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

Eddie Greim and the team at Graves Garrett have developed a leading free speech, election law and constitutional law practice, regularly competing for work across the country in high-profile matters that are redefining the nation’s political landscape. The firm has an extensive record of success in this highly specialized area of law. The National Law Journal recognized Greim for his... Read More

The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District affirmed the judgment in favor of Platte County in its lawsuit against UMB Bank, N.A., the trustee for the Zona Rosa bonds. Graves Garrett attorneys Todd Graves and Dane Martin represent Platte County in the case. Platte County filed the lawsuit in 2018 after the trustee threatened to sue unless Platte... Read More

Graves Garrett is pleased to share that Missouri Lawyers Weekly recently interviewed partner Eddie Greim for an article on the topic of election law and related litigation. This included both a look at recent and current cases and also the likely trends ahead of the November election. In the article, Greim identified election integrity and whether people will be able... Read More

Graves Garrett LLC is pleased to announce the addition of attorney Samuel Elliott to the firm. His practice includes general and commercial litigation and free speech and election law. Throughout law school, Elliott gained professional experience during summer internships at Graves Garrett in 2018 and 2019, a summer internship with Missouri’s solicitor general, and in-semester externships in Washington, D.C. “We were... Read More

Graves Garrett is pleased to announce three of the firm’s partners have again been recognized for their legal work in The Best Lawyers in America 2021, a U.S. News & World Report-sponsored peer review guide honoring legal professionals. Todd Graves made the list for the 11th straight year, Nathan Garrett for the seventh straight year, and Eddie Greim for... Read More

The Kansas City Business Journal recently interviewed Graves Garrett partner Eddie Greim on the recent executive order from President Trump on social media. He provided insight into what could be at stake for businesses if the Federal Communications Commission eventually accepts a petition for rulemaking regarding some parts of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Broadly speaking, Section 230... Read More

On May 7, 2020, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision Kelly v. United States, No. 18-1059, holding unanimously that for purposes of the federal wire fraud or federal-program fraud statutes, there can be no criminal violation without an intent to obtain “money or property.” The case represents the latest in a series of Supreme Court decisions to scale back... Read More