Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association

Dec 15, 2025

Kansas City bar honors judges, attorneys at annual meeting

The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association honored judges, attorneys and civic leaders while installing new officers at its 141st annual meeting.

Jun 10, 2020

KCMBA offers free services for health care workers

The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association has launched a new program providing free power of attorney planning services for health care workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mar 6, 2020

Mischa Buford Epps chosen to lead The Missouri Bar

Epps succeeds Sebrina Barrett, who resigned in 2019 to relocate with her family to New York. Epps will be the bar’s fifth executive director in its 76-year history.

Aug 27, 2019

Former Kansas City mayor launches consulting firm

Former Kansas City Mayor Sly James and his longtime chief of staff, Joni Wickham, have started a consulting firm. In an interview, the duo said Wickham James Strategies & Solutions […]

Oct 8, 2018

KCMBA unveils new patio, renovations at open house

Renewing its lease at the 2300 Main building in downtown Kansas City provided the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association with an opportunity to improve its space. In July, KCMBA kicked […]

Dec 8, 2011

KCMBA to honor mayors, others at annual meeting

The association’s 127th annual meeting will be held Friday at the Marriott Muehlebach Hotel in downtown Kansas City.

Mar 27, 2011

Sly James takes helm in Kansas City

Sly James and Mike Burke ran a cordial mayoral campaign — so cordial, in fact, that at times it was difficult to pinpoint the differences between them.

Mar 24, 2011

KCMBA releases Law Week 2011 schedule

The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association from April 11-15 is celebrating “The Legacy of John Adams: From Boston to Guantanamo,” the focus of Law Week 2011.

Dec 7, 2009

New York’s feisty ex-mayor to headline KCMBA lunch

Former New York Mayor Ed Koch will give the keynote address at the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association's Annual Meeting, to be held Friday at the Marriott Muehlebach Hotel in downtown Kansas City.

Oct 2, 2009

KCMBA spearheads effort to increase pro bono work

A new effort from the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association aims to provide those incentives at a time when the economy is forcing many more individuals to represent themselves. The bar on Friday announced details of a pro bono database and Web site intended to link up Kansas City attorneys with citizens in need of free representation, part of a yearlong effort KCMBA President Rebbecca La[...]

Oct 2, 2009

KCMBA pitches new pro bono database

The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association is trying to link up willing attorneys with people in need of pro bono services in an unprecedented database in the state of Missouri. […]

Aug 24, 2009

Kansas City Newsmakers, Aug. 24, 2009

Kander named to veterans commission State Rep. Jason Kander, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan and a captain in the Missouri Army National Guard, will be appointed to the […]