Vasos, Donald W.

Current Employment Position(s)

Sole Practitioner

Year Joined Organization: 1992

Areas of Practice

• Personal Injury-Plainitiff
• Product Liability-Plaintiff
• Insurance Law
• Malpractice-Plaintiff

Representative Clients

• People or businesses harmed by the negligent conduct of others

Representative Cases

• Bingaman v. Kansas City Power & Light Co., 1 F3d 976 (C.A. 10(Kan.) 1993)
• Kenyon v. Kansas Power & Light Co., 254 Kan 287 (Kan. 1993)
• Brabander v. Western Co-op Electric Co., 248 Kan. 914 (Kan. 1991)
• Folks v. Kansas Power and Light Co., 243 Kan. 57 (Kan. 1988)
• Farley v. Engelken, 241 Kan. 663 (Kan. 1987)
• Ling v. Jan's Liquors, 237 Kan. 629 (Kan. 1985)
• Jackson v. City of Kansas City, Kansas, 235 Kan. 278 (Kan. 1984)
• Pape v. Kansas Power and Light Co., 231 Kan. 441 (Kan. 1982)
• Guffy v. Guffy, 230 Kan. 89 (Kan. 1981)
• Brown v. Keill, 224 Kan. 195 (Kan. 1978)
• Hillhouse v. KCMO, 221 Kan. 369 (Kan. 1977)

West Practice Categories

Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Insurance Law, Medical Malpractice

Bar Admissions

• Kansas, 1966
• Missouri, 1990
• U.S. District Court District of Kansas, 1966
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1967
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1990
• U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 1990

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow)
• American Association for Justice (Sustaining Member)
• American Association for Justice, 1980 - 1982 (National Governor)
• American Board of Trial Advocates, 1990 - 1995 (Advocate Rank)
• American Board of Trial Advocates, 1988 - 1989 (President, Kansas Chapter)
• American Board of Trial Advocates, 1990 - 1995 (National Director)
• Kansas Trial Lawyers Association (Governor)
• Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, 1976 - 1977 (President)
• Earl E. O'Connor American Inn of Court, 1996 - Present (Bench Master Emeritus)
• Wyandotte County, Kansas Bar Association, 1977 - 1978 (President)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Kansas Bar Association (Member)

Honors and Awards

• The Best Lawyers in America, Personal Injury Litigation, 1983 - 2000
• Arthur C. Hodgson Award, Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, 1997

Education

• University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas, 1966
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Law Review: University of Kansas Law Review, 1964 - 1966
• Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri, 1963
  B.S., Bachelor of Science
  Major: Accounting

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Sigma Epsilon

References

• First Community Bank, Fairway, KS

Published Works

• Product Liability Actions, Industry Standards and Evidence of Prior Accidents, 11 J. K. T. L. A. No. 6, p. 8, 1988
• Comparative Negligence-New Rules of Pleading and Burden of Proof, 9 J. K. T. L. A. 28, Summer, 1986
• Personal Injury Protection Benefits, New Act, 1 J. K. T. L. A. 6, Winter, 1977
• Comparative Negligence, Strict Liability & PIK, 5 Kansas Advocate 13, May, 1976
• Setoff and Counterclaim, 4 Kansas Advocate 14, July, 1975
• Comparative Negligence Update, 44 J. Ks. Bar Assn. 13, Spring, 1975
• Negligent Entrustment and Hiring Theories, 4 Kansas Advocate 9, May, 1975
• Traffic Investigator As An Expert Witness, 3 Kansas Advocate 10, Nov., 1974
• A Workable Sanctions and Discovery System, 4 J. Ks. Bar Assn. 147, Summer, 1971

Address

Suite 100
4400 Shawnee Mission Pkwy.
Fairway, KS 66205-2518

Phones

(913) 362-4400
(800) 342-1141

Faxes

(913) 362-4244

Emails

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Websites

http://www.vasoslaw.com