Graves Garrett is pleased to announce that longtime firm employee Nichole Kruger was recently elected president of the Heartland Paralegal Association (HPA). Kruger served as secretary for the HPA in 2018-2019 before starting her term as president for 2019-2020. The HPA is a not-for-profit professional organization dedicated to the advancement of the paralegal profession by promoting the benefits of effective... Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for writ of certiorari this week in Missouri Ethics Commission, et al. v. Free and Fair Election Fund, et al., ending two years of federal litigation related to Missouri’s Amendment 2 — a sweeping overhaul of campaign finance restrictions. Graves Garrett partner Eddie Greim argued on behalf of the Free and Fair Election... Read More

Graves Garrett partner Eddie Greim will be a recipient of the 2019 Significant Sig Award, given to Sigma Chi fraternity alumni who have achieved high levels of professional success. Sigma Chi recently announced the 139 recipients who will be honored at the 82nd Grand Chapter in June at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah. Awarded annually since... Read More

Graves Garrett partners Eddie Greim and Lucinda Luetkemeyer recently filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the National Republican Redistricting Trust in support of the North Carolina legislature in Rucho v. Common Cause. The case is widely anticipated because of the potential that the high court will settle a decades-long controversy over whether courts should accept... Read More

Graves Garrett partners Nathan Garrett and Kathleen Fisher received widespread media coverage for their role in representing a client in a healthcare fraud whistleblower suit. The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri approved a settlement in favor of the relator in the False Claims Act case involving Stark Pharmacy and its three owners. The United States Attorney’s... Read More

“Don’t eat the tusks,” Graves Garrett partner Eddie Greim recently advised a nationwide conference of federal, state, and local government attorneys. The program, entitled “How to Eat an Elephant: Surviving Comprehensive Legislative & Constitutional Reform,” was presented at the Council On Governmental Ethics Laws (COGEL) 2018 national conference in Philadelphia. Greim joined Federal Elections Commission Assistant General Counsel Robert Knop, Missouri... Read More

Graves Garrett attorneys Andrew Alexander and Callie Pippin Raitinger have recently been appointed to leadership positions with the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (KCMBA). Alexander will serve as the Federal Court Advocates Section’s Outreach Committee Co-Chair. The FCAS connects federal court practitioners with federal judges, magistrates, and other lawyers interested in federal law through seasonal social events and outreach programs designed to enhance community... Read More

Graves Garrett LLC congratulates partner Nathan Garrett on being recognized as one of the state’s most Influential Lawyers in Missouri Lawyers Weekly’s 2019 Missouri Lawyers Awards. He was honored during a ceremony Friday, Jan. 25, in St. Louis. The Missouri Lawyers Awards honor attorneys who made an impact in the prior year. The Influential Lawyer awards are awarded to Missouri... Read More

Graves Garrett LLC is pleased to announce that Lucinda Luetkemeyer and Dane Martin have become partners at the firm, effective Jan. 1, 2019. “Lucinda and Dane have earned this opportunity, and we look forward to their continued growth at the firm,” Graves Garrett partner Nathan Garrett said. “They have earned the respect of their colleagues and have established reputations as... Read More

Graves Garrett attorney Benjamin Tompkins recently participated as a featured speaker in a presentation at the 35th annual National Institute on Criminal Tax Fraud. The American Bar Association’s three-day conference earlier this month in Las Vegas was the yearly gathering of the criminal tax defense bar combined with the eighth annual National Institute on Tax Controversy. The event brings together... Read More

Graves Garrett LLC is pleased to announce four total recognitions for the firm in the 2019 edition of the U.S. News – Best Lawyers® Best Law Firm rankings, including one at the national level. For the first time, Graves Garrett received a national ranking in Litigation. Additionally, the firm maintained its Kansas City Metropolitan rankings in Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense:... Read More

Graves Garrett is honored to have partners Todd Graves and Nathan Garrett named to the Kansas City Business Journal’s 2018 Best of the Bar list, the publication’s 17th annual compilation of the metro area’s top lawyers in private practice. Both have been repeat honorees. For the second straight year, a panel of five judges selected the attorneys for the list,... Read More

Missouri Lawyers Weekly recently published an article detailing Graves Garrett partner Nathan Garrett’s intersecting roles as an attorney, former law enforcement officer and current president of the Kansas City (Mo.) Board of Police Commissioners. The full story can be read at this link. Prior to entering private practice in 2008, nearly Garrett’s entire professional career was associated with law enforcement, including... Read More

The National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) selected Graves Garrett partner Kathleen Fisher to teach a program on deposition skills. She instructed a group of lawyers in August on the campus of the University of Missouri-Kansas City. NITA is the nation’s leading provider of legal advocacy skills training. A 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization based in Boulder, Colorado, NITA pioneered the legal... Read More

Graves Garrett is pleased to announce three partners have again been recognized for their legal work in The Best Lawyers in America© 2019, a U.S. News and World Report-sponsored peer review guide honoring legal professionals. Todd Graves made the list for the ninth straight year, Nathan Garrett for the fifth straight year and Eddie Greim for the second straight... Read More

Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer’s campaign team hired Graves Garrett partner Todd Graves to work on a highly publicized and contested election matter. Graves provided legal counsel in the review and recount process of the Republican primary for Kansas governor earlier this month. Colyer trailed by a slim margin in the days after the Tuesday, Aug. 7, voting before eventually conceding... Read More

Three attorneys from Graves Garrett were featured speakers at the Republican National Lawyers Association’s 2018 National Election Law Seminar held last weekend in St. Louis, Missouri. Founding partner Todd Graves moderated a panel, while partner Eddie Greim and associate Alan Simpson delivered a presentation during the two-day event. As the principal national organization of Republican lawyers, the RNLA has a... Read More

Graves Garrett partner Nathan Garrett recently appeared on a Facebook Live video with members of the Kansas City Star’s editorial board to discuss matters associated with the Kansas City (Mo.) Police Department and the recent surge in violent crime. Garrett currently serves as president of the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners. The full video can be viewed at this... Read More