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STEVEN F. CORONADO is an attorney with extensive trial experience in Professional and Products Liability, Commercial and Construction Litigation  having participated as lead counsel in over fifty jury trials. He has tried cases in both Missouri and Kansas State and Federal Courts. He was recognized by Missouri Lawyers Weekly as one of Missouri's "Winningest Defense Lawyers" for 2010.. Steve is a past member of the Board of Directors for the DRI (The Defense Research Institute) (2007-2010). He is a past Chair of DRI's Products Liability Committee (2005-2007). In the past, Steve has served DRI as the Vice Chair of the Products Liability Committee (2003-2005) and as Co-Chair of the Products Liability Specialized Litigation Group on Consumer Goods (1994-2003). He is a member of DRI's Diversity Issues Committee and served as Chairman of DRI's 2002 Annual Meeting. He also is actively involved in the Trucking Law Committee and Fire and Property Specialized Litigation Group. Locally, Steve was one of the founding members and a past President of the Greater Kansas City Hispanic Bar Association. Steve is a past Chair of the Missouri Bar Association Client Security Fund Committee. Steve is currently an Officer and member of the Board of Directors for the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers (MODL).. Steve co-authored the Missouri Chapter of the Defense Research Institute Compendium on Expert Witnesses published by the Defense Research Institute in 1996. He also co-authored The Missouri Chapter of the Second Edition of the Defense Research Institute's Book on Product Liability Defenses. Steve has also authored or co-authored a number of articles for FTD (For the Defense) and other DRI committee publications. Through the years, Steve has spoken at various DRI seminars including, most recently, the Products, Trucking Law, and Damages Seminars. Steve's predominant practice is in the area of general civil litigation with particular emphasis in products liability; construction litigation; trucking accidents; nursing home liability; governmental entity liability; and general personal injury.. Steve is a founding member of Coronado Katz LLC.  He was previously a shareholder of Sherman Taff Bangert Thomas & Coronado, P.C., where he started his practice in 1989. He is licensed to practice in Missouri (1989) and Kansas (1990); and is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri (1989); U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit (1996); U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas (1990); the U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit (1991); and the United States Supreme Court (2003); Federal Court of Appeals (2010).. Steve completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, receiving a B.A. Degree (with honors) in 1980. Between 1980 and 1987, Steve worked for the Kansas City Star/Times where he gained experience in managing people and deadlines. Steve earned his J.D. Degree at the University of Missouri at Kansas City in 1989. Beginning in 1989, Steve was mentored by the firm's founding partner and past President of DRI, Joe Sherman, until Joe retired in 1993.. Steve was born in Kansas City but raised in nearby Independence, Missouri. He currently resides with his wife, Sherry, and four children, Samantha, Shannon, Steven and Samuel, in Kansas City, Missouri. Steve takes a hands-on approach to many of the things he does and, in particular, with regard to raising his children and, accordingly, he has no true hobbies. However, he does count watching his children mature as one of his most enjoyable pastimes.

My 27 years as an attorney have been devoted to demanding justice for clients and the public. As an assistant prosecutor in Jackson County, Missouri, I fought for justice for the victims of crime - and for the past 20 years, I have fought for my clients, big and small, individuals and corporations. I have represented cities, counties and other governmental entities; as well as insurance companies and their insureds. I have committed my career to helping my clients achieve the best possible results in trial, arbitration and mediation. My litigation experience has touched many areas of the law, but my recent focus includes product liability, commercial litigation, personal injury and employment litigation.

My practice is focused on litigating disputes relating to real estate, banking, construction, and complex business and commercial issues. I currently work on issues and cases, representing numerous financial institutional clients, local and national banking institutions, including the FDIC, and various special asset servicers.. I am admitted to practice in Missouri and Kansas as well as in the United States District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Missouri and the District of Kansas.

Larry Nordling is a native Kansan, and grew up in Osage City, Kansas. Larry completed his undergraduate studies in three (3) years at Washburn University in 1996, graduating Magna Cum Laude, with a B.A. in Psychology and an A.A. in Criminal Justice. During law school, was a research assistant to Professor Ellen Byers and Larry clerked for the 3rd Judicial District of Kansas, in Topeka, KS, working primarily with the Honorable Eric S. Rosen, who is currently a Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court.. Larry earned his J.D, with Dean's Honors, from Washburn University School of Law in 1999, and began his career with an established general litigation firm in Salina, KS in August of 1999. In January, 2004, Larry became a shareholder of his prior firm, and practiced in the areas of insurance defense, insurance coverage, general personal injury, employment law and discrimination, workers compensation, products liability and professional negligence. In 2007, Larry was recognized by the Kansas Bar Association as an Outstanding Speaker for his seminar presentation discussing assumption of risk and landowner liability.. In 2009, Larry and his family moved to the Kansas City area, and Larry joined Sherman Taff Bangert Thomas & Coronado, P.C., as Of Counsel, in May, 2009. At the beginning of 2012, Larry joined Steven Coronado and Mark Katz in forming Coronado Katz LLC.. On May 1, 2017, Larry joined Manz Swanson Hall Fogarty & Gellis, P.C., as Of Counsel.. Larry is admitted to practice in Kansas (1999) and Missouri (2009). Larry is also admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the District of Kansas and the Western District of Missouri, as well as the 10th Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals. Larry has also represented clients in binding arbitration proceedings before the American Arbitration Association (AAA) litigating both commercial and construction industry disputes.

I began my trial practice over 18 years ago, when I joined a small plaintiff's personal injury firm. I then moved to the defense side where I have continued to litigate cases in the state and federal courts of Missouri and Kansas. I have also briefed and successfully argued numerous appeals in the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District of Missouri, the Kansas Supreme Court, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. I am a member of the Defense Research Institute's Governmental Liability Committee and serve as Eighth Circuit Liaison. I also serve on the steering committee for the yearly Governmental Liability/Civil Rights Seminar. I am also a member of the Defense Research Institute's Product Liability Committee I have written articles and spoken at continuing legal education seminars for the Defense Research Institute, the Missouri Bar, and the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers. The topics have included the duty to warn in Missouri product liability situations, ethics, success with using summary judgment motions and changes in Missouri law concerning the standards for expert testimony. I am also a graduate of the International Association of Defense Counsel's and Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers' Trial Academies and have instructed young lawyers at the Missouri Bar's Trial College.. Specialties. While our firm provides a wide range of legal services, my litigation practice focuses on: 1) Defending municipalities and governmental entities in civil rights and other personal injury or tort liability claims, 2) Representing and defending individuals and companies in personal injury, products liability and construction defect cases, and 3) Representing and advising insurance companies and other organizations on insurance policy matters.

Adam Evans is an experienced litigator who focuses his practice on complex pharmaceutical and medical device litigation. Mr. Evans has represented and obtained recoveries on behalf of hundreds of injured clients, including those harmed by hernia mesh, transvaginal mesh, hormone-based contraceptive drugs, defective defibrillator lead wires, robotic surgery systems, and many others.. Mr. Evans serves as a member of the Plaintiffs' Executive Committee in the Atrium Medical Corp. C-Qur Mesh Multidistrict Litigation and is actively litigating hernia mesh cases against multiple manufacturers. Mr. Evans is widely known as an authoritative voice in the legal community regarding the various hernia mesh products as well as the science and medicine underlying the cases. Mr. Evans has been invited to speak throughout the country to educate lawyers and medical professionals about various topics relating to hernia mesh science, medicine, and litigation. He is also the co-chair of the Hernia Mesh Litigation Group for the American Association for Justice.. Mr. Evans earned his Juris Doctorate from Rutgers University School of Law in 2008. During law school Mr. Evans volunteered his time to assist the indigent citizens of Camden, New Jersey by participating several Rutgers Law programs, including the pro bono Immigration and Bankruptcy Clinics as well as the Civil Practice Clinic. Mr. Evans currently volunteers time to the disadvantaged citizens of the Kansas City Metro area by participating in the Volunteer Attorney Project for Legal Aid of Western Missouri.