Current Employment Position(s)

Managing Partner, since October 1, 1998

Lawyer Overview

John specializes in assisting the small/ medium size business owner(s) throughout the life of the business.  Assistance comes from the initial formation of the correct entity, through ongoing advice as to the every day issues involving the business, and finalizing with the sale of the business and/or implementation of a business succession plan.

Areas of Practice

• Business & Commercial Law 35%
• Business Planning & Counseling 25%
• Business Organizations 20%
• Estate Planning 10%
• Contracts 10%
• DUI/DWI
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Trusts
• Wills

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Franchising, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Secured Transactions, Transactions, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, Criminal Law, DUI/DWI, Traffic Violations, White Collar Crimes, Employment Law -- Employer, Employee Rights -- Employer, Employment Contracts -- Employer, Estate Planning, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney and Appointment, Trusts, Wills, Mergers & Acquisitions, Probate & Estate Administration, Estate Administration

Bar Admissions

• Kansas, 1998
• U.S. District Court District of Kansas, 1998
• U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 2006
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1999
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2003

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, July 1, 1999 - Present
• Kansas Bar Association, October 1, 1998 - Present
• AMerican Bar Association, July 1, 2005 - Present

Education

• University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, Missouri, 1997
  J.D.
• University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO, USA, 1994
  B.A.
  Major: Philosophy
• University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO, USA, 1994
  B.S.
  Major: Economics

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Kappa Tau
• Phi Delta Phi

Address

12 Corporate Woods
10975 Benson, Suite 570
Overland Park, KS 66210

Phones

(913) 385-1777

Faxes

(913) 385-5900

Emails

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Websites

http://www.gillifordlaw.com