When our clients find themselves in complicated commercial disputes, they rely on our veteran litigators to explain the risks and rewards of alternative strategies and then to aggressively pursue a remedy with total determination to achieve the result that is in our client's best interest.

Three of our attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America  and several have been recognized as Missouri Kansas Super Lawyers. 

Also see Government Contracts.

We regularly address the following legal issues for our clients:

  • Acquisition-related litigation

  • Alternative dispute resolution

  • Arbitration

  • Civil appeals

  • Class actions

  • Complex and multi-district litigation

  • Complex bankruptcy

  • Complex business litigation

  • Contract litigation

  • Directors and officers insurance coverage

  • Directors and officers liability

  • Environmental liabilities

  • Federal civil practice

  • Mediation

  • Plans to bring debtors-in-possession out of bankruptcy

  • Premises liability

  • Products liability

  • Products liability defense

  • RICO actions

  • Shareholder suits and acquisition-related litigation and unfriendly takeovers

  • State receivership transactions

  • Tobacco litigation

  • Unfriendly takeovers

  • Violations of the Securities Act of 1933

  • Violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

  • Workers' compensation defense