Fries, Brian C.
Lathrop Gage
2345 Grand Blvd.
Suite 2800
Kansas City, MO 64108
Phone: (816) 460-5326 (Business Phone)
Fax: (816) 292-2001 (Business Fax)
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Websites associated with this firm:http://www.lathropgage.com/Summary
Current Employment Position(s)
Partner
Lawyer Overview
Mr. Fries has extensive trial practice, arbitration, and mediation experience in complex litigation disputes throughout the United States.
He serves on the Executive Committee of Lathrop & Gage LLP, and chairs the firm's Litigation Division.
His experience includes disputes arising from general business transactions, director and officer liability claims, real estate transactions, shareholder and securities litigation, partnership disputes, insurance coverage disputes, consumer class action and single plaintiff claims, banking related claims, and a variety of breach of contract and fraud claims.
Mr. Fries has also represented individuals and businesses in professional malpractice and catastrophic injury claims.
Some of his recent cases include the following:
- Defense of numerous cases brought by customers of one of the world's largest financial institutions.
- Defense of title insurance company in class action seeking nationwide certification of class.
- Representation of international company in litigation relating to asset sale agreement.
- Several cases involving representation of limited partners and general partners in breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty claims.
- Representation of purchasers in fraud case resulting from commercial real estate transactions with underlying environmental contamination.
- Representation of telemarketing entities in national class actions and attorney general investigations.
- Representation of educational product licensor in dispute with licensees.
- Representation of employers in enforcement of restrictive covenants with former employees.
- Defense of directors and officers of insurance company in action brought by receiver.
- Representation of seller of manufacturing facility in indemnity and breach of contract action brought by purchaser relating to environmental liabilities.
- Representation of insureds in coverage disputes with insurance companies.
- Pro bono representation of board of directors of charitable organization.
Mr. Fries is a frequent speaker at legal seminars, and is active in coaching and officiating youth sports.
Prior to attending law school, Mr. Fries was a financial analyst and examiner for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
Areas of Practice
- Business Litigation
- Securities Litigation
- Trade Secrets/Covenants Not to Compete
- Consumer Claim Defense
- Class Action or Multi-Party Litigation
- General Business & Complex Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Analysis and Recovery for Policyholders
- Tort Litigation
- Personal Injury/Products Liability
- Environmental
- Insurance Analysis & Recovery for Policyholders
West Practice Categories
Business & Commercial Law, Environmental Law, Litigation & Appeals
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Kansas, 1993
- Missouri, 1992
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
Professional Associations and Memberships
- The Missouri Bar
- Kansas Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Lawyers Association of Kansas City, Former Chairman, "Crackdown on Crackhouses," Young Lawyers Section
- Former Participant, Ross T. Roberts Inn of Court
- Former Member, Eighth Circuit Subcommittee on Civil Jury Instructions
- Earl E. O'Connor American Inn of Court
- Kansas City Tomorrow Program
Honors and Awards
- Selected for Benchmark Litigation, the Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys 2011
- Selected among The Best Lawyers in America®, 2011
- Selected for Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers, 2008-2010
- Martindale-Hubbell® "AV" Rating
- Order of the Coif
- Board of Advocates
- Editor-in-Chief, Missouri Law Review
Education
- University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law,
1992
J.D.
Honors: cum laude - Arizona State University,
1987
B.S., Finance
Articles
Published Works
- 62 Lathrop & Gage Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers Magazine, 2010
- Benchmark Litigation Selects Five Lathrop & Gage Attorneys as Litigation Stars, 2010
- American Lawyer Media Highlights Lathrop & Gage Commercial Litigators, 2010
- 59 Lathrop & Gage Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America, 2010
- Bloomberg Corporate Law Journal: Increased Litigation Risks from Shareholder Derivative Lawsuits, 2009
- Bloomberg Law Reports - Officers and Directors in the Crossfire, 2009
- Kansas City Business Journal - Lathrop finds it prime time to start new practice group, 2008
- 52 Lathrop & Gage Attorneys Named Super Lawyers, 2008
- Lathrop & Gage Adds Brian Fries to Executive Committee, 2008
- U.S. District Court in Kansas Refuses to Certify Class Action, 2007
- Litigation Newsletter, In-Court Report No. 5 -- Fall 2006, 2006
- Litigation Newsletter, In-Court Report No. 4 -- Winter 2006, 2006
- Lathrop & Gage Trial Technology Focus-Litigation Insert No. 4-Winter 2006, 2006
- Lathrop & Gage In-Court Report No. 3--Summer 2005, 2005
- Litigation Newsletter, In-Court Report No. 2 -- Winter 2005, 2005
Office Information
Address
2345 Grand Blvd.
Suite 2800
Kansas City, MO 64108
Phones
(816) 460-5326 (Business Phone)
Faxes
(816) 292-2001 (Business Fax)
Emails
Contact Us (Business Email)
