Krigel & Krigel, P.C.

Law Firm Overview

Krigel & Krigel, P.C., was established in 1979 by attorneys Erlene and Sandy Krigel. The firm practices primarily in the areas of adoption law, assisted reproductive technology law, bankruptcy, business law, civil litigation, computer law, estate planning, family law, landlord/tenant law, personal injury, and real estate.

Our firm consists of eight attorneys and a support staff that includes a paralegal, a legal assistant, an office manager/bookkeeper, an assistant bookkeeper, four legal secretaries, a receptionist, and a messenger.

Our attorneys practice primarily in the Circuit Courts in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in Missouri as well as the Missouri appellate courts. On the Kansas side, we practice primarily in the District Courts of Johnson, Wyandotte, and Leavenworth Counties, as well as the Kansas Court of Appeals and the Kansas Supreme Court. We also regularly practice in the Federal District Courts in Missouri and Kansas.

Our office is located on the second floor of the Valley View Bank Building at 4550 Belleview Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Our office hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. After-hours and weekend appointments are available.

Our managing partners are Erlene and Sanford Krigel. Erlene Krigel was the first woman appointed as a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy trustee in the Western District of Missouri. She is regularly appointed to approximately 500 bankruptcy cases per year. Sanford Krigel has an active adoption practice and has been involved in many high-profile contested adoption cases in the Kansas City metropolitan area. He is one of the 2004 Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute's Angels in Adoption award recipients.

Areas of Practice

• Bankruptcy Law
• Business & Commercial Law 20%
• Contracts
• Debtor/Creditor
• Business Organizations
• Class Actions -- Plaintiff
• Constitutional Law
• Construction Law
• Art
• Estate Planning 10%
• Trusts
• Wills
• Family Law 10%
• Adoption
• Child Support
• Divorce
• Health & Health Care Law
• Nursing Home
• Insurance Law
• Internet - Cyberspace
• Computer Law
• Litigation & Appeals
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Products Liability Law
• Real Estate Law
• Land Use & Zoning
• Landlord/Tenant
• State, Local & Municipal Law
• Adoption
• Private, Agency, Interstate, Step-Parent and International Adoptions
• Sale and Purchase of Fine Art
• Assisted Reproductive Technology Law
• Surrogacy, Embryo Adoption, Egg and Sperm Donor Matters
• Chapter 7, 11, 12 and 13
• Organization of Partnerships, Purchase and Sale of Businesses
• Computer Law
• Issues and Problems Unique to Doing Business on the Internet
• Wills, Trusts, Probate Admin, Guardianship/Conservatorship, and Elder Law
• Divorce/Dissolution, Child Custody, Modifications, and Paternity
• Negotiation and Preparation of Residential and Commercial Leases
• Personal Injury
• Negligence and Products Liability
• Real Estate Foreclosures, Lease Negotiations and Loan Documentation
• Administrative Law
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Aviation
• Bad Faith Insurance
• Custody & Visitation
• Foreclosure & Alternatives
• Mergers & Acquisitions

West Practice Categories

Administrative Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bad Faith Insurance, Foreclosure & Alternatives, Bankruptcy Law, Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Business Organizations, Class Actions -- Plaintiff, Constitutional Law, Construction Law, Art, Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills, Family Law, Adoption, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Health & Health Care Law, Nursing Home, Insurance Law, Internet - Cyberspace, Computer Law, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers & Acquisitions, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Probate & Estate Administration, Products Liability Law, Real Estate Law, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, State, Local & Municipal Law, Aviation