Missouri Lawyer

You might think a Missouri lawyer would focus only on agribusiness law. While we do employ a number of experts in Agribusiness & Food Safety, the typical Missouri lawyer at Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P. (SHB) is well-versed in a variety of legal arenas. And if one Missouri lawyer isn’t an expert in your area, odds are another SHB attorney is.

More than a century ago, SHB was founded in Kansas City, Missouri. Lawyer Frank Payne Sebree wanted to take part in the area’s exponential growth. Apparently, Mr. Sebree had a nose for business because our central location in the Midwest is still ideal for working with clients all over the United States. We have complemented this central hub of legal activity with seven other offices throughout the U.S. and one in Europe.

Every SHB Kansas City, Missouri, lawyer has access to a team of attorneys and staff that focuses on 35 areas of expertise. We are known as a premier defense firm in the most challenging legal arenas, from tobacco litigation and cutting-edge pharmaceutical and medical device cases to class actions, complex litigation and corporate transactions.

Our firm’s comprehensive experience is incredibly valuable to our Missouri lawyers, as is their access to one of the nation’s largest legal resources centers. The SHB library system harnesses leading industry technology to deliver services that include the following:

• Conducting legal, business, medical and technical research;
• Advising attorneys on cost-effective research techniques;
• Cite checking attorney-prepared memos and briefs;
• Developing, acquiring and managing a comprehensive research collection for attorney and staff use among all offices;
• Providing current awareness information about clients, developing legal issues, and high profile litigation;
• Providing an extensive docket monitoring service;
• Coordinating interlibrary loan and document delivery requests;
• Managing, training and promoting Knowledge Management initiatives;
• Managing content for the firm's intranet;
• Developing and maintaining practice-related databases to track national developments in specific types of legal actions.

In addition, SHB libraries offer access to Westlaw, Lexis-Nexis and other premier databases to ensure that clients benefit from the most current legal analysis and case information available.

Contact us today at our Kansas City office. We know we’ll have a Missouri lawyer that can address your legal needs.