Academy Member Inducted 2015
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Recognized to Missouri Chapter for Mediation
Video ConferencingRegularly travels out of state to: New York
Other ADR Services: Court-Appointed Neutral (Special Master), Discovery Referee, Early Neutral Evaluation, Med-Arb, Mini-Trial JudgeAvailable
- Practice Commenced1994
- # of MEDS (as of 6/11/24)2000
- # of ARBS (as of 6/11/24)50
Current Practice
Online / In-Person
- COLUMBIA
- JEFFERSON CITY
- JOPLIN-MIAMI
- KANSAS CITY/OVERLAND PARK
- SPRINGFIELD-BRANSON
- ST. LOUIS
Biographical
Rich McLeod serves as a neutral in ADR matters for other lawyers and parties over 100 times each year. He has mediated all nature of cases including patent, trademark, class action, professional negligence and malpractice, product liability and insurance disputes.
Case Experience
- ADA Disability
- Agricultural
- Anti-Trust
- Appellate
- Automotive
- Aviation
- Banking & Finance
- Business Dissolution
- Civil Rights
- Class Actions
- Commercial/Business
- Construction
- Consumer Fraud
- Contract Disputes
- Discrimination
- Education
- EEOC
- Eminent Domain
- Employment
- Energy Sector (Oil/Gas)
- Engineering
- Environmental
- Family Businesses
- Franchise
- Health Care
- Industrial
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- International
- Land Use/Planning
- Legal Malpractice
- Lemon Law
- Libel & Slander
- Local Govt./Municipalities
- Medical Devices
- Medical Malpractice
- Mortgage Foreclosure
- Nursing Homes
- Partnerships
- Pensions
- Personal Injury
- Pharmaceuticals
- Police
- Premises Liability
- Probate
- Product Liability
- Professional Fees
- Professional Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- Professional Negligence
- Property Damage
- Railroad & Trucking
- Real Estate
- Religious Institutions
- Securities
- Sexual Harassment
- Shareholder Disputes
- Software
- Sports
- Technology
- Telecommunications
- Torts
- Trademarks/Patents
- Transportation
- Trusts / Estates
- Wage & Hour/FMLA
- Wrongful Death
Education
- 1979, J.D. cum laude, University of Missouri – Columbia; Order of the Coif; Editor-in-Chief, Missouri Law Review (1978-79)
- 1972, B.A. Business Administration, Michigan State University; major emphasis Management and Finance
- 1968, Ruskin High School, Kansas City, Missouri
Memberships & Affiliations
- Elected Member, Missouri Appellate Judicial Commission (Jan. 1, 2004 to Dec. 31, 2009)
- Reporter, Missouri Supreme Court Committee on Approved Civil Jury Instructions [MAI] (1991 to 2003)
- Member, American Board of Trial Advocates (2002 – 2005)
- Member, American Academy of ADR Attorneys (2000 – present)
- Member, Missouri Bar Committee on Plain Language in the Law (1993)
- Trustee, University of Missouri School of Law, Law Foundation (1990 to 1992)
- Past Member, National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel (NARTC)
- Member, American Association for Justice (AAJ)
- Member, Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (past member of Board of Governors)
- Past Member, Kansas Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors)
- Member, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
Rates Information
$495 per hour with a 6 hour minimum. Outside of the Kansas City metro region, flat rates to be agreed upon.