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.
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