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Amanda Altman was raised on a farm in the small town of Gillespie, Illinois. She graduated valedictorian of her high school class in 1999. After graduation, she enrolled in the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana and earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology in just three years. After much consideration into her career choice, Ms. Altman decided to pursue her dream of becoming an attorney and attended St. Louis University School of Law, graduating in the fall of 2007.

Ms. Altman has a passion for helping the downtrodden. After law school, she primarily focused her legal practice on criminal defense,...

Travis C. Bargeon grew up in St. Charles, Missouri. His father was an aerospace engineer who was integral to the designs of the fighter planes that have kept our nation safe and secure over the past four decades. His mother spent her career as a crisis counselor dedicating her time and effort to high school aged youths in need of guidance in the most difficult situations life has to offer.

Inheriting his father’s brain and his mother’s heart, Travis was determined to utilize his education to help those who ordinarily would not have access to outstanding professionals. He began his career...

I maintain a practice that focuses on family law, estate planning, bankruptcy, and general litigation. Additionally, I serve as the Municipal Prosecuting Attorney for the City of Cape Girardeau and practice criminal defense, primarily handling DWI matters, in counties outside of Cape Girardeau. I am admitted to practice in the State of Missouri and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. I earned a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and a law degree from the University of Mississippi, where I graduated with cum laude honors and served as an editor on the Mississippi Law Review. Before entering...

At Ernst Law, I represent clients in criminal defense and orders of protection across Central Missouri, covering areas such as Cole, Miller, Camden, Moniteau, Morgan, and Osage counties. Having established strong connections within the region, I am recognized for my thorough, client-centered representation, making me a trusted advocate in local courts. When it comes to criminal appeals, my practice expands statewide. I bring my experience of arguing in every Missouri Court of Appeals district to clients throughout the state who are seeking a second chance through the appellate process.

I represent individuals and companies in disputes with licensing agencies. I also represent individuals seeking the expungement of criminal history records (often related to seeking professional licensure).

Paul Blake Ozbun maintains a general law practice, primarily focusing on estate planning, transactional drafting, real estate law, and business litigation. Paul is licensed in Missouri State Court and Missouri Federal Court for the Eastern District.

Paul received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Missouri, Columbia, in 2015. Paul went on to obtain his law degree from St. Louis University in 2018, where he served as a student attorney in the civil advocacy clinic as well as the entrepreneurship and community development clinic. For his hard work and excellence in the SLU Legal Clinics, Paul was...

With offices in St. Louis, Jefferson City, and Kansas City, Robbins Law Firm's focus is Missouri medical cannabis law compliance, criminal defense, DWI, and petitions for expungement. In its cannabis law practice, RLF shepherds clients through the Missouri Medical Marijuana Program. RLF represents medical cannabis licensees and affiliate business/vendors in transactions including: create, form legal entities; draft and negotiate contracts; advise on general governance, commercial, and compliance matters; complete and file legally required forms; design personnel policies and/or counsel on real estate, state regulatory, and licensing matters, contactual agreements to provide products to other MO licensed medical marijuana companies; and...

20+ years experience providing honest straight answers to emotional legal questions, with the fight to follow through in the courtroom.

I attended the University of Kansas, earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree majoring in Psychology in 1992. I attended the University of Missouri at Columbia Law School earning my Juris Doctorate in 1995. I was licensed to practice law in October of 1995.

On December 28, 1995, I was appointed an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney of St. Francois County, Missouri becoming First Assistant in 1998. During my time as an assistant prosecuting attorney I volunteered to serve as a...

Jaired is a Missouri native. He was born in St. Louis and raised in Kansas City. After law school, he first lived near Salem and then moved to Rolla, Missouri. He practices law out of two offices located in Houston, Mo., and Rolla Mo. Jaired graduated with honors from Regent University School of Law in 2008 where he served as executive editor of the Regent University Law Review. He was admitted to the Missouri Bar in 2008. Prior to law school, Jaired built houses for a small construction company during summers and attended Missouri University of Science and Technology in...

My primary focus has been bankruptcy for over a decade. I have been fortunate enough to hone my skill set in this area and only this area. Besides being an attorney, I have been a waitress, worked every area of a grocery store, been a substitute middle and high school teacher, and worked in a preschool and elementary day care program. I currently teach group fitness classes in addition to practicing law.

Outside of work, I have been blessed with 2 children and a husband that gets me. It's hard work being a family but we count...

Branson Wood has firmly established himself as one of the leading attorneys in Northeast Missouri. He provides sophisticated legal services with a special focus on personal injury. That is 35 years of demanding justice for personal injury victims and the survivors of those killed in accidents. Find out why Branson Wood is the best choice for your personal injury case. The choice of a lawyer is an important decision and should not be based solely upon advertisements.

Thomas Ellis is an attorney driven by his enthusiasm for making his clients' lives better. He offers friendly and accessible legal counsel in a relaxed setting, talking confidentially with clients, and offering advice based upon the law.

Hello, my name is Joe Piatchek. I was born in Springfield, Missouri, where I attended elementary, middle school, and high school. In fact, I have lived here in Springfield my entire life, except for seven years spent in Columbia, Missouri: four years undergraduate and three more in law school at the University of Missouri – Columbia.

After graduating from Mizzou with my Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, I returned to Springfield to work at Lakeland Regional Hospital, where I worked with adolescents who were suffering from various forms of mental illness, abuse, and neglect. I also worked at The Burrell Center in...

I am a personal injury, estate planning, family law, and traffic ticket attorney, and graduated from the William H. Bowen School of Law, in Little Rock, Arkansas. I received my Bachelor of Arts at a small Christian private school, College of the Ozarks, in Point Lookout, Missouri. I currently practice law in Springfield, Missouri, and I enjoy spending time with family in my free time.

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My name is Shelly Reneé Reece and I have been an attorney in Springfield, MO and the Southwest Missouri area since 1998. As a wife and a mother of two children, I understand your family is the most important aspect of your life. I know you are going through a difficult time. You have made the right decision to seek legal advice and our family law, criminal defense, estate planning, civil litigation, and mediation lawyer teams look forward to assisting...

Neil Sader is a Kansas City bankruptcy attorney. A University of Kansas law school graduate, Neil has been practicing law in the Kansas City area since 1984. Though born in Connecticut, Neil spent most of his childhood in the Midwest and is proud to call Kansas City home. He maintains several professional distinctions: the highest rating possible from Martindale-Hubbell, Super Lawyers Awards in both Missouri and Kansas from 2006 through the present, and a 10-year nomination for the Better Business Bureau. Neil is the managing partner The Sader Law Firm, which is located across from Union Station in downtown Kansas...

It is a privilege and a passion for me to serve clients throughout the Kansas City, Miami, and South Florida metropolitan areas who deserve thorough and principled legal representation for criminal defense and traffic matters. People make mistakes. Whether they are charged with drugs, violent crimes, domestic violence, traffic tickets, DUI, or dealing with a restraining order they still deserve proper representation in an often confusing legal system. The Miami and Kansas City metros are home to multiple courts, cities, counties, state, and federal jurisdictions. Knowing these systems well helps me to help clients...

Chris has enjoyed the solo practice of law for more than 25 years. Over that span, Chris has helped thousands of clients with a variety of legal problems, including divorce, child custody, bankruptcy, personal injury settlements, paternity actions, collections matters, and many more. Chris practices in the Kansas City area serving Platte, Clay, Jackson and other surrounding counties. Chris resides in Platte County with his 4 children. Growing up on corn and soybean row crop farm outside of Oregon, Missouri, Chris learned the value of hard work and small town values. A graduate of South Holt...

Chris Faiella is a leading American Midwest-based trial lawyer and author who helps people catastrophically injured by the negligent or reckless actions of others recover money damages. His multi-million dollar jury verdicts and settlements include high-profile victories against large corporations and soulless insurance giants that wrongfully deny claims.

Lawyers refer difficult high-stakes cases to Chris Faiella because of his reputation for zealous advocacy, as well as his team’s innovative legal preparation and in-depth factual investigation. Jurors justly reward his clients because he’s walked the accident scene, knows the family, learns the medical procedures, masters the law, and thus gives credible voice...

Christopher (Chris) Joseph is the Managing Member of Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC, where he chairs the firm’s criminal defense practice group. His practice involves criminal defense and civil litigation in federal and state courts across Kansas. Chris defends individuals facing federal criminal charges and high-level state felony charges and counsels individuals and businesses subject to government investigations. Chris also has ample experience litigating civil asset forfeiture matters.

At the Kiske Law Office, LLC, my philosophy is to empower my clients through compassionate representation. I do this first by creating a low-key and casual office environment that encourages you to “come as you are.” The changes you are facing in your life as a result of the issues that have caused you to seek a Family Law Attorney are stressful enough without the additional worry about the pretense of “going to the lawyer’s.” My clients are usually very happy with this approach because it allows them to worry only about the immediate situation...

Ryan M. Paulus represents clients in a variety of contexts, including discrimination, retaliation, harassment, whistleblower, consumer rights, personal injury, severance, wage and hour disputes and class and collective actions. Ryan’s confidence, perseverance, and attention to detail are invaluable to furthering his clients cause. He has won his clients over sixteen million dollars in jury verdicts and settlements and developed a record of success in significant and complex litigation. Ryan is also a combat veteran who served with distinction in Afghanistan as a SAPPER Company Operations Officer, earning both the Bronze Star Medal and the Combat Action Badge before resigning from...

A Kansas City native, attorney John Kennyhertz previously served General Counsel for a Kansas City-based private equity firm, and now focuses his practice on business transactions and corporate law matters.

As an M&A lawyer, John has a unique set of skills and experience having represented parties on all sides of a transaction. In his former capacity as General Counsel, Mr. Kennyhertz was responsible for the oversight and management of the private equity firm’s non-real estate legal matters, as well as the risk management and compliance for each entity comprising the firm’s portfolio. Prior to this role, Mr....