Serving All of Your Legal Needs in Springfield, Missouri

With more than 25 years of legal experience, we serve clients in the Springfield community and throughout Southwest Missouri in the following areas of practice:

• Appeals – Many of our attorneys have experience with appeals before the Missouri Court of Appeals, Missouri Supreme Court and Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Other lawyers outside the firm have such confidence in the appellate practice of our appeal attorneys that they recommend our firm to their clients for appeals.
• Banking law — Our experienced banking attorneys regularly assist banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions with bankruptcy, state and federal banking regulations, compliance issues, commercial paper, and customer relations.
• Business, commercial and corporate law — Our skilled business attorneys guide organizations through every stage of their life cycle, from filing formation documents to drafting transactional documents to assisting with commercial compliance. When a commercial dispute arises, we represent clients in a wide variety of business litigation matters.
• Civil litigation and class actions — Our attorneys have experience with virtually every type of civil litigation matter, including class-action matters in both state and federal courts. Our appellate lawyers have also appeared or filed documents before the Missouri Courts of Appeals, the Missouri Supreme Court, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.
• Creditors’ rights and collections — Our experienced attorneys provide representation to creditors in collections actions and throughout the bankruptcy process. When litigation proves unavoidable, we provide creditors with aggressive representation to enforce claims.
• Education law — Our lawyers assist educational institutions with a wide variety of education law matters, including contracts, teacher discipline and terminations, student rights and responsibilities, and student discipline matters.
• Family law — We handle all types of family law matters, including divorce, child custody and support, alimony and post-separation support, division of marital property, separation, and prenuptial agreements. Our goal is to guide clients through this difficult time, informing them of their options and working diligently to protect their rights.
• Government law — We routinely advise municipalities and government agencies on such issues as contracts, economic development projects, litigation, public information requests as well as drafting ordinances, and serving as special counsel.