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Lawyer Overview

Mr. Burkhead has successfully tried jury and non-jury trials in the Missouri and Kansas state courts and the Missouri federal court and has argued appeals in the courts of appeals and supreme courts of both states and the Eighth Circuit. The cases have included commercial law (acceptance, collections, negotiable instruments, revocation of acceptance and warranty), contract breach and interpretation, construction law, covenants not to compete, Federal Employers' Liability Act, indemnity, lender liability, negligence, will contests and probate adversarial proceedings, products liability, railroad, trespasser, crossing accidents and freight liability, real estate, restraining orders/injunctions and workers' compensation.

Areas of Practice

• Trucking & Freight Transportation
• Railroad
• Tort Litigation
• Personal Injury/Products Liability
• Business Litigation
• Complex Commercial
• Business Litigation Real Estate Advocacy
• Real Estate Advocacy

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Litigation & Appeals

Bar Admissions

• Missouri, 1969
• Kansas, 1968

Professional Associations and Memberships

• The Missouri Bar
• Kansas Bar Association
• The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
• Lawyers Association of Kansas City
• American Bar Association, Litigation; Torts and Insurance Practice Sections
• National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
• Defense Research Institute
• Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers
• Kansas City Spirit, Inc., Charter Director and Steering Committee
• Former City Attorney City of Westwood Hills, Kansas; Municipal Judge, Cities of Westwood Hills and Mission Woods, Kansas
• Downtown Kansas City Rotary Club

Honors and Awards

• Martindale-Hubbell® "AV" Rating

Education

• University of Kansas School of Law, 1968
  J.D.
• University of Kansas, 1965
  B.A.

Address

2345 Grand Blvd.
Suite 2800
Kansas City, MO 64108

Phones

(816) 460-5704 (Business Phone)

Faxes

(816) 292-2001 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.lathropgage.com/