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Tim Monsees is a shareholder and director with the firm of Monsees & Mayer, P.C.  He graduated with honors from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law in 1981.  He is admitted to practice in Missouri, Kansas and Texas.  Mr. Monsees restricts his practice to representation of injured parties in litigation of product liability, construction & industrial accidents, professional negligence, and medical malpractice.  Mr. Monsees’ firm has received national recognition for litigation related to injuries from defective sporting equipment and from defective firearms.  Mr. Monsees is recognized by Best Lawyers in America and by Missouri Super Lawyers for his personal injury practice.  He is a past-president of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation and serves on numerous Bar committees.  In 2006, Mr. Monsees received the Missouri Bar’s annual Pro Bono Award, in recognition of outstanding voluntary service.   Monsees & Mayer, P.C. has offices in Kansas City and Springfield.

The president of The McCallister Law Firm, P.C., attorney Brian McCallister established his firm in 1996 with the objective of protecting the rights of individuals and families suffering unnecessarily owing to another person's careless or illegal behavior. He has managed numerous situations involving terrible harm or demise resulting from semi-truck accidents, vehicle collisions, unsafe products, slip/trip and fall mishaps, medical negligence, railroad accidents and police misbehavior.. Having been raised as a minister's son and grandson, Mr. McCallister noticed numerous illustrations of his family's sacrifice for and dedication to others. His remarkable commitment to every client and his pledge to discover the clients' stories and seeking justice for them and their families preserves his own family's tradition of service. The strong associations he has with each individual client is the base on which his representation of them is constructed.. Mr. McCallister graduated with his bachelor’s degree in business management in 1983 from Central Methodist University. Later in 1988, he earned his Juris Doctor from the Saint Louis University School of Law, where he served as the treasurer and president of the Student Bar Association. He is also an alumnus of the esteemed Spence Trial Lawyers College located in Dubois, Wyoming. He was first admitted to practice law in the state courts of Missouri in 1988 and later in Kansas, Illinois and Iowa.. Besides offering personalized attention to every one of his clients, Mr. McCallister has also devoted his efforts and resources to his legal circle. He is a member of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Kansas Bar Association, the Iowa State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, The Missouri Bar and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL). Moreover, he has served as the president and on the board of governors of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (MATA).. For his excellent client services and professional accomplishments, Mr. McCallister has been rated "Superb " through Avvo. He was also bestowed with the Kansas City Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar” Award, an honor received by only a small fraction of attorneys in the Kansas City metropolitan region.

Stephen R. Bough grew up in Republic, Missouri
and attended Southwest Missouri State University (now Missouri State
University), where he met his wife, Andrea. After completing law school
at the University of Missouri - Kansas City, where he served as the
Editor-in-Chief of the UMKC Law Review, Steve served as a law clerk to
United States District Court Judge Scott O. Wright.. In January, 2011, Mr. Bough was named the "Winningest Plaintiff's Attorney" in Missouri by Missouri Lawyers Weekly.

My practice focuses heavily on ERISA litigation (handling employee benefit disputes involving disability, health, life insurance and pension issues). I am licensed in Kansas, Missouri, Florida, and the federal courts in Indiana.

Mr. Mullen specializes in wrongful death, bad faith litigation, class actions, complex insurance coverage disputes and complex commercial litigation. He has significant trial experience representing insurance companies in third-party insurance coverage disputes and fraud claims. Mr. Mullen defends consumer class actions on a nationwide basis. Mr. Mullen has significant experience in domestic, Native American and international business formation as well as corporate finance involving equity, debt and mezzanine finance positions. Mr. Mullen has additional significant experience in representing financial institutions in regulatory enforcement actions. Mr. Mullen is a frequent lecturer to bar associations, insurance companies and claims associations on bad faith litigation, insurance coverage and fraud. Mr. Mullen has been named a Super Lawyer in 2008-2013 in the area of Insurance Coverage and has been named to Ingram Magazine's "Best of the Bar" on numerous occasions. Mr. Mullen has been named a Fellow by the International Institute of Law and Medicine. Mr. Mullen has tried to verdict in excess of 130 civil and criminal jury trials in both Federal and State courts throughout the country. Mr. Mullen received his undergraduate degree in political science from Missouri State University in 1988 and his Juris Doctor from Loyola University in 1991

Mike represents individuals who have been the victims of a personal injury, a car or tractor-trailer crash, the wrongful death of a loved one or nursing home negligence.. Mike was born and raised in the Kansas City area and graduated from Bishop Miege High School in 1988. He then moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts to attend college at Harvard University. At Harvard, Mike made the Dean’s List and was the starting left guard for the football team. After graduating from Harvard in 1992, Mike worked for three years before returning to law school at the University of Kansas.. At KU, Mike wrote for the University of Kansas Law Review. He was also the teaching assistant for former KU Dean Stephen McAllister. Mike graduated from KU in 1998 as one of the top five students in his class. It was at KU that Mike met his current law partner Rachel Smith.. After law school, Mike worked for some of the largest firms in Kansas City, where he spent several years defending cases involving car wrecks, tractor-trailer crashes, medical malpractice and nursing home neglect. He was also very involved in insurance coverage litigation to determine the scope of an insurance company’s obligations under its insurance policies. This experience gave Mike an insight into the tactics insurance companies use to defend, delay and deny serious personal injury cases.. In 2002, Mike joined The Sly James Firm, where he stopped defending corporations and insurance companies and limited his practice to representing injured individuals. Mike practiced with Sly James until 2011, and was ultimately made a partner at the firm.. At the Sly James Firm, Mike represented real people injured in car wrecks, semi truck crashes, electrical shock incidents, and by medical malpractice and nursing home negligence. Mike was able to help his clients obtain many six and seven figure verdicts and settlements.. After Mr. James was elected Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri in 2011, Mike formed his own firm where he continues to represent people injured in automobile collisions, tractor-trailer wrecks and other personal injury cases.. Mike is a graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College.  The Trial Lawyers College is the most prestigious and selective trial advocacy program in the United States, and it is dedicated to training lawyers who are committed to obtaining justice for regular individuals against large corporate interests and insurance companies.  At the College, Mike spent three weeks in the mountains of Wyoming working on advanced trial techniques with Gerry Spence and some of the best trial lawyers in the country.. Mike is a also member of the National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 Trial Lawyers group. The Top 100 is an invitation-only group composed of premier trial lawyers. Membership is extended only to a select few of the most qualified attorneys from each state who demonstrate superior qualifications of leadership, reputation, influence, stature and public profile. Before that, Mike was invited to join The National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 under 40 – an invitation extended only to attorneys who exemplify superior qualifications, trial results and leadership as young trial lawyers.. Mike has repeatedly been named a Missouri and Kansas “Super Lawyer” – an honor limited to only 5% of the lawyers in a given jurisdiction. He has also been named to the Kansas City Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar” list on several occasions, which recognizes outstanding lawyers throughout the Kansas City area as chosen by their peers. Mike is frequently requested to speak to other attorneys on topics regarding litigation strategy and trial practice. He has been asked to get involved in cases all over the United States, and he has tried a number of cases in both state and federal courts throughout the country.. In addition to his legal practice, Mike is very involved in community service. Mike is a co-founder of the Smith Coonrod Mohlman Kids Foundation, a foundation dedicated to promoting the safety of children in our community. A portion of every fee earned by Smith Coonrod Mohlman LLC, is donated to the Kids Foundation. Mike is also currently Chair of the Board of Directors for Mental Health America of the Heartland (MHAH). MHAH is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons with mental illness, through advocacy, education and support. Mike is the former president of Missouri Watch, a consumer rights organization dedicated to protecting the rights of individuals from wealthy special-interest lobbies. He is also the former chair of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association’s Nursing Home Negligence Committee.. Outside of work, Mike tries to spend as much time as he can with his wife Jodie and his children: Samantha, Zachary and Elise.

Matthew A. Kentner is a founding member of Kentner Wyatt, LLC. Matt began his career with David A. Kraft and Associates, LLC where he specialized in both commercial and consumer collections. He has represented creditors in over 2000 cases and knows the ins and outs of how creditors think and how they negotiate.. Matt received his degree in Entertainment Management with an emphasis in Sports Management from Missouri State University. He graduated Magna Cum Laude and was the Vice President of the Entertainment Management Association his senior year. Matt is barred in the states of Missouri and Kansas and is a member of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association and the Kansas City Bankruptcy Bar Association.. Matt grew up on a small dairy farm outside of Lamar, Missouri. He played 3 sports in high school and still loves to be involved in anything competitive. In 2011, Matt became a part of the Big Brother Big Sisters program and likes to spend time every week with his little Javion. Matt also coaches a women’s roller derby team called the Royal Pains. Matt also enjoys sports, competing in competition’s such as the Tough Mudder, traveling, and spending time with his fiancee, Kody.

Jordan Dollar is a gifted attorney with a wide-range of litigation experience that allows him to see the legal industry from every possible angle.. Over the span of his career he has worked for a United States Senator, at the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District, as a clerk at the United States District Court – Western District of Missouri, and practiced at another private law firm. This time spent in judges’ chambers and the legislative branch gives him a distinct advantage in and outside of the courtroom.. Despite working in some of the most powerful centers of justice in our country, being able to directly help people get through the toughest time of their lives was what Jordan was meant to do.. From a young age, Jordan was inspired by his father’s work representing those who had been catastrophically injured or killed due to the negligence of others. He knew he wanted to become an advocate for those victims.. By immersing himself in all facets of the law prior to coming to Dollar, Burns, Becker & Hershewe, he was able to build a solid foundation of knowledge including preparing for and participating in oral arguments, drafting motions for summary judgment and dismissal, and preparing trial materials for both civil and criminal cases. Since joining the firm, he has argued in front of both the Missouri Court of Appeals – Western District and Missouri Circuit Court. In addition, he has also drafted petitions, discovery and motions.

Brian Goldstein is a partner in our Kansas City office where he concentrates his practice on business law, insurance defense, and litigation.. Mr. Goldstein represents clients in civil litigation matters in both state and federal courts throughout Kansas and Missouri, as well as serving as coverage counsel for numerous insurance companies. He has been involved in representing clients in a wide spectrum of practice areas, from routine personal injury cases to complex damage cases in the fields of professional malpractice, products liability, employment discrimination, defective construction, and wrongful death.