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Tom Bender, Horn Aylward & Bandy
Staff Report//August 14, 2025//
Partner, Kansas City
Tom Bender is a partner at Horn Aylward & Bandy in Kansas City with 46 years of legal practice. He serves as lead counsel in class action and complex litigation, including notable cases such as the Syngenta Corn Litigation MDL, 303 Tractor Hydraulic MDL, and Blue Cross Antitrust MDL.
Bender has distinguished himself as a bar leader, having served as president of The Missouri Bar, the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, and the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation.
He also works as a mediator in complex and challenging mediations, representing classes of consumers in class actions and numerous clients in business torts and personal injury matters. He noted that changes in his practice area include challenges from “attacks on the judiciary, law firms and the rule of law.”
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