Current Employment Position(s)

Managing Partner

Lawyer Overview

My entire legal life has been in spent in Kansas City. The first four years in the profession were spent working for a mid size firm and a large firm doing defense work. I defended corporations in environmental disputes, product defect cases and personal injury cases. After four years I took my knowledge of the law and the defense perspective and flipped sides, opening a plaintiff's personal injury and employment firm. There is no comparison between working for a corporation and working for the little people. I have spent the past three years representing individuals who have been injured by the negligence of others. This includes personal injury accidents, defective medical devices and pharmaceuticals, and chemical exposures. I value my clients and truly enjoy working with each individual. I enjoy seeing individuals get a fair result and there is a feeling of satisfaction when your client, who was once hopeless, feels that they have received justice.

Areas of Practice

• Accidents (Motor Vehicle, Trucking, Motorcycle)
• Defective Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals
• Chemical Exposure / Toxic Exposure
• Accidents (Construction Site, Premises Liability)
• Nursing Home Death or Injury
• Medical Malpractice Injury or Death
• Employment Discrimination

West Practice Categories

Civil Rights, Age Discrimination, Disability & Illness Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Class Actions -- Plaintiff, Housing & Construction Defects, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee, Sexual Harassment -- Employee, Hazardous Waste, Water Pollution, Nursing Home, Multidistrict Litigation, Assault & Battery -- Plaintiff, Aviation Accidents -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Premises Liability -- Plaintiff, Railroad Accidents -- Plaintiff, Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff, Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Food & Agricultural Products, Machinery & Tools, Medical Products & Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Pharmaceutical Products, Recreational Products, Medical Malpractice, Pesticides, Toxic Mold, Whistleblower/Qui Tam

Bar Admissions

• Missouri, 1999
• U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 1999
• Kansas, 2000
• U.S. District Court District of Kansas, 2000
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 2001

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (KCMBA), 2000 - Present (Board Member, Young Lawyers Section (Since 2003))
• National Employment Law Association, 2004 - Present (Member)
• Association of Women Lawyers, 2004 - Present (Member)

Honors and Awards

• "Best of the Bar" for Employment Litigation, Kansas City Business Journal

Classes and Seminars

• Working with Expert Witnesses, Association of Women Lawyers, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, 2006 - Present
• Networking and Obtaining Employment, University of Missouri Kansas City Law School, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, 2006 - Present

Pro Bono Activities

• Board Member of Young Lawyers Section of KCMBA, 2003 - Present
• Teach seminars fo first-year law students at UMKC, 2006 - Present

Education

• University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, Missouri, 1999
  J.D.
• Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
  B.A., Political Science and Psychology

Address

4600 Madison Avenue
Suite 810
Kansas City, MO 64112

Phones

(816) 283-8738

Faxes

(816) 283-8739

Emails

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Websites

http://www.kdh-law.com