Meet Our Team

What We Do

Our law firm handles cases in both state and federal courts and our client base runs the gamut from individuals to corporations to state, county, and local governments. Partners at our firm also have extensive appellate experience before many courts, including the Kansas Supreme Court, the Kansas Court of Appeals, the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, the Missouri Appellate Courts, the Missouri Supreme Court, the 8^th Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. In addition to serving individual and business clients, our firm is frequently engaged by other law firms to serve as local counsel for various matters.

Our attorneys and staff are also heavily involved in the community, volunteering their time to foundations such as Alphapointe, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (International and Missouri), Bishop Miege Foundation, Blue Valley Education Foundation, Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas, Community Living Opportunities, Heather Wood Homes Association, Inc., Johnson County Bar Foundation, Johnson County Community College Foundation, Johnson County Ethics & Grievance Committee, Junior League of Kansas City, Kansas Lawyers Assistance Program, Lawyers Encouraging Academic Performance, Make-A-Wish, MS Society, Operation Breakthrough, Overcoming Barriers, Pathway to Hope, Safe Home, Special Olympics of Kansas, Inc., WishKC, and Wonderscope Children’s Museum.

We have also been involved in several high-profile and landmark lawsuits, including:

• The re-activated Brown v. Board of Education school desegregation case tried in 1986
• Numerous lawsuits involving school finance and the distribution of billions of dollars to public schools
• The controversial proposed merger in 2002 of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas with an out-of-state insurance company
• The litigation of the defeasance in 1986 of the original 1954 Kansas Turnpike bonds
• The litigation involving the South Lawrence Traffic Way, including successfully defending an appeal to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals
• Successfully challenging the Kansas Legislature over reapportionment in the United States District Court

Gates Shields has existed for 40 years. We have kept our main office at the same location in Overland Park, Kansas, for 30 years. Our lawyers are members of local and state bar associations as well as various local civic organizations. We look forward to hearing your story and helping you obtain a positive resolution to your legal matter.

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