Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

• Judicial clerkship with the Honorable Arthur B. Federman, Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Missouri. (1991-1992)
• Representation of borrowers and lenders in structuring, negotiating, and documenting loan originations and workout, restructure, deed-in-lieu, and voluntary surrender transactions.
• Representation of borrowers and lenders in problem loan matters—including loan enforcement, guarantor liability, workouts, reorganizations, and bankruptcies throughout the United States.
• Representation of secured and unsecured creditors, debtors, committees, landlords, tenants, trustees, servicers of mortgage-backed securities, asset buyers, and other parties in interest in all aspects of Chapter 11 reorganization, particularly in the areas of use of cash collateral, debtor-in-possession financing, automatic stay relief, adequate protection, asset sales and acquisitions, contract assumption and rejection, claim allowance, dischargeability, preferences and fraudulent conveyances, and plan confirmation and cramdown litigation.

Areas of Practice

• Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights & Business Reorganization
• Business Litigation
• Financial Institutions

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Bankruptcy Law, Business & Commercial Law, Creditors' Rights, Litigation & Appeals, Reorganizations

Bar Admissions

• Missouri, 1991
• Kansas, 1991

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association, Litigation and Business Sections
• Missouri Bar, Commercial Law Committee, Agricultural Law Committee, Vice Chair, 1998
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Committee, Chairman (1995 & 1999), Vice Chair (1995 & 1999)
• Kansas City Bankruptcy Bar Association, Secretary/Treasurer, 1993-1998
• American Bankruptcy Institute, Member
• Ad Hoc Advisory Committee to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri, 1997-2000
• Kansas City Tomorrow Leadership Program Class XX, 1997-98 (Kansas City Civic Council Leadership Program)
• Old Mission United Methodist Church, Administrative Board Chairman (2003-2005), Pastor-Parish Relations Committee (1999-2002), Board of Trustees (2005), Task Force for the Protection of Children & You

Honors and Awards

• Martindale-Hubbell® "AV" Rating
• Selected among The Best Lawyers in America®, 2003-2010
• Selected for Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers, 2005-2009
• Selected for Best Attorneys Network Directory, 2005
• Named 'Best of the Bar' by the Kansas City Business Journal, 2004 and 2005

Education

• University of Michigan Law School, 1990
  J.D.
• University of Missouri-Columbia, 1988
  B.S., Ag.
  Honors: magna cum laude

Published Works

• 56 Lathrop & Gage Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America, 2009
• 52 Lathrop & Gage Attorneys Named Super Lawyers, 2008
• National Best Lawyers Roster Includes 50 Lathrop & Gage Attorneys, 2008
• 45 Lathrop & Gage Attorneys Named Super Lawyers, 2007
• Recent Honors for Lathrop & Gage Attorneys - Litigation Insert No. 5 - Fall 2006, 2006
• National Best Lawyers Roster Includes 36 Lathrop & Gage Attorneys, 2006
• Lathrop & Gage Announces New Executive Committee Members, 2006
• 30 Lathrop & Gage Attorneys Named Super Lawyers, 2005
• 24 Lathrop & Gage Attorneys Named to Best Attorneys Network, 2005
• 25 Lathrop & Gage Attorneys Selected as Best Lawyers 2005, 2004

Address

2345 Grand Blvd.
Suite 2800
Kansas City, MO 64108

Phones

(816) 460-5525 (Business Phone)

Faxes

(816) 292-2001 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.lathropgage.com/