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Kirk T. May 
Kansas City, Missouri,
Shareholder and Founding Member
phone 816-471-7700
fax 816-471-2221
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Areas of Practice:
100% Complex Business and Commercial Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Oklahoma, 1980
Missouri, 1981
U.S. District Court District of Kansas, 1981
U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 1981
U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1993
U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1981
U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1999
U.S. Supreme Court, 1995
Education:
University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1980
J.D.
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Law Review: Tulsa Law Review, Staff Member, 1978 - 1979
Law Review: Tulsa Law Review, Notes and Comments Editor, Vol. 14., 1979 - 1980


Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1977
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude


Representative Cases:
K.C. Power & Light Co. v. Rockwell Automation, Inc. (Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri 2006)
Vaughters, et al. v. Blue Cross/Blue Shield (Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri 1997)
Berec International Ltd. et al. v. Eveready Battery (U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Missouri 1997)
Universal Money Centers, Inc. v. American Tel. & Tel. Co., 797 F.Supp. 891 (D.Kan. 1992)
Johnson v. Rival Mfg. Co., 813 S.W.2d 78 (Mo.App. W.D. 1991)
Wolf v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 808 S.W.2d 868 (Mo.App. W.D. 1991)
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Attorney Work Product, Missouri Bar Association


Removal to Federal Court, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association


Effective Cross Examination of Expert Witnesses, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association


Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association, Litigation Section


Missouri Bar
School Law Committee


U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit
Federal Advisory Committee


U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Gender Bias Task Force


Past Employment Positions:
Hon. J. Smith Henley, United States Circuit Judge, 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, Law Clerk, 1980 - 1981


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