Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

• Mr. Fridkin is a recognized expert in local government and inter-governmental issues.
• He has served both Jackson County as County Counselor for two appointed terms, and Kansas City, Missouri as counsel to the Tax Increment Financing Commission, the Economic Development Corporation, the Kansas City Port Authority and was Chairman of the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority.
• During his tenure as County Counselor, he provided leadership in the structuring and financing of the Truman Sports Complex and Truman Medical Center.
• He served as Chairman of the Jackson County Charter Commission, which in 1970 brought home-rule to the county.
• Mr. Fridkin has considerable experience in the area of governmental authority and taxing issues. He also has considerable experience in trying jury cases, mostly as defense counsel and has also conducted appellate practice in Missouri courts.
• He has been counsel to the Missouri Transportation and Development Counsel, the Builders' Association of Kansas City, the Minority Contractors' Association and others.
• Mr. Fridkin has made numerous filings for developers under the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act. For many years he served as counsel for Prime Health, the first federally qualified HMO in the Midwest.

Areas of Practice

• Business Litigation
• Government Relations
• Real Estate Advocacy

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Government Agencies & Programs, Litigation & Appeals

Bar Admissions

• Missouri, 1951
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Professional Associations and Memberships

• The American Bar Association
• The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
• Lawyers' Association of Kansas City
• Member, National Board of County Attorneys, 1966-1967
• Governor's Council on Community Affairs, 1968
• Federal Judicial Selection Committee, 1993
• Special Trial Counsel, Missouri Attorney General's Office, 1968

Honors and Awards

• Selected among The Best Lawyers in America®, 2007-2010
• Mr. Fridkin was named among the 175 most influential people in the history of Jackson County by the Jackson County Historical Society in 2001.
• Certificate of Merit, League of Women Voters, 1982, for serving as lead attorney in Congressional Redistricting Case.
• Annual Achievement Award, K.C. Bar Association, 1970
• Martindale-Hubbell® "AV" Rating

Education

• Washington University School of Law, 1951
  J.D.
• Washington University in St. Louis, 1949
  B.A.

Published Works

• 56 Lathrop & Gage Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America, 2009
• National Best Lawyers Roster Includes 50 Lathrop & Gage Attorneys, 2008
• Recent Honors for Lathrop & Gage Attorneys - Litigation Insert No. 5 - Fall 2006, 2006
• National Best Lawyers Roster Includes 36 Lathrop & Gage Attorneys, 2006
• Craft Fridkin & Rhyne, LLC Merging with Lathrop & Gage L.C., 2003

Address

2345 Grand Blvd.
Suite 2800
Kansas City, MO 64108

Phones

(816) 460-5709 (Business Phone)

Faxes

(816) 292-2001 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.lathropgage.com/