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| | Address | | Forty Executive Hills, 2nd Floor, 7101 College Boulevard | | Overland Park, Kansas 66210-1891 | | (Johnson Co.) | |  | Accepts Credit Cards |
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| | | McDowell, Rice, Smith & Buchanan,
A Professional Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
Civil Litigation in all State and Federal Courts (including Serving as Local Counsel), Professional Malpractice Litigation (all types of Professional Liability), Product Liability, Health Care Law, Personal Injury, Commercial Litigation, Insurance and Coverage Litigation, Labor and Employment Law, Banking and Financial Services, Bankruptcy, Commercial Transactions, Bankruptcy and Reorganization, Acquisition and Mergers, Business Creation and Transactions, Natural Resources and Environmental, Real Estate, Transportation, Administrative and Regulatory Law, Fidelity and Surety, Construction Law. | | Year Established: 1947 | Firm Profile:
The Firm is known for its independence and individuality, with the Firm's attorneys recognized for their versatility and their tenacious advocacy of causes which involve the entire spectrum of Civil Trial Practice. | | Firm Size: 30 | Representative Clients:
Banking/Financial Services: Douglass National Bank; Union Bank; Enterprise Bank; Citigroup; California Public Employees Retirement System; Hyundai Motor Finance Company; Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp.; Nissan-Infiniti LT; Straus Capital Group, Inc.; Sterling Financial Services, Inc.; Textron Financial Corp.; Toyota Financial Services; Toyota Motor Credit Corp. Corporations: Black & Veatch; Cannon, S.p.C.; Gerson Company; Peters & Associates; Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Company; Ferrellgas, Inc.; The Lockton Companies; Mobilfone, Inc.; Radio Station KCTE-AM.; Sandretto, U.S.A., Inc.; Terracon, Inc.; 3M Company; Toys "R" Us; Union Broadcasting. Insurance and Surety: Great Western Casualty Company; The Medical Protective Company; Kansas Health Care Stabilization Fund; T.H.E. Insurance Co.; The Reciprocal Alliance; NCMIC Insurance Company. Labor and Employment: Helzberg Diamond Shops, Inc.; Silver Dollar City. Real Estate: Block & Company; American Executive Management, Inc. Environmental: Brownfields Solution Group; Kingston Environmental Services, Inc. Health Care: Carondelet Orthopaedic Surgeons, PA; Kindred Healthcare; Rockhill Orthopaedics, PC. Non-Profit: West Central Fraternal Order of Police-Lodge #50. | Rate Information:
Accepts Major Credit Cards |
Other Office Locations of McDowell, Rice, Smith & Buchanan,
A Professional Corporation
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A. (Main Office)
| | Joseph H. McDowell (1907-1993). | | R. Pete Smith (Shareholder) born Kansas City, Kansas, October 30, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Kansas; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court; 1985, Missouri; 1999, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Kansas (B.S. in Accounting, magna cum laude, 1967); University of Missouri at Kansas City (J.D., magna cum laude, 1970). Listed in: "Best Lawyers in America," 1987-2004. Editor in Chief, University of Missouri at Kansas City Law Review, 1969-1970. Professor, Commercial Transactions, University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law, 1974-1975. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Wyandotte County, Kansas and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Fellow: American College of Bankruptcy. (Shareholder and Member of Executive Committee). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Corporation Banking; Business; Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Reorganization; Commercial; Civil Litigation. Email: R. Pete Smith | | Thomas R. Buchanan (Shareholder) born Sterling, Kansas, October 29, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, Kansas; 1994, Missouri. Education: Washburn University of Topeka (B.A., 1977); University of Kansas (J.D., 1980). Co-Founder and Charter Member, Secretary-Treasurer, 1991-1993, Counsellor, 1993-1994 and President, 1994-1995, Earl E. O'Connor American Inn of Court. Member, Bench-Bar Committee for U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, 1990-1995. Johnson County Bar Association, Judicial Evaluations Committee, Chairman, 1988-1994, Treasurer, 1985-1986, President-Elect, 1988-1989 and President, 1989-1990. Center for Public Resources Construction Disputes Committee, 1991-1998. Member, Legislative Committee and Public Information Committee, Kansas Bar Association, 1984-1994. Member: The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. (Shareholder and Member of Executive Committee). Practice Areas: Complex Business Law; Construction; Employment Insurance; Personal Injury Litigation. Email: Thomas R. Buchanan | | Brian J. Niceswanger (Shareholder) born Fort Dodge, Iowa, October 3, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1986, Missouri, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits. Education: University of Northern Iowa (B.A., 1982); Washburn University (J.D., with honors, 1985). Phi Delta Phi. Law Clerk: Central Research Staff of the Kansas Court of Appeals, 1985; Hon. Richard W. Holmes, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Kansas, 1985-1987. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Johnson County, Kansas and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Lawyers Association of Kansas City; National Health Lawyers Association; Propane Gas Defense Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Missouri Association of Defense Counsel. (Shareholder and Member of Executive Committee, Managing Partner Kansas Office). Practice Areas: Medical and Professional Malpractice; Products Liability; Employment; Flammable and Compressed Gases; Insurance and Complex Litigation. Email: Brian J. Niceswanger | | Dana P. Niceswanger (Shareholder) born Topeka, Kansas, April 7, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: Stephens College (B.A., 1980); Washburn University (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Johnson County and Kansas Bar Associations; Kansas Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Personal Injury; Business Litigation. Email: Dana P. Niceswanger | | Carol A. Lindgren-Bron (Shareholder) born Pittsburg, Kansas, August 14, 1952; admitted to bar, 1994, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1995, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. Education: University of Kansas (B.S., Nursing, 1975; M.S., Nursing, 1986); University of Missouri at Kansas City (J.D., 1994). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Kansas Bar Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; The Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Negligence. Email: Carol A. Lindgren-Bron | | OF COUNSEL | | Claude L. Rice (Of Counsel) born Coffeyville, Kansas, June 8, 1917; admitted to bar, 1942, Kansas; 1947, U.S. Tax Court; 1952, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Washburn University of Topeka (A.B., 1940; LL.B., 1942). Member: Wyandotte County, Kansas (Chairman, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section, 1975—) and American (Member, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section) Bar Associations. | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Kansas City, Missouri Office: 605 West 47th Street, Suite 350, 64112. Telephone: 816-753-5400. Fax: 813-753-9996.
| (For biographical data on other McDowell, Rice, Smith and Buchanan attorneys, see professional biographies at Kansas City, Missouri) | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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