Firm: Shook, Hardy & Bacon Location: Kansas City Law school: Southern Methodist University Hometown: Lee’s Summit Achievements include: He represents national marquee clients, including Nike, MillerCoors, Sprint, Footlocker and Chrysler. The best part of being an attorney? Being in trial Favorite ...
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Read More »Firm: Polsinelli Shughart Location: Kansas City Law school: Creighton University Hometown: Brighton, Colo. Achievements include: Took the leading role in representing former General American board members, officers and other high-level employees. His cases involved significant financial exposure, with billions of ...
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Read More »Firm: Schuchat, Cook & Werner Location: St. Louis Law school: University of Illinois Hometown: St. Louis Achievements include: Won a rare Gissel bargaining order from the National Labor Relations Board, ordering an employer to bargain with a local union where the employer’s unfair ...
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Read More »Firm: Littler Mendelson Location: St. Louis and Edwardsville, Ill. Law school: University of Missouri-Columbia Hometown: Marshall Achievements include: Yates assisted in drafting the Missouri Dram Shop Act, which was passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate in Missouri and signed ...
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Read More »Firm: Lewis, Rice & Fingersh Location: St. Louis Law school: Saint Louis University Hometown: St. Louis Achievements include: Led a team of lawyers who successfully defended both Western Star and its parent, Freightliner, against a $27 million termination lender liability claim, ...
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Read More »Firm: Williams Venker & Sanders Location: St. Louis Law school: Saint Louis University Hometown: St. Louis Achievements include: Petruska excels as a seasoned speaker, giving presentations to both legal and non-legal professionals alike. If you had not become a lawyer, what would you have ...
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Read More »Firm: Graves Bartle Marcus & Garrett Location: Kansas City Law school: Harvard University Hometown: Excelsior Springs, but now I live south of the river in Kansas City Achievements include: He sued the Secretary of State and Attorney General in a ...
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Read More »Firm: Husch Blackwell Sanders Location: Kansas City Law school: University of Iowa Hometown: Mission Hills, Kan. Achievements include: Recent transactional accomplishments of note have included the approximately $145 million sale by NV Energy of its California electric utility assets. Favorite writers? James ...
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Read More »Firm: Brown & James Location: St. Louis Law School: Saint Louis University Hometown: St. Louis Achievements include: He has tried 22 jury trials in state and federal courts and has deposed numerous individuals including liability, causation and damages experts in ...
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Read More »Firm: Behr, McCarter & Potter Location: Clayton Law school: Saint Louis University Hometown: Eureka Achievements include: Has successfully handled several hundred mechanic’s lien and payment bond claims and has collected in excess of $10 million on these claims, representing some ...
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Read More »Firm: Polsinelli Shughart Location: Kansas City Law school: University of Kansas Hometown: Wichita, Kan. Achievements include: Sobba has jury trial experience in multiple states, including jury verdicts in excess of $1 million. In addition, he has successfully argued before the ...
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