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

• Advertising & Marketing
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Antitrust & Unfair Competition
• Appellate Litigation
• Aviation
• Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors' Rights
• Business & Commercial Litigation
• Class Actions
• Closely Held Business
• Commercial Transactions
• Construction & Design
• Copyright
• Customs & Trade
• Digital Discovery & Records Management
• Education
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Entertainment & Media
• Environment, Natural Resources and Water
• ERISA/Employee Benefits Litigation
• Estate Planning, Trusts & Estates
• Finance & Lending
• Food Law
• Franchising & Distribution
• Government Compliance, Investigations & Litigation
• Governmental Affairs
• Healthcare
• Hospitality
• Immigration
• Insurance Litigation
• Intellectual Property
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• International
• Investment Management
• Labor & Employment
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Municipal
• Patents
• Products Liability
• Public Finance
• Real Estate
• Safety & Health
• Securities Industry Regulation & Litigation
• Securities/Capital Markets
• Tax Exempt Organizations
• Taxation
• Technology & E-Commerce
• Telecommunications Practice
• Trademarks
• Transportation
• Venture Capital/Private Equity Financing
• Energy

West Practice Categories

Administrative Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Trade Regulation, Unfair Competition, Banking & Finance Law, Lending & Secured Transactions, Public Finance, Venture Capital, Bankruptcy Law, Creditors' Rights, Business & Commercial Law, Franchising, Transactions, Closely Held Businesses, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Reorganizations, Communications & Media Law, Advertising, Telecommunications, Construction Law, Education Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee, Municipal Employment -- Employee, Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employee, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Energy Law, Entertainment, Tourism, Travel & Leisure, Environmental Law, Water Pollution, Estate Planning, Trusts, Government Agencies & Programs, Law Enforcement Agencies, Health & Health Care Law, Immigration, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property Law, Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks, International Law, Business & Trade, Customs, Electronic Commerce, Labor Law, Litigation & Appeals, Class Actions, Water & Riparian Rights, Products Liability Law, Food & Agricultural Products, Real Estate Law, Science & Technology Law, Securities Law, Capital Markets, Municipal Corporations, Municipal Liability, Taxation Law, Transportation Law, Aviation