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John Shaw Featured in Federal Bar Association Chapter Newsletter
Partner John Shaw was recently featured in the Chapter Newsletter of the Federal Bar Association (FBA) Chapter for the Districts of Kansas and Western Missouri. The feature was entitled “Literature, poetry, art part of career journey of chapter’s third president.” John, a former President of this Chapter of the FBA, is a 1977 graduate of the University of Missouri School of Law and has been a partner at the firm since 1998.
Read More >Three Former Judicial Law Clerks Join the Firm
Three new associates have recently joined Berkowitz Oliver. All are former judicial law clerks. Ben Donovan joined the firm on May 12. Ben has spent the past two years as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Alok Ahuja of the Missouri Court of Appeals – Western District. Ben is a 2018 magna cum laude graduate of Washburn University School of Law where he served as Senior Staff Writer on the Washburn Law Journal. He is also a 2013 graduate of the University of Kansas . Prior to attending law school, he worked …
Read More >Morris Named Lawyer of the Year for Criminal Defense: General Practice, Six Other Attorneys Named By Best Lawyers in America
Seven Berkowitz Oliver attorneys have been named to The Best Lawyers in America© for 2021. In addition, Jeff Morris was named the Best Lawyers® 2021 Criminal Defense: General Practice “Lawyer of the Year” for Kansas City, Missouri. The honored Berkowitz Oliver attorneys for 2021 are: Christina Wahl , for Criminal Defense: White Collar; Jeff Morris , for Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: General Practice, and Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Shazzie Naseem , for Commercial Litigation and Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Kathleen Nemechek , for Employment Law – Management; David Oliver , for Commercial Litigation and …
Read More >Firm Teddy Bear Drive Benefits Bears on Patrol
Paralegals LeeAnn Parmenter and Rachel Scribner, in connection with the Kansas City Paralegal Association , organized a firm “teddy bear drive” to benefit the Kansas City Police Department’s Bears on Patrol Program. Nearly 300 furry friends came through the doors of Berkowitz Oliver in connection with the drive. This is the firm’s second year hosting a teddy bear drive to benefit the Bears on Patrol program. Bears on Patrol is a program started almost 30 years ago that supplies patrol officers with teddy bears to give children to ease their …
Read More >Firm Hosts Midwest Region of National Black Law Students Association Retreat
Berkowitz Oliver hosted the annual Academic and Leadership Retreat of the Midwest Region of the National Black Law Students Association (MWBLSA), held October 4-6, 2019. In addition, attorneys Tony Durone , Stacey Gilman , Shazzie Naseem , John Shaw , and Jennifer Wieland were among the featured speakers at the event. Founded in 1968, the National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA) is a national organization formed to articulate and promote the needs and goals of black law students to effectuate change in the legal community. MWBLSA is the largest region of NBLSA, comprised of chapters in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, …
Read More >Berkowitz Oliver Sponsors Association of Women Lawyers Golf Tournament
On October 4, 2019, Berkowitz Oliver was a “Bottoms Up” sponsor at the I’m Not Serious About Golf Tournament to benefit the AWL Foundation. AWLF is the charitable arm of the Association of Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City and aims to help women in law develop and advance and to improve the lives of women and girls in the Kansas City community. As a “Bottoms Up” sponsor for the third consecutive year, Berkowitz Oliver was responsible for piloting one of the tournament’s beverage carts. Attorneys Jennifer Wieland and Megan Costello drove the firm’s cart this year, and …
Read More >Two Experienced Litigators Join Berkowitz Oliver
Two attorneys have recently joined Berkowitz Oliver. Jim Humphrey joined the firm as a partner on September 3. Jim is an experienced trial attorney who comes to the firm from his previous position as a Senior Trial Attorney in the Division of Enforcement at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. At the CFTC, Jim investigated violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC regulations, including in the areas of solicitation fraud and Ponzi schemes, virtual currency investments, foreign-exchange fraud, spoofing, manipulation, insider …
Read More >Tom Schult Named Top Missouri Attorney for 2019
Tom Schult was recently featured as the top Missouri Attorney in the Top 100 Lawyers of 2019, published by the Top 100 Registry . The Top 100 Registry is the leading publisher of professional biographies in the world. It is printed quarterly and features 100 of the most accomplished individuals in a range of professions. It features individuals from 112 countries and all 50 states.
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