Law Firm Overview

Husch Blackwell Sanders is a full-service litigation and business services law firm with a client base of domestic, international and multinational corporations. We offer national-level competitive practices with superior client service for compelling value to leading companies. Our clients include national or global leaders in major industries including agribusiness, energy, financial services, healthcare, litigation practices, particularly in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, securities, tax, insolvency and commercial bankruptcy, business litigation, intellectual property, environmental, labor and employment and real estate.

Our history reflects decades of lawyering excellence and superior client service. We have emerged as a market-leading law firm because we deliver the highest standards of legal services our clients demand.

Through the recent merger of our legacy firms, Husch & Eppenberger and Blackwell Sanders, and most recently, Welsh & Katz, we have grown to more than 625 lawyers with offices in 13 cities, in Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield and Jefferson City, Missouri; Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska; Chattanooga and Memphis, Tennessee; Chicago and Peoria, Illinois; Denver, Colorado; Washington, D.C., and London, U.K.

Dominant regional, national and global companies have relied on our combination of uniquely broad and specialized practices, service levels normally found only in mega-market firms. Our national-level competitive practices, along with our Midwestern rates, provide compelling value to our clients.

Areas of Practice

• Antitrust
• Appellate
• Business Litigation
• Class Actions
• Commercial Finance
• Construction
• Corporate
• Employee Benefits
• Environmental & Regulatory
• Family Law
• Franchise Law
• Government Contracts
• Health Law
• Immigration Law
• Insolvency
• Insurance Law
• Intellectual Property
• International
• Labor & Employment
• Land Use Development & Financing
• Levee & Flood Control
• Malpractice Defense
• Mergers & Acquisitions and Securities
• Product Liability & Toxic Tort
• Public Law & Finance
• Tax & Estate Planning
• Tax Credit
• White Collar Criminal Defense

Pro Bono Activities

• The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
• Habitat for Humanity Law Committee
• Legal Services of Eastern Missouri
• Legal Aid of East Tennessee
• Legal Services of Southern Missouri
• Legal Services of Western Missouri
• Prairie State Legal Services
• The United Way
• Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts
• The Missouri Bar
• The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis

West Practice Categories

Regulatory Enforcement, Antitrust Law, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Banking & Finance Law, Lending & Secured Transactions, Bankruptcy Law, Business & Commercial Law, Franchising, Business Organizations, Construction Law, Criminal Law, White Collar Crimes, Public Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Environmental Law, Regulatory Compliance & Auditing, Estate Planning, Family Law, Government Contracts, Health & Health Care Law, Immigration, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Law, Labor Law, Litigation & Appeals, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Professional Malpractice Law, Land Use & Zoning, Securities Law, Taxation Law, Toxic Torts