paralegal Association. |
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