Cottonwood Falls Lawyers

Ashley Franden is a family law attorney based in Overland Park, Kansas. She represents clients in matters of separation, divorce, paternity, child custody and support, spousal maintenance, stepparent adoption, and grandparent rights. She also prepares prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. With a bachelor’s degree in social work and experience as a foster care case manager, Ashley is uniquely poised to handle a broad range of family law issues.

I graduated law school in 1990. After three years in the Public Defender's Office, where I tried over 30 felony jury trials, I opened my solo law practice in 1993. I started filing bankruptcies in 1997, fell in love with it, and I have limited my practice to bankruptcy since 2003. After working in a couple of law firms, I strongly believe clients are better served by direct contact with their attorney, instead of non-attorneys pretending to be attorneys. I truly enjoy using the power of bankruptcy law to help people who feel they have no...

Keenan Post, attorney with Post Warren Lindstrom, LLP in Overland Park, Kansas provides a full range of legal services and consultation in the areas of estate planning and business planning, including the preparation and review of Wills, Trusts, Special Needs Trusts, Powers of Attorney, Estate and Trust Administration, Probate Law, review and preparation of Contracts (real estate, employment, buy-sell, business purchases and sales), formation and dissolution of business entities (corporation, LLC, partnership), guardianships for children with Special Needs that are reaching adulthood, Medicaid and Elder Law planning for mature adults, and a variety of other estate and business law...

Military Attorney and Trial Lawyer focusing on Courts-Martial, Administrative Separations, Nonjudicial Punishment, Correcting Military Records, Discharge Upgrades, and other military administrative law matters.

I have primarily handled DUI cases in Johnson, Wyandotte and Douglas Counties, and all of the cities in those counties, for over 25 years.

Paeten knew at a young age she wanted to be a lawyer so that she could help others. As a grade-schooler, she would attend law school classes with her Dad and would study with him after school each day in the library at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School. It was this early exposure to law and her desire to enter a profession where she felt like she could have a positive impact on people’s lives, that reinforced her desire to pursue a career in law. Paeten pursued this dream at the University of Kansas School of Law graduating in...

Marc is a former Kansas Securities Commissioner, now practicing securities, banking, financial and investment law. He holds J.D. and LL.M. (banking & financial law) degrees from Boston University School of Law, and an M.B.A. from the Questrom School of Business at Boston University.

Serving Southwest Kansas and the Oklahoma Panhandle for 20 years

The Mathews Group, LC was founded by attorney Joshua T. Mathews. Mr. Mathews started his career as a Tax and Transactions attorney, but was quickly recruited into business and personal civil litigation. Mr. Mathews practices in areas from bankruptcy to federal criminal defense, (selected by the Department of Justice as a member of the CJA Panel). He opened The Mathews Group, LC because he fundamentally disagreed with many traditional legal practices, especially hourly billing, which in addition to creating a "blank check" for the attorney, dis-incentivized clients from communicating with their attorney about their legal issues. The Mathews...

My commitment is to avidly represent my clients in a compassionate and meaningful manner. I am dedicated to helping employees with their jobs, including helping employees get paid correctly. For the past five years, I have successfully represented employees across the nation on wage issues against many of the largest employers in the country. I am dedicated to helping employees recover wages that are owed by employers. In addition to wage related issues, I also represent employees with other employment claims including wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination and severance agreements.

Mark has more than 35 years’ experience practicing intellectual property law. His practice includes patent preparation and prosecution covering complex electrical, computer, medical, and mechanical inventions. Mark has experience with all aspects of intellectual property law, including trademarks and copyrights. He routinely represents clients in intellectual property litigation, including being lead counsel in jury trials. Mark has been a court-appointed mediator in intellectual property cases, a presentation speaker at various continuing legal education (CLE) seminars on intellectual property law, and the author of several articles on intellectual property topics.

John Hicks is an AV-rated trial attorney who practices in both Missouri and Kansas and is a partner at the law firm of Norris & Keplinger, in Overland Park, Kansas. John handles a variety of personal injury litigation and has a special interest in professional negligence. He also defends businesses in the retail, hospitality and sectors. John lives in Kansas but is a native of Missouri. He graduated from Blue Springs High School in 1989, joined the United States Navy and was stationed in Japan. In 1994, John returned to Missouri where he...

At my law firm, I focus on the areas of Personal Injury, Worker's Compensation, Social Security Disability, Family Law and Divorce, Bankruptcy and Business Law. I also practice in the areas of Traffic, DUI, Alcohol and Drug related offenses, and Criminal Law. I accept these types of cases in all Kansas City Metro areas, including Johnson and Wyandotte Counties, and the cities of Overland Park, Leawood, Lenexa, Shawnee, Mission, Prairie Village, Fairway, Olathe, Roeland Park, Merriam, Gardner, Bonner Springs, and surrounding areas.Because of my diverse background, I am able to offer my clients a wide variety of legal talent and...

Denise a native of Kansas, earned her bachelor’s degree from Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas and her Juris Doctorate from Barry University in Orlando, Florida.

Denise practices in the areas of Civil Litigation in Kansas, and Small Business Law, International Arbitration & Mediation globally.

Denise has an extensive background in international law having studied:

International Criminal Law and International Criminal Justice at The Hague, Netherlands;

Public International Law and International Intellectual Property Law in Geneva, Switzerland;

Civil Law of the People’s Republic of China, Chinese Corporate Law, Chinese Foreign Investment and Banking Law, and Commercial Arbitration at the Fudan University in Shanghai, China;...

Dwight D. Alexander, II Owner and Operator of The Alexander Law Firm, LLC Dwight is a competent and experienced attorney who created the Alexander law Firm, LLC with the client in mind. Dwight started his legal career as an intern in the Wyandotte County Unified Government Legal Department and the Kansas City, Kansas Municipal Court. During his time as an intern he crafted an idea to create a firm designed to foster a partnership with his clients to ensure that his services and his counsel created favorable results. Dwight still is apart of the Public Defenders office of...

Member of Bateman Law Group, LLC located at 422 Delaware, Leavenworth, Kansas.

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...

I am an attorney licensed to practice in Kansas and Missouri. I have over 25 years experience in the legal profession with a diverse work history including service as a research attorney to a Kansas appellate court judge, private practice in the areas of personal injury, appellate and administrative practice and general civil litigation, 10 years' service as General Counsel at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas and partner with the Hays firm of Glassman Bird Powell, LLP. I am currently sole owner/partner of Todd Powell Law LC in Hays, Kansas practicing in the areas of personal injury, appellate...

Born and raised overseas. Son of a military family; wide exposure to various cultures. Licensed to practice in Kansas and aMissouri. Representing people who need the best representation possible. I have taken on complex criminal cases and tried over 169 jury trials with a high percentage of acquittals. If your looking for the best then you have found the right attorneys.

I am deeply committed to each case I handle, caring immensely about the outcomes and even more about the clients I represent. In my practice, I prioritize maintaining robust relationships with government regulators and members of the legal community. Upholding the highest degree of integrity in my legal work and finding effective solutions for my clients are my foremost goals. Before I began vigorously defending and advising health care providers, I dedicated 18 years to serving as the chief prosecutor and then as General Counsel for the Kansas Board of Healing Arts. This role endowed me with comprehensive knowledge and a...