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| | Address | | 1949 E. Sunshine Street, Suite 2-300 | | Springfield, Missouri 65804 | | (Greene Co.) | | | |
| | | Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Acquisitions and Divestitures, Administrative Law, Advertising and Marketing, Agricultural Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Unfair Competition, Appellate Litigation, Asset Protection, Aviation, Bankruptcy, Banks and Banking, Business and Commercial Litigation, Business Law, Campaign and Political Law, Casinos and Gambling, Children, Civil Practice, Class Actions, Closely Held Business, Commercial Law, Commercial Real Estate, Commercial Transactions, Communications and Media, Complex and Multi District Litigation, Computers and Software, Constitutional Law, Construction and Design, Consumer Law, Contracts, Copyrights, Corporate Finance, Corporate Law, Customs and Trade, Debtor and Creditor, Digital Discovery and Records Management, Education Law, Election, Eminent Domain, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Energy, Entertainment and Media, Environmental Law, ERISA/Employee Benefits Litigation, Estate Planning, Family Law, Fidelity and Surety, Finance and Lending, Food Law, Franchise and Distribution, Government Compliance, Governmental Affairs, Guardianship and Conservatorship, Healthcare, Hospital Law, Hospitality, Immigration and Naturalization, Insurance, Insurance Defense, Insurance Litigation, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, International Law, International Trade, Investigations and Litigation, Investment Management, Investments, Labor and Employment, Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal Law, Natural Resources and Water, Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations, Occupational Safety and Health, Partnership Law, Patents, Planning and Land Use, Probate, Products Liability, Property Law, Public Finance, Real Estate, Restructuring and Creditors' Rights, Safety and Health, Securities Industry Regulation and Litigation, Securities/Capital Markets, Tax Exempt Organizations, Taxation, Technology and E-Commerce, Technology and Science, Telecommunications Practice, Torts, Toxic Torts, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Transportation, Trusts and Estates, Venture Capital/Private Equity Financing, Wills, Worker's Compensation, Zoning. | | Year Established: 1891 | | Firm Size: 675 | Representative Clients:
Bass Pro Companies; Big Cedar Lodge; Commerce Bank; Dairy Farmers of America; Dixie Stampede; Drury University; Elegant Homes & Designs of the Ozarks, LLC; FCS Financial; HCW Development Company, LLC; Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation; Hutchens Industries; John Morris Associated Companies; John Q. Hammons Industries; Mako Marine International, Inc.; Meek's Building Centers; Metropolitan National Bank; Missouri Partners, Inc.; Morelock-Ross Properties, Inc.; O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.; Ozark Restaurants; Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr Pepper Bottling Company; Springfield News-Leader; Stamina Products, Inc.; State Bank of Southwest Missouri; Tracker Marine Group; Triple S. Properties. |
Other Office Locations of Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP
Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.
Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Peoria, Illinois, U.S.A.
Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.A.
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.
Springfield, Missouri, U.S.A.
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.
Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A.
Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A.
London, England
| | PARTNERS | | Charles B. Cowherd (Partner) born Monett, Missouri, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Missouri. Education: University of Missouri at Columbia (B.S., Agricultural Economics, cum laude, 1975); University of Missouri-Kansas City (J.D., 1978). Member, Missouri Real Estate Appraiser Commission, 1990-1996. Member, 2002— and Chair, 2006-2007, Springfield-Branson Airport Board. Member: The Missouri Bar (Editor, 1993-2006, Commercial Law Section, Courts and CLE Bulletin); Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association (President, 2004); American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: General Business Litigation; Franchise Law; Commercial Litigation. Email: Charles B. Cowherd | | Ginger K. Gooch (Partner) born 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Missouri; 2001, Arkansas. Education: Stephens College (B.A., English and Philosophy, Law, and Rhetoric, summa cum laude, 1997); University of Missouri, Columbia (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Order of the Coif; Order of the Barristers. Editor-in-Chief, Missouri Law Review, 1999-2000. Member: Junior League of Springfield; Board of Directors, Discovery Center of Springfield. Recipient, 2007 David J. Dixon Appellate Advocacy Award. Author: MoBarCLE Damages Deskbook, Chapter 23, 2005 Cumulative Supplement; Reviewer, MoBarCLE Remedies Deskbook, Chapter 14, 2005 Supplement; Reviewer, MoBarCLE Evidence Deskbook, Chapter 19, 2004 Supplement. Speaker, "Warranties," National Association of Women in Construction Seminar, Springfield, Missouri, September 2006. Member: Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association; Arkansas Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Business Litigation. Email: Ginger K. Gooch | | Joseph Christopher Greene (Partner) born Springfield, Missouri, 1962; admitted to bar, 1991, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. Education: Southwest Missouri State University (B.S., cum laude, 1984); University of Missouri (J.D., 1990). Member: Springfield Metropolitan and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business and Commercial Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Commercial Finance; Real Estate Law; Contracts; Probate Law; Land Use Development and Financing. Email: Joseph Christopher Greene | | Charles R. Greene (Partner) born Springfield, Missouri, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Missouri. Education: University of Missouri (B.S.B.A., 1990); University of Missouri - Kansas City (J.D., 1993). Member: Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Partnership and Corporate Law; Commercial Real Estate; Acquisitions and Mergers; Aviation Law; Corporate; Land Use Development and Financing. Email: Charles R. Greene | | William J. Hart (Partner) born Kansas City, Missouri, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Missouri. Education: Drury College (B.A., History and Political Science, 1963); Duke University (LL.B., 1966). Special Agent, F.B.I., 1966-1970. Member, 1976-1984 and President, 1982-1984, Springfield R-12 School Board. Member, Board of Directors, Springfield Business & Development Corporation. Member: Springfield Metropolitan and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Special Agencies: Civic Organizations: Member: Past Board of Directors, Legal Aid of Southwest Missouri; Past Board of Directors, Salvation Army; Past Board of Directors, Springfield, Missouri Chamber of Commerce; Past Board of Directors, United Way. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Commercial Real Estate; Corporate Law; Land Use Development and Financing. Email: William J. Hart | | Lincoln J. Knauer (Partner) born Springfield, Missouri, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Missouri; U.S. Supreme Court; Missouri Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri. Education: University of Missouri (B.S., Business Administration, 1964; J.D., 1966). Speaking Engagements: Numerous and various CLE's, most recently "Effective Appellate Advocacy," and the Missouri Open Records law. Member: Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; American Bar Association. [Capt., U.S. Army, 1966-1968]. Special Agencies: Human Rights Commission of the City of Springfield; President, Ozarks Council of Boy Scouts of America; Member, Little Theatre Productions; Springfield's Brownfields Committee; Upper White River Basin Foundation; President, Urban Districts Alliance. Practice Areas: Business Torts; Commercial Litigation; Libel, Slander and Defamation; Business Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Lincoln J. Knauer | | Michael S. Nichols (Partner) admitted to bar, 1997, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 2005, Arkansas. Education: Southwest Missouri State University (B.S., Accounting, 1994); University of Arkansas (J.D., 1997). City of Battlefield, Missouri, Planning and Zoning Commission (Member). Member: The Missouri Bar; Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Corporate Law; Real Estate; Commercial Finance. Email: Michael S. Nichols | | Gary A. Powell (Partner) born Kennett, Missouri, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Missouri; 1980, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Southern Methodist University and University of Missouri (B.A., History, cum laude, 1976); University of Missouri (J.D., 1979); New York University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1980). Phi Beta Kappa. Author: Chapter "Drafting Family Limited Partnership and Limited Liability Companies," Missouri Estate Planning, 2nd edition. Member: Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar (Past Chair, Taxation Law Committee); American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Taxation; Estate Planning; Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Employee Benefits. Email: Gary A. Powell | | Bryan O. Wade (Partner) born Richmond, Virginia, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Missouri; U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan. Education: Westminster College (B.A., Economics, 1990); University of Missouri at Columbia (J.D., 1993). Member: Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section); American Bar Foundation. Special Agencies: Member: Springfield Chamber of Commerce; United Way of the Ozarks. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Employment Litigation. Email: Bryan O. Wade | | OF COUNSEL | | Joe C. Greene (Of Counsel) born Springfield, Missouri, 1936; admitted to bar, 1963, Missouri; U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. Education: Southwest Missouri State College; University of Missouri (J.D., 1962). Order of the Coif. Revising Editor, Missouri Law Review, 1960-1962. Member: Missouri Golf Association; Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. Member: Springfield Metropolitan and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Business Acquisitions; Commercial and Banking Law; Real Estate Law; Sports and Entertainment Law; Corporate Law. Email: Joe C. Greene | | ASSOCIATES | | Cory L. Collins (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Missouri. Education: Southwest Missouri State University (B.S., Political Science, cum laude, 1999); University of Missouri at Columbia School of Law (J.D., 2002). Phi Alpha Delta (Social Chair); Order of the Coif. Member, Golden Key National Honors Society. Member, Editorial Board, Missouri Law Review. Member, Board of Advocates Moot Court Competition, Top Ten Oralist Honors. Member, Student Bar Association. Member: Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation. | | David A. Geisler, II (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Missouri. Education: Southwest Missouri State University (B.S., Political Science, magna cum laude, 1999); University of Missouri-Columbia (J.D., 2002). Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Dispute Resolution. Member: Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association (Chair, Young Lawyers Committee); The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate; Real Estate. Email: David A. Geisler, II | | Lacey N. Hacker (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Missouri. Education: Southwest Missouri State University (B.A., Crime and Society, Minors in Psychology and Public Law, summa cum laude, 2004); University of Notre Dame Law School (J.D., 2007). Member: The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate. Email: Lacey N. Hacker | | Laura A. Nicholson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois; 2004, Missouri and Massachusetts. Education: Southeast Missouri State University (B.A., English Literature, cum laude, 1998); Boston University School of Law (J.D., with honors in Health Law concentration, 2003). Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity. Articles Editor, American Journal of Law & Medicine, 2002-2003. Judicial Clerk for Hon. Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr., Supreme Court, State of Missouri, 2003-2004. Civic Organizations: Adoption by Family Therapy of the Ozarks, Inc. (Vice-President); Jaycees; Rotary Club of Springfield North. Member: The Missouri Bar; Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association; American Bar Association (Member, Health Law Section); Women's Bar Association. Practice Areas: Health Law; Litigation. Email: Laura A. Nicholson | | Richard A. Russell (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 2006, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Arizona State University (B.S., Accountancy, 1996); Rutgers University School of Law (J.D., 2004). Articles Editor, Rutgers Law Journal. Treasurer, Board of Directors, Rotary Club of Springfield Sunrise. President, Advisory Board, Regional Girls Shelter. Leadership Springfield Class XXIII. Member: Springfield Metropolitan (Treasurer, Board of Directors) and American (Member, Sections on: Tax Law; Business Law) Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Member, Tax Section); Greene County Estate Planning Council (Member, Board of Directors); Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Corporate; Estate Planning; Tax Law; Employee Benefits. Email: Richard A. Russell | | Jason C. Smith (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Missouri, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 2006, Arkansas. Education: Maryville University (B.S., Business Administration, cum laude, 2002); Washington University (J.D., 2005). Order of the Coif. Editor, Washington University Law Quarterly, 2004-2005. Member: Ozark Greenways, Inc., Board of Directors; Rotaract Club of Springfield. Member: Springfield Metropolitan and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Real Estate; Construction Law. Email: Jason C. Smith | | Christopher F. Weiss (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., Government and Computer Applications, 1996); St. Louis University, School of Law (J.D., 1999). Law Clerk to the Hon. Paul J. Simon, Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, 1999-2000. Member: The Notre Dame Club of St. Louis (Board of Directors); Notre Dame Club of the Ozarks; Springfield Urban Districts Alliance (Board of Directors, 2008—). Member: Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; The Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Christopher F. Weiss | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
St. Louis, Missouri Offices: 190 Carondelet Plaza, Suite 600. Telephone: 314-480-1500. Fax: 314-480-1505 and 720 Olive Street, Suite 2400. Telephone: 314-345-6000. Fax: 314-345-6060.
Jefferson City, Missouri Office: Monroe House, 235 East High Street, Suite 300, P.O. Box 1251. Telephone: 573-635-9118. Fax: 573-634-7854.
Kansas City, Missouri Offices: 1200 Main, Suite 2300. Telephone: 816-421-4800. Fax: 816-421-0596 and 4801 Main Street, Suite 1000. Telephone: 816-983-8000. Fax: 816-983-8080.
Other Springfield, Missouri Office: The Hammons Tower, 901 St. Louis Street, Suite 1900. Telephone: 417-268-4000. Fax: 417-268-4040.
Peoria, Illinois Office: 401 Main Street, Suite 1400. Telephone: 309-637-4900. Fax: 309-637-4928.
Chicago, Illinois Office: Husch Blackwell Sanders Welsh & Katz, 120 South Riverside Plaza, 22nd Floor. Telephone: 312-655-1500. Fax: 312-655-1501.
Chattanooga, Tennessee Offices: 736 Georgia Avenue, Suite 300. Telephone: 423-266-5500. Fax: 423-266-5499 and CBL Center, 2030 Hamilton Place Boulevard, Suite 150. Telephone: 423-266-5500. Fax: 423-899-1278.
Memphis, Tennessee Office: One Memphis Place, 200 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 1501, 38103. Telephone: 901-523-1123. Fax: 901-523-7472.
Omaha, Nebraska Office: 1620 Dodge Street, Suite 2100. Telephone: 402-964-5000. Fax: 402-964-5050.
Lincoln, Nebraska Office: 206 South 13th Street, Suite 1400. Telephone: 402-458-1500. Fax: 402-458-1510.
Washington, D.C. Office: 750 17th Street NW, Suite 1000. Telephone: 202-378-2300. Fax: 202-378-2319.
Denver, Colorado Office: 1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 4700. Telephone: 303-749-7200. Fax: 303-749-7272.
London, England Office: 150 Aldersgate Street. Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7788 5073. Fax: +44 (0) 20 7788 5090.
| (For biographical data on Jefferson City, Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri; Chicago and Peoria, Illinois; Washington, D.C.; Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska; Chattanooga and Memphis, Tennessee; Denver, Colorado; London, England Lawyers, see Professional Biographies at Jefferson City, Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri; Chicago and Peoria, Illinois; Washington, D.C.; Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska; Chattanooga and Memphis, Tennessee; Denver, Colorado; London, England) | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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