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Trina Rae Ricketts, Ogletree Deakins

Staff Report//July 9, 2025//

Trina Rae Ricketts

Trina Rae Ricketts, Ogletree Deakins

Staff Report//July 9, 2025//

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Shareholder, Kansas City

Trina Rae Ricketts, shareholder at Ogletree Deakins in Kansas City, has practiced employment law for 27 years. She became the first female managing shareholder of a law firm in the Kansas City metropolitan area, serving as office managing shareholder from 2013 to 2018, during which the office moved to larger space and experienced strategic growth. 

Ricketts currently serves as co-chair of the firm’s national Reduction in Force/WARN practice group, leading attorneys nationwide who provide advice on large-scale reorganizations. Her practice focuses on defense-based litigation and providing practical employment counseling to clients. Ricketts regularly conducts complex employee misconduct investigations and serves as secretary on the board of directors for the Metropolitan Organization Countering Sexual Assault.


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