Graves Garrett is pleased to announce Missouri Lawyers Weekly recently named partners Todd Graves and Dane Martin Legal Champion honorees in the 2021 Missouri Lawyers Awards. Legal Champion honors go to lawyers “not based on the size of verdicts, but the importance of the principle or policy at stake.” Graves and Martin were featured in a profile in a special... Read More
Graves Garrett is pleased to announce that five of the firm’s attorneys were honored in the 2020 edition of Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers. Partners Todd Graves and Nathan Garrett were recognized as “Super Lawyers,” while partners Lucinda Luetkemeyer and Dane Martin and associate Andrew Alexander were designated as “Rising Stars.” Notably, Luetkemeyer was one of just three Rising Stars... Read More
Graves Garrett LLC is pleased to announce the addition of Brad Bodamer as senior counsel. He brings to the firm nearly four decades of legal experience prosecuting and defending claims in a wide variety of complex litigation matters. Bodamer earned a well-regarded reputation in the local, regional, and national legal communities as a highly influential partner at both Shook Hardy &... Read More
The Supreme Court of Missouri has denied a request by UMB Bank, N.A., the Trustee for the Zona Rosa Bonds, to file an appeal regarding its efforts to force Platte County to pay shortfalls on the Zona Rosa Bonds in 2018 and each year thereafter. Platte County filed a lawsuit in 2018 after the Trustee threatened to sue unless Platte... Read More
Graves Garrett is pleased to announce partner Todd Graves has been chosen as the Chairman for the newly founded Stanley M. Herzog Foundation, which will support the advancement and acceleration of nondenominational Christian education through a several-hundred-million-dollar endowment. The Herzog Foundation’s board will work with decision-makers and key opinion leaders in Christian education to create models of excellence. Initial efforts... Read More
Graves Garrett is pleased to announce Missouri Lawyers Weekly recently selected partners Todd Graves and Dane Martin as Legal Champion honorees in the 2021 Missouri Lawyers Awards. Legal Champion honors go to lawyers “not based on the size of verdicts, but the importance of the principle or policy at stake.” Graves and Martin will be recognized during a virtual ceremony... Read More
Graves Garrett is pleased to announce name partners Todd Graves and Nathan Garrett were both honored as members of Missouri Lawyers Weekly’s inaugural POWER 30 list for White-Collar Defense, which recognizes “the most powerful attorneys” in Missouri for this sector of law. An independent panel selects the honorees deemed to be the best at defending clients from adverse government actions,... Read More
Graves Garrett attorney Callie Pippin Raitinger recently authored an article highlighting the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment’s ratification, which gave women the right to vote in United States elections. Her article, Celebrating Trailblazers on the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, was the cover feature in the October edition of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association’s KC Counselor... Read More
Graves Garrett LLC is pleased to announce four rankings for the firm — one national and three Kansas City Metropolitan — in the 2021 edition of the U.S. News – Best Lawyers Best Law Firm rankings, released today. For the third straight year, the firm received a national ranking in Litigation. Additionally, the firm maintained its Kansas City Metropolitan Tier... Read More
Graves Garrett attorney Andrew Alexander recently earned distinction in Missouri Lawyers Weekly’s 2020 class of Up & Coming Award winners. The award recognizes attorneys who are 40 and younger or in their first 10 years of practice who are positively affecting the legal profession in Missouri and have demonstrated the potential for significant future success. Winners were recognized during a... Read More
