Leopold Elder Law Lawyers

Cassie Rocha attended the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law where she graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2015.  From 2015-2021, Ms. Rocha practiced as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney at the Clay County Prosecutor's Office where she litigated 27 criminal and civil trials and successfully argued a case before the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.  Ms. Rocha is the designated probate attorney for Northland Elder Law and is a member of the Missouri Bar Elder Law Committee, Missouri Bar Estate Planning and Probate Administration Committee, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), the Missouri Chapter of the National...

Ken Caldwell is an attorney and former Texas Certified Public Accountant with over twenty-five (25) years of legal, compliance and corporate accounting experience in both domestic and international positions. His prior business and legal experience includes over eight (8) years with a Fortune 50 oil, gas and chemical company, where he concentrated on and provided oversight to internal control evaluation and Foreign Corrupt Practice Act (“FCPA”) compliance for approximately eighty-five (85) worldwide companies. Mr. Caldwell subsequently became a partner in a Nevada law firm where he practiced in the areas of corporate and securities litigation, trademark and copyright protection, business...

. Michael Murphy founded The Murphy Law Firm as a solo practitioner in 1972. He was joined by his sons Mark J. Murphy in 2000, and Timothy J. Murphy in 2003. He is a former Clay County, Missouri, Assistant Prosecutor, former City of Liberty Prosecutor, and former Judge for the City of Pleasant Valley before serving as its City Attorney and Prosecutor. To date, he has litigated more the 50 jury trials to verdict. He has argued cases at every court level, including the Supreme Court of Missouri and the Supreme Court of Kansas. Mike Murphy's legal roots run deep, as...

Samantha L. Shepherd JD, LLM, CELA
Samantha practices exclusively in the areas of Elder Law, Estate Planning and Special Needs Law. She received her undergraduate degree in 1990 from Tulane University in New Orleans, cum laude. She earned her law degree from Boston College Law School and received an LL.M. in Estate Planning from the University of Missouri, Kansas City.
Samantha currently serves on the Board of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and as Chair of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Trust and Estates Committee. Formerly the Chair of the Missouri Bar Elder Law Committee and past President of...

Nathan Jones of Nathan Jones Law is an estate and business law attorney. Nathan assists individuals and families plan for their estate and administers estates after a loved one passes away. Nathan Jones also helps entrepreneurs and small business owners start and run successful and efficient businesses. Whether it is creating an LLC, drafting a buy/sell agreement, or advice on positioning the business for future sale, attorney Nathan Jones can help.

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Connie S. Haden is the founding attorney of The Law Firm of Haden & Haden. She practices in the areas of estate and business planning, trust and probate administration, elder law and tax-exempt and non-profit organizations. Prior to starting her own firm, she practiced with Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP, specializing in complex estate, business, gift and tax planning issues. She then served as independent counsel for Graves Bartle Marcus & Garrett LLC in Kansas City where she continued her practice in estate planning and trust and estate administration and expanded her practice into the areas of non-profit...