The University of Missouri Board of Curators has elected Todd Graves to serve as vice chair for a one-year term, effective Jan. 1, 2024. Appointed to the board in 2021, Graves is in the middle of a six-year term as the sixth congressional representative on the nine-member board. The Board of Curators serves as the governing body of the University... Read More
Graves Garrett LLC is pleased to announce eight total rankings for the firm in the 2024 edition of the Best Law Firms rankings. This included a national ranking in Litigation for a sixth consecutive year. The firm also maintained Kansas City Metropolitan rankings in Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation, and First Amendment Law, while adding new distinctions in Government... Read More
Graves Garrett LLC is pleased to announce Katie Graves has joined the firm as an associate. Her practice will focus on complex commercial litigation, white collar criminal defense, and government investigations, with particular emphases on constitutional law and federal courts issues. Most recently, Graves clerked for the Hon. Andrew S. Oldham in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit... Read More
Graves Garrett partner Todd Graves recently earned inclusion on Ingram’s magazine’s exclusive annual list of “50 Missourians You Should Know.” Published in the August edition of the Kansas City-based publication, “this unique feature spotlights highly accomplished yet colorful residents who give the Show-Me State its unique flavor.” The editors noted in this year’s version “the numbers of exceptional leadership figures... Read More
Graves Garrett partner Eddie Greim recently provided insight as part of three-person panel at the Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA) 2023 National Election Law Seminar in Milwaukee. He shared the stage with Hans von Spakovsky of the Heritage Foundation and Prof. Michael Dimino of Widener Law School to discuss currently prominent election litigation. Specifically, Greim covered his defense in civil... Read More
Graves Garrett LLC is pleased to announce Hallie Bodamer has joined the firm as an associate. Her practice will focus on complex commercial litigation, white collar criminal defense, and government investigations. Bodamer joins the firm following her graduation from the University of Colorado Law School, where she graduated Order of the Coif and served as an associate editor on the Colorado... Read More
Graves Garrett is pleased to announce 10 of the firm’s attorneys earned recognition in The Best Lawyers in America 2024, a U.S. News & World Report peer-reviewed guide that honors top legal professionals. This is the firm’s largest ever representation of honorees for a single year. Best Lawyers honorees included partner Todd Graves making the list for the 14th straight... Read More
Graves Garrett LLC is pleased to announce Claire Hausman and Sal Paris joined the firm as summer associates. Summer associates spend eight weeks working with the firm’s attorneys in a range of practice areas while receiving training, mentorship, and exposure to clients and casework. “Graves Garrett is excited to welcome Claire and Sal to the firm this summer,” Graves Garrett partner... Read More
On June 1, the Supreme Court of the United States decided two companion cases regarding the False Claims Act, coming down strongly in protection of the government’s primary anti-fraud statute. In United States ex rel. Schutte v. Supervalu Inc. and United States ex rel. Proctor v. Safeway, Inc., the Supreme Court reversed the Seventh Circuit, holding the knowledge of... Read More
Graves Garrett is pleased to announce the firm maintained high-profile recognition as the leader for White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations in Missouri. In the 2023 Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business guide, the publication made Graves Garrett one of only two firms in the state to receive a top-level distinction in that practice area. Additionally, Graves Garrett partners Todd... Read More
Graves Garrett LLC is pleased to announce Aaron Craig recently joined the firm as an of counsel litigation attorney. Aaron’s private practice includes a focus on complex commercial litigation, free speech and election law, internal investigations, False Claims Act and corporate compliance matters. He regularly represents and counsels businesses of all sizes and individuals involved in complex legal disputes utilizing the... Read More
Graves Garrett is pleased to announce partner Eddie Greim has been recognized for a third straight year on Missouri Lawyers Media’s POWER list for Appellate Law, 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 or opposing notable jury verdicts to help set important... Read More
Graves Garrett is pleased to announce that five of the firm’s attorneys earned distinction in the 2022 edition of Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers. Partners Todd Graves and Nathan Garrett and of counsel attorney Jim Humphrey were recognized as “Super Lawyers,” while partners Lucinda Luetkemeyer and Dane Martin earned “Rising Star” status. No more than 5% of the lawyers in Missouri and Kansas are selected as Super Lawyers,... Read More
By Nathan Garrett & Lucinda Luetkemeyer On September 15, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced significant revisions to the Department of Justice’s corporate criminal enforcement policies and practices. The DOJ’s new initiatives, announced in a formal memo and speech by United States Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, are designed to strengthen oversight of corporate compliance and enforcement. The new... Read More
Graves Garrett is pleased to announce partner Nathan Garrett recently completed the University of Missouri School of Law’s mediator training course, qualifying him to be listed on the Missouri Supreme Court’s roster of neutral mediators and for inclusion on the approved lists of the U.S. District Courts for the Western District of Missouri and District of Kansas. The faculty of... Read More
Graves Garrett LLC is pleased to announce five total rankings for the firm in the 2023 edition of the U.S. News – Best Lawyers Best Law Firm rankings. Graves Garrett achieved a national ranking in Litigation for a fifth consecutive year. The firm also maintained its Kansas City Metropolitan rankings in Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation and First Amendment... Read More
Graves Garrett attorney Joe McGroder recently earned distinction in Missouri Lawyers Media’s 2022 class of Up & Coming Lawyers award winners. Honorees include attorneys who are age 40 or younger or in their first 10 years of practice who are positively affecting the legal profession in Missouri while demonstrating the potential for significant future success. Winners were recognized during a... Read More
Graves Garrett is pleased to announce partners Todd Graves and Nathan Garrett and of counsel attorney Jim Humphrey were honored on Missouri Lawyers Weekly’s 2022 POWER List for White-Collar Defense, which acknowledges “the most powerful attorneys” in Missouri for this sector of law. All three earned the distinction for a third straight year. An independent panel selects the honorees deemed to be the best... Read More
Graves Garrett partner Lucinda Luetkemeyer recently moderated a plenary session titled “Conducting Free and Fair Elections – The Law, Access and Litigation” at The Missouri Bar Annual Meeting in Springfield, Missouri. At the largest gathering of Missouri lawyers and judges held each year, Luetkemeyer led a panel of bipartisan election law attorneys who discussed recent major changes to Missouri election law,... Read More
Graves Garrett LLC is pleased to announce the addition of Jackson Tyler as an associate attorney. Tyler’s practice will include handling all aspects of complex litigation, providing clients with a valuable resource in the areas of white collar criminal defense, government and internal investigations, free speech and election law, general commercial, and appellate matters. He most recently spent two years as... Read More
