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

Graves Garrett is pleased to announce its ranking as one of Missouri’s top White Collar Crime and Government Investigations firms. In the 2020 Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business guide, Chambers and Partners ranked Graves Garrett as a Band 1 firm in Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations— one of only two firms in the state to receive... Read More

Graves Garrett LLC is pleased to announce the addition of associate attorney Cody Hagan to the firm. His practice includes a focus on general and complex commercial litigation and appellate proceedings. Prior to joining Graves Garrett, Hagan was an attorney in private practice focusing on general commercial litigation with experience in shareholder litigation, commercial contracts, personal injury claims, and employment disputes.... Read More

Eddie Greim argued in front of the Kansas Supreme Court in that court’s first-ever online argument, held on an emergency basis at 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 11 via Zoom video conferencing. Greim represented the Kansas Senate in a lawsuit filed by Kansas Governor Laura Kelly against the Kansas legislature and a special legislative body, the Kansas Legislative Coordinating Counsel... Read More

Ingram’s Magazine named Graves Garrett partner Lucinda Luetkemeyer to its annual “40 Under Forty” list published this month. In the magazine’s 22nd annual class of honorees, Luetkemeyer was recognized as an individual in the Kansas City metro area under 40 who has demonstrated commitment to leadership in both her career and community. Noting Luetkemeyer’s accomplishments, Ingram’s noted her impressive “trajectory... Read More

Graves Garrett partner Eddie Greim recently led a CLE session on election and campaign finance law for a gathering of about 50 attorneys, federal judges, and judicial clerks at the Charles Evans Whittaker United States Courthouse in Kansas City, Missouri. Chuck Hatfield, an attorney at Stinson, was also part of the conversation. The presentation looked at the conflict between the... Read More

Nathan Garrett and the team at Graves Garrett have crafted a niche in health care False Claims Act (FCA) and related government enforcement cases based on their extensive legal experience at the federal and state levels. They have an established track record of success in this highly specialized area while uniquely representing both relators and defendants in high-profile FCA... Read More

In the wake of global economic downturn resulting from COVID-19, Congress has passed and the President has signed a $2.2 trillion economic aid package to forestall further devastation to the American economy. The legislation is called the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES. Under the legislation, businesses with fewer than 500 employees that were in operation on... Read More

Graves Garrett partner Eddie Greim helped lead a moderated discussion on implicit bias in the judicial selection process during the Federalist Society’s fourth annual Missouri Chapters Conference late last month at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City. About 200 Federalist Society members, legal professionals, state and federal judges, and government leaders were in attendance for discussions on current legal... Read More

Graves Garrett continues to actively monitor the spread of COVID-19. As we all cope with the unprecedented impact this situation has imposed on our daily lives, we wanted to take the opportunity to wish the very best to all of our clients and friends of the firm. The health and safety of our family, friends and community will be... Read More

Graves Garrett recently sponsored a table at “A Call for Backup” with attorneys attending the event in support of a benefit for the Police Foundation of Kansas City. Hundreds gathered on Friday, February 28, at the Muehlebach Tower in the Kansas City Marriott Downtown to raise money for the organization, formed by citizens with a focus on reducing crime and... Read More

Graves Garrett is pleased to announce partner Todd Graves has been selected as the new Boy Scouts of America Central Region Area 5 president. He will take over the role on June 1, 2020 but immediately assumes the position of executive vice president of Area 5 and will serve on a Key 4 board with three other leaders. Area 5... Read More