Andreas, Stacy M.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Stacy is a partner in Lathrop & Gage's Kansas City, Missouri office. She practices in the area of insurance coverage law.

For over twenty years, Stacy has been assisting business policyholders and brokers throughout the United States with the resolution of difficult insurance coverage claims. She also counsels businesses regarding various aspects of their insurance programs.

Stacy designs and implements unique claims resolution processes to help efficiently and cost-effectively resolve even the most complex, multi-year and multi-party insurance disputes without litigation. Stacy's broad-based knowledge of insurance law and policies, as well as her experience negotiating with most of the major carriers in the United States, allows her to devote her practice to resolving all types of large-dollar and complex insurance claims. Stacy has particular expertise with difficult issues such as insolvent coverage, self-insured retention and deductible issues, and limits issues. She counsels clients and resolves claims for all types of coverage, including general liability and umbrella/excess, employment practices, environmental, directors and officers, professional liability, errors and omissions, fiduciary, fidelity and surety, kidnap and ransom, first-party property, fire, inland and ocean marine, life, health and disability as well as hurricane insurance claims, flood insurance claims, FEMA claims.   Stacy also has experience in conducting and supervising insurance archeology and policy reconstruction.

Although Stacy's practice is devoted to resolving insurance claims without litigation, Stacy also has experience arbitrating and litigating insurance coverage issues in a variety of federal and state courts. Stacy is admitted to practice in the states of Missouri and Kansas and the federal courts in those states, and pro hac vice in many jurisdictions throughout the country.

Stacy is a frequent speaker on all types of insurance topics at seminars sponsored by bar, business and industry groups. She is the author of numerous articles and guest columns and a commentator in a variety of publications.

Areas of Practice

• Equine
• Business Litigation
• Insurance Analysis and Recovery for Policyholders
• Insurance, Benefits & ERISA Defense
• Environmental
• Insurance Analysis & Recovery for Policyholders
• Insurance

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Environmental Law, Litigation & Appeals

Bar Admissions

• Kansas, 1990
• Missouri, 1989
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
• U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2010

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice Section (Annual Meeting Program Committee, June 2000-2001; Editor, Publications Editorial Board, 1996-2000; Editor, Tort and Insurance Law Journal
• The Missouri Bar, Insurance Committee
• Kansas Bar Association
• Association of Women Lawyers, Board Member and Vice-Chair, Legislative Issues, 1993-95
• Phi Beta Kappa Association of Greater Kansas City, Treasurer, 1992-94
• Missouri Business School Alumni of Greater Kansas City, Secretary and Board Member-Kansas City Chapter, 1995-2001
• Northland Therapeutic Riding Center, Board Member, 2002-present

Honors and Awards

• Phi Beta Kappa
• Mortar Board
• Member, Missouri Law Review, 1987-89

Education

• University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, 1989
  J.D.
• University of Missouri-Columbia, 1986
  A.B.
  Honors: with honors, cum laude

Published Works

• Litigation Newsletter, In-Court Report No. 5 -- Fall 2006, 2006
• Lathrop & Gage Trial Technology Focus-Litigation Insert No. 4-Winter 2006, 2006
• Litigation Newsletter, In-Court Report No. 4 -- Winter 2006, 2006
• Settling Can Stick Businesses with Bill for Future Lawsuits, 2005
• Court Ruling May Aid JoCo Companies' Defense in Mass-Tort Case, 2005
• Litigation Newsletter, In-Court Report No. 1 -- Fall 2004, 2004
• Feature on L&G's Insurance Recovery Practice in Corporate Legal Times magazine, 2004

Address

2345 Grand Blvd.
Suite 2800
Kansas City, MO 64108

Phones

(816) 460-5531 (Business Phone)

Faxes

(816) 292-2001 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.lathropgage.com/