Current Employment Position(s)

Retired Member

Lawyer Overview

Mr. Bates is a member of or general counsel to numerous public or quasi-public bodies and has extensive experience in their general operation and related borrowing and financial matters. He also has extensive experience in drafting and lobbying statutes regarding the laws of the State of Missouri.

Areas of Practice

• Corporate & General Business
• Government Relations

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Government Agencies & Programs

Bar Admissions

• Missouri, 1952

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association, Energy & Natural Resources and Alternative Dispute Resolution Sections
• The Missouri Bar, President, 1989-90; Board of Governors, 1982-91; Member, Senior Lawyer's Committee; ADR Committee
• Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, Chair, 1990-91; Member, Board of Directors, 1968-1995
• Fellows of The American Bar Association, Missouri State Chairman, 1991-1997
• University of Missouri Board of Curators, Former Member and Past President, 1982-88; President's Advisory Council
• Missouri State Chamber of Commerce Member, Board of Directors and Executive Committee, and former chairman; President's Advisory Council
• The Hawthorne Foundation, Board of Directors, 1984-present; Chair, 1992-95
• Center for Public Resources, Approved Panelist
• American Arbitration Association, Approved for major case panels
• American Red Cross - Kansas City Chapter, Board of Directors, 1994-2002
• The University of Kansas City Board of Trustees, 1982-present; Vice Chairman, 1995
• Civic Council of Kansas City, Member, 1984-1997; Executive Committee, 1990-93
• Missouri Academy of Squires, Member, inducted in 1989
• National Conference of Christians and Jews Member, former Co-Chair, 1985
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Foundation, Board Member, 1983-present; Former President, 1983-84
• Former Special Assistant Attorney General of Missouri, 1952-60
• Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners, Former Counsel, 1961-65

Honors and Awards

• Phi Beta Kappa
• Senior Editor, Michigan Law Review
• Whitaker Award for Outstanding Services, 1991; Lawyers Association of Kansas City
• Geyer Award Recipient, University of Missouri
• NCCJ Brotherhood Award, 1985
• Oxford Cup, Beta Theta Pi National Award, 1995
• Martindale Hubbell® "AV" Rating

Education

• University of Michigan Law School, 1952
  J.D.
• University of Missouri-Columbia, 1949
  A.B.

Address

2345 Grand Blvd.
Suite 2800
Kansas City, MO 64108

Phones

(816) 460-5605 (Business Phone)

Faxes

(816) 292-2001 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.lathropgage.com/