Fifty at the Top
#21 Sanders Warren & Russell
A strong client base of insurance companies—more than 50 brokers, in all—anchors a key segment of the workload at Sanders Warren & Russell, but insurance law is by no means all this Overland Park firm does. Its staff practices across a broad array of 15 business-law specialties, from construction law to product liability, tax planning to intellectual property and more. Founded in 1999, the firm also has offices in south Kansas City and Springfield, Mo.
9401 Indian Creek Pkwy., Suite 1250, Overland Park, KS 66210
913.234.6100, Fax: 913.234.6199, www.swrllp.com
William Sanders, Jr., Roger Warren, Bradley Russel, Management Committee
Year Established: 1999
Number of Lawyers in KC Area: 24
Partners in KC Area: 14
Number of Lawyers Firm-Wide: 30
Number of Offices: 3
Primary Areas of Practice: Litigation and corporate law
Company Headquarters: Overland Park, Kan.
#22 South & Associates
The industry shorthand is default-servicing, which means resolving difficult issues when a deal goes bad. That’s where South & Associates excels, offering services that cover foreclosure and bankruptcy, eviction, title resolution and loss mitigation, among others. Based in Overland Park, the firm also has offices in Wichita, St. Louis, Omaha and Des Moines, providing coverage that allows it to operate in every county of the four-state area.
6363 College Blvd., Overland Park, KS 66211
913.663.7600, Fax: 913.663.7899, www.southlaw.com
Alan South, Managing Attorney
Year Established: 1995
Revenue for 2012: $17,100,000
Number of Lawyers in KC Area: 24
Partners in KC Area: 11
Number of Lawyers Firm-Wide: 34
Number of Offices: 5
Primary Areas of Practice: Creditor’s rights
Company Headquarters: Overland Park, Kan.
#23 White, Goss, Bowers, March, Schulte & Weisenfels
Within the vital real-estate development arena, White Goss Bowers March Schulte & Weisenfels focuses on land use, economic-development incentives and real estate development and transactions. The firm, based in KC, also sports a strong suite of services for business litigation, conflict resolution, mergers and acquisitions, employment law and white collar criminal litigation. Among its clients are local firms like Kansas City Life, Commerce Bank, Waddell & Reed and Freightquote.
4510 Belleview, Suite 300, Kansas City, MO 64111
816.753.9200, Fax: 816.753.9201, www.whitegoss.com
Harold Goss, Managing Partner
Year Established: 2000
Number of Lawyers in KC Area: 24
Partners in KC Area: 11
Number of Lawyers Firm-Wide: 24
Number of Offices: 1
Primary Areas of Practice: Land use, zoning, real estate, corporate, litigation
Company Headquarters: Kansas City, Mo.
#24 Stueve Siegel Hanson
From business disputes involving large companies to consumer and securities fraud, personal injury and whistleblower protection, the lawyers at Stueve Siegel Hanson have secured hundreds of millions of dollars for their clients. It produces favorable settlements or awards large multinational concerns, like Seaboard Corp., as well as individuals in David-vs.-Goliath legal battles against big firms.
460 Nichols Road, Suite 200, Kansas City, MO 64112
816.714.7100, Fax: 816.714.7101, www.stuevesiegel.com
Patrick Stueve, Norman Siegel, George Hanson
Year Established: 2001
Number of Lawyers in KC Area: 23
Partners in KC Area: 10
Number of Lawyers Firm-Wide: 28
Number of Offices: 2
Practice Areas: Antitrust/breach of contract/IP/franchise disputes/fraud & misrepresentation/RICO violations); consumer fraud; securities fraud; personal injury
Company Headquarters: Kansas City, Mo.
#25 Douthit Frets Rouse Gentile & Rhodes
Douthit Frets Rouse Gentile & Rhodes successfully navigates three areas of law. One pillar of that work involves catastrophic loss, involving things like transportation-related accidents or defective products; another is its construction, pre-paid card and commercial law practice, serving entrepreneurs, business owners and small- to mid-sized companies; and medical malpractice defense for hospitals, nursing homes, doctors, nurses and other health-care professionals.
5250 W. 116th Place, Suite 400, Overland Park, KS 66211
913.387.1600, Fax: 913.387.6400, www.dfrglaw.com
Evan Douthit, Managing Partner
Year Established: 1995
Number of Lawyers in KC Area: 23
Partners in KC Area: 9
Number of Lawyers Firm-Wide: 23
Number of Offices: 2
Primary Areas of Practice: Catastrophic loss, commercial law, medical malpractice
Company Headquarters: Kansas City, Mo.
#26 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
A national presence in employment law, the firm of Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart is based in the Southeast, co-headquartered in Atlanta and Greenville, S.C. But it maintains a strong presence in KC with its office on the Country Club Plaza. Workplace and labor issues are a staple of what the firm does, but it also has concentrations in construction law, higher education and sports and entertainment.
4520 Main St., Suite 400, Kansas City, MO 64111
816.471.1301, Fax: 816.471.1303, www.ogletreedeakins.com
Trina Le Riche, Managing Shareholder
Year Established: 2005
Number of Lawyers in KC Area: 23
Partners in KC Area: 8
Number of Lawyers Firm-Wide: 668
Number of Offices: 44
Primary Areas of Practice: Employment law, traditional labor relations, wage and hour, employee benefits, sports and entertainment
Company Headquarters: Greenville, S.C. & Atlanta, Ga.
#27 Franke, Schultz & Mullen
Corporate defense is the essence of what the lawyers from Franke Schultz & Mullen do. The KC firm has offices in St. Louis and Springfield and serves clients in commercial and business litigation to construction and employment law. Partners have tried more than 400 civil cases before juries. Clients include Phillips Petroleum, Shell Oil, Conoco-Phillips, Ford Motor Credit, Marriott and Domino’s Pizza.
8900 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, MO 64114
816.421.7100, Fax: 816.421.7915, www.fsmlawfirm.com
John Schultz, President
Year Established: 1992
Number of Lawyers in KC Area: 22
Partners in KC Area: 14
Number of Lawyers Firm-Wide: 26
Number of Offices: 3
Primary Areas of Practice: Commercial litigation, products liability, trucking and automobile litigation, construction litigation, insurance coverage
Company Headquarters: Kansas City, Mo.
#28 Rasmussen Willis Dickey & Moore
Founded in 1996, Rasmussen, Willis, Dickey & Moore serves as trial counsel on a nationwide basis for its clients in a broad range of lawsuits, including the defense of serious product liability and personal injury claims, medical and professional malpractice, commercial disputes, and employment and construction law cases.
9200 Ward Parkway, Suite 400, Kansas City, MO 64114
816.960.1611, Fax: 816.960.1669, www.rwdmlaw.com
Clay Dickey, Steve Moore, Partners
Year Established: 1996
Number of Lawyers in KC Area: 22
Partners in KC Area: 11
Number of Lawyers Firm-Wide: 22
Number of Offices: 2
Primary Areas of Practice: Insurance defense, with an emphasis on medical malpractice and asbestos cases.
Company Headquarters: Kansas City, Mo.
#29 Hovey Williams
Patents, Trademarks and All Things IP are the stock in trade for this Overland Park firm founded nearly 85 years ago. Copyright law, trade secrets and intellectual property litigation are also key services available to clients. The firm’s strong embrace of entrepreneurship runs to its founders, who hung up the shingle just weeks before the stock market crash of 1929 but nonetheless managed the firm’s rise throughout the Great Depression.
10801 Mastin St., Suite 1000, Overland Park, KS 66210
913.647.9050, Fax: 913.647.9057, www.hoveywilliams.com
Management Committee
Year Established: 1929
Number of Lawyers in KC Area: 21
Partners in KC Area: 23
Number of Lawyers Firm-Wide: 24
Number of Offices: 1
Primary Areas of Practice: Intellectual property
Company Headquarters: Overland Park, Kan.
#30 Payne & Jones
Payne & Jones is among the larger full-service Kansas law firms operating in Johnson County, and its impressive roster of practice areas shows that’s not an idle boast: Nearly 50 aspects of business, family and criminal law offer strong assurances that individual or corporate clients will find what they need to meet their legal challenges. Its broad areas of practice include business law, family law and estate planning, litigation and personal injury cases, and real-estate law.
11000 King, Overland Park, KS 66211
913.469.4100 , Fax: 913.469.8182, www.paynejones.com
Jodee Olson Lanning, Managing Officer
Year Established: 1926
Number of Lawyers in KC Area: 21
Partners in KC Area: 16
Number of Lawyers Firm-Wide: 21
Number of Offices: 1
Practice Areas: Civil litigation; business; estates, trusts and probate, domestic
Company Headquarters: Overland Park, Kan.
