The Power Book 2023

TOP AREA LAW F IRMS

Ranked by Number of KC-Area Lawyers

Number of KC-area Lawyers 2021/2020

Company Name Address Phone, Fax, Website

Number of KC-area Partners 2021/2020

Number of Firm-wide Lawyers/ Number of Offices Representative Clients

Headquarters/ Year Established Locally Kansas City, Mo. 1889 Kansas City, Mo. 1972 Kansas City, Mo./St. Louis, Mo., 1916 Kansas City, Mo. 1878 Kansas City, Mo. 1873 Kansas City, Mo. 1879

Rank 2022 2021

Representative Areas of Practice

Top Area Executive(s)

269 267

Madeleine McDonough Chair

131 132

495 17

Bayer, Oracle, T-Mobile, Hallmark, Microsoft

Product liability, intellectual property, privacy & data security, business litigation Healthcare, financial services, real estate, intellectual property, mid-market corporate Energy & natural resources, financial services & capital mar kets, food & agribusiness Banking & financial services, bank- ruptcy & creditor’s rights, business litigation, corporate finance Litigation, corporate, intellectual property, labor and employment, environmental, real estate Banking & financial services, bankruptcy, business transactions, data privacy & cybersecurity Agribusiness & food, banking & finance, commercial litigation, employment & labor, life sciences Admin & regulatory proceedings, banking transactions, business law, business litigation Banking & finance, commercial litigation, corporate, real estate, employee benefits, energy Corporate/M&A, litigation, health- care, construction, estate planning, real estate, sports & entertainment Litigation, professional liability, worker’s compensation, medical malpractice, healthcare, employment Public finance, litigation, real estate, healthcare, intellectual property, corporate, tax, finance Real estate, litigation, business, tax & estate planning Employment law, torts liability, workers’ compensation defense, education law Product liability & personal injury, commercial litigation, profession al malpractice Civil & complex litigation, appel late, commercial, employment & labor, fidelity & surety, insurance Business and tort litigation, employment, intellectual property, corporate law Litigation & dispute resolution, banking & financial services, bankruptcy, financial restructering Bond & lease transactions, eco nomic development incentives and public-private partnerships Accounting & professional liability, class action defense, commercial litigation, complex & mass tort

1. 1.

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. 2555 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108 816.474.6550, Fax: 816.421.5547, www.shb.com Polsinelli PC 900 W. 48th Place, Ste. 900, Kansas City, MO 64112 816.753.1000, Fax: 816.753.1536, www.polsinelli.com Husch Blackwell LLP 4801 Main St., Ste. 1000, Kansas City, MO 64112 816.983.8000, Fax: 816.983.8080, www.huschblackwell.com Stinson LLP 1201 Walnut, Ste. 2900, Kansas City, MO 64106 816.842.8600, Fax: 816.691.3495, www.stinson.com Lathrop GPM 2345 Grand Blvd., Ste. 2200, Kansas City, MO 64108 816.292.2000, Fax: 816.292.2001, www.lathropgpm.com Spencer Fane 1000 Walnut St., Ste. 1400, Kansas City, MO 64106 816.474.8100, Fax: 816.474.3216, www.spencerfane.com Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner 1200 Main St., Ste. 3800, Kansas City, MO 64105 816.374.3200, Fax: 816.374.3300, www.bclplaw.com Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes 5250 W. 116th Place, Ste. 400, Leawood, KS 66211 913.387.1600, Fax: 913.928.6739, rousepc.com Legal Aid of Western Missouri 4001 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Ste. 300, KC, MO 64130 816.474.6750, Fax: 816.474.9751, www.lawmo.org Dentons 4520 Main St., Ste. 1100, Kansas City, MO 64111 816.460.2400, Fax: 816.531.7545, www.dentons.com Seigfreid Bingham, PC 2323 Grand Blvd., Ste. 1000, Kansas City, MO 64105 816.421.4460, Fax: 816.474.3347, www.sb-kc.com Wallace Saunders 10111 W. 87th St., Overland Park, KS 66212 913.888.1000, Fax: 913.888.1065, wallacesaunders.com Kutak Rock LLP 2300 Main St., Ste. 800, Kansas City, MO 64108 816.960.0090, Fax: 816.960.0041, www.kutakrock.com Lewis Rice 1010 Walnut St., Ste. 500, Kansas City, MO 64106 816.421.2500, Fax: 816.472.2500, www.lewisrice.com McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips 10 E. Cambridge Circle Dr., Ste. 300, Kansas City, KS 66103 913.371.3838, Fax: 913.371.4722, www.mvplaw.com Wagstaff & Cartmell 4740 Grand, Ste. 300, Kansas City, MO 64112 816.701.1100, Fax: 816.531.2372, wagstaffcartmell.com Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice 2400 Pershing Road, Kansas City, MO 64108 816.471.2121, Fax: 816.472.0288, www.bscr-law.com Armstrong Teasdale LLP 2345 Grand Blvd., Ste. 1500, Kansas City, MO 64108 816.221.3420, Fax: 816.221.0786, armstrongteasdale.com McDowell, Rice, Smith & Buchanan, P.C. 605 W. 47th St., Ste. 350, Kansas City, MO 64112 816.753.5400, Fax: 816.753.9996, www.mcdowellrice.com Gilmore & Bell PC 2405 Grand Blvd., Ste. 1100, Kansas City, MO 64108 816.221.1000, Fax: 816.221.1018, www.gilmorebell.com Berkowitz Oliver Williams Shaw & Eisenbrandt LLP 2600 Grand Blvd., Ste. 1200, Kansas City, MO 64108 816.561.7007, Fax: 816.561.1888, www.berkowitzoliver.com Franke, Schultz & Mullen PC 8900 Ward Pkwy., Kansas City, MO 64114 816.421.7100, Fax: 816.421.7915, www.fsmlawfirm.com Hovey Williams LLP 10801 Mastin St., Ste. 1000, Overland Park, KS 66210 913.647.9050, Fax: 913.647.9057, www.hoveywilliams.com Sanders Warren & Russell LLP 11225 College Blvd., Ste. 450, Overland Park, KS 66210 913.234.6100, Fax: 913.234.6199, www.swrllp.com Foland, Wickens, Roper, Hofer & Crawford, P.C. 1200 Main St., Ste. 2200, Kansas City, MO 64105 816.472.7474, Fax: 816.472.6262, www.fwpclaw.com

222 221

Chase Simmons Chairman & CEO

127 136

906 22

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2. 2.

137 131

Jeff Simon Office Managing Partner Allison Murdock Managing Partner Cameron Garrison Managing Partner Pat Whalen, Chair Julia Vander Weele, Man. Part. Wesley Fields KC Partner in Charge Phillip Rouse Managing Member Joseph Dandurand Exec. Director Lisa Krigsten Office Managing Partner

57 51

863 25

Triumph Foods, CorEnergy, Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp., Five Elms Capital

3. 4.

135 133

82 84

440 12

DD

4. 3.

107 108

60 67

302 13

DD

5. 5.

86 79

50 50

388 22

Banks, Bankruptcy Trustees, Hospitals & Health Systems, Real Estate Developers

6. 6.

63 61

34 34

1,389 30

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No formal Hq’s 1988 Leawood, Kan. 1995

7. 7.

60 61

21 21

63 2

NKC Hospital, Commerce Bank, Card Compliant, Jackson County Sports Authority

8. 7.

58 56

N/A N/A

63 5

Low-income/At-risk

Civil, non-criminal legal services Kansas City, Mo. 1964

9. 9.

51 49

31 31

11,000+ 197

Kansas City Power & Light, Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System TransAm Trucking, Mountain States Health Alliance, Helzberg Diamonds, Hawaiian Bros.

N/A 1994

10. 10.

46 46

Kansas City, Mo. 1974

Steve Kyle CEO

26 28

46 1

11. 11.

44 43

Kevin Weakley President

26 24

50 6

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Overland Park, Kan. 1963

12. 12.

43 41

26 26

563 19

DD

Omaha, Neb. 1994

Larry Fields Regional Man. Partner Thomas Martin Managing Member Byron Bowles President/CEO

13. 13.

36 37

27 29

AMC, Anheuser-Bush Employees’ Credit Union, CommunityAmerica Local, national and interna tional companies, including Fortune 500 corporations St. Luke’s, Children’s Mercy Hospitals, Martin Marietta Materials, HCA Health, Lockton Banking, construction, consumer products and ser vices, food & beverage

St. Louis, Mo. 1948

153 6

14. 14.

36 37

26 27

61 8

Kansas City, Kan. 1901 Kansas City, Mo. 1997 Kansas City, Mo. 1982 Kansas City, Mo. 1947 Kansas City, Mo. 1979 Kansas City, Mo. 1997 Kansas City, Mo. 1992 St. Louis, Mo. 1901

14. 14.

35 36

Tom Wagstaff Founding Partner

20 20

35 1

16. 16.

33 32

Scott Kreamer Managing Member Tyson Ketchum Managing Attorney R. Pete Smith, Kristie Orme, Chairman/Pres. Meghan McKernan President/CEO Stephen Bledsoe, Jocelyn Villanueva, Anthony Durone

17 18

69 5

17. 17.

31 29

17 16

354 14

DD

18. 18.

29 27

25 25

29 2

DD

19. 20.

28 28

22 21

58 8

DD

20. 19.

27 27

19 19

27 2

BMW of North America, LLC; Ford Motor Company; H&R Block, Inc.; Hyundai Motors

21. 20.

26 26

John Schultz President

20 20

35 4

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DD

22. 22.

25 24

Partner Committee

15 14

25 1

DD

Intellectual property

Overland Park, Kan. 1929 Overland Park, Kan. 1999

23. 25.

24 25

Michael Kirkham Managing Partner

13 12

29 3

DD

Insurance defense, litigation, pro- fessional negligence, employment, products liability, transportation Insurance defense, employment law, commercial & business liti gation, mediation, construction

24. 24.

24 26

Kansas City, Mo. 1997

Joe Roper Managing Principal

8 9

28 3

DD

24. 22.

List was compiled from data provided by law firms and interviews with firm personnel. Several firms deserving mention may have been omitted due to lack of information. In the event of a tie by number of KC-area lawyers, firms were listed by number of KC-area partners, then by number of firm-wide lawyers. * Formed by the recent merger of Rouse Frets Gentile Rhodes and White Goss law firms.

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