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Frederick H. “Fritz” Riesmeyer II
Frederick H. “Fritz” Riesmeyer II, Siegfreid Bingham
Staff Report//May 8, 2024//
Kansas City
JD: 1977, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Fritz Riesmeyer has been involved in multiple high-profile cases.
He defended a radio station after morning show hosts misidentified a law student as a porn star. He also persuaded a federal jury to mostly side with a Branson real estate developer in a $16 million bond issuance dispute.
In 2018, Riesmeyer defended Kansas City on claims that its officials had violated state law by shifting $42 million from the police department’s budget to other crime prevention efforts. A judge ruled in favor of the plaintiff’s claims.
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