Departments

Litigation

Practice Areas

Education

J.D., University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, 1987, Phi Delta Phi; Order of Barristers; Board of Advocates; University Scholarship; William L. Bradshaw Scholarship; Roscoe Anderson Moot Court Award; Pegasus Scholar (studied trial advocacy at the Inner Temple, London, England)
B.A., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1984, Political Science

Admissions

Missouri, 1987

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, 1987
United States Supreme Court, 1994
U.S. Tax Court, 1994
U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, 1998

Kansas City (Downtown)

Phone: 816.395.0654

Fax: 816.374.0509

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Christopher J. Molzen

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Christopher J. Molzen has extensive trial work experience and represents clients primarily in the areas of hospital liability, physician malpractice, products liability and personal injury litigation. Mr. Molzen believes that the client is best represented by an aggressive lawyer who has the judgment, skill and experience to take the case to verdict, if necessary. He has litigated in multiple venues including appellate courts, federal and state courts and before several state professional boards.

Memberships and Affiliations

The Missouri Bar
American Bar Association
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Young Lawyers Section
- Presidential Service Award, 1997
- Presidential Recognition Award, 1994
- Outstanding Service Award, 1994
Ross T. Roberts Inn of Court
- Past committee chairman
Federalist Society
- Kansas City Chapter, Past President
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
American Cancer Society
- Past President, south unit
Big Brothers/Big Sisters
- Volunteer

Distinctions

Martindale-Hubbell "AV" rating
Who's Who in American Law, selected for inclusion in the 8th and 9th editions
2006 Super Lawyers. Peer-reviewed recognition extended to only 5% of the Kansas and Missouri lawyers
Pegasus Scholar (Inner Temple, London, England). One of five lawyers selected nationally for advanced study of trial advocacy and English common law. Considerable time was spent studying and working with solicitors at the international firm of Linklaters & Paine and in assisting barristers from the Inner Temple as they tried cases.

Experience

Mr. Molzen's representative cases include:

Carr v. United Missouri City Bank, et al.
Banking negligence (UCC negotiable instrument violations). Defendant’s verdict.
Charles Strande v. Mershon, 814 S.W.2d 704 (Mo. App.W.D. 1991)
City of Parkville v. O’Brien
Municipal condemnation for sewage plant
Closson v. Independence Regional Health Center, WD 67883 (Mo. App.W.D. 2008)
D. Welch v. St. Joseph Health Center
Hospital staff failure to remove fall hazard; defendant’s verdict
Diane Sullivan v. Butterfield Construction Co., et al.
ATV collision (wrongful death of a minor)
Foster v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co., 750 S.W.2d 494 (Mo. App.W.D. 1988)
Gerald & Shirley Chipman v. B. Gill’s Backhoe & Concrete
Defective house construction; defendant’s verdict
Hawthorne v. Hills And Thomas Lysinger, 861 S.W.2d 337 (Mo. App.W.D. 1994)
Kenneth J. And Alma Jo White v. Smith and Robertson, 898 S.W.2d 138, (Mo. App.W.D. 1995)
Kerr v. Carl And Mary Jennings, 886 S.W.2d 117 (Mo. App.W.D. 1994)
Marjorie Closson v. Independence Regional Health Center
Medical malpractice (physical therapy) and slip and fall
McClafferty v. Lee’s Summit Hospital
Medical malpractice (failure to diagnose interventricular bleed; defendant’s verdict
Mitchell v. Denise Lewis
Auto accident (orthopaedic injuries)
Pearson v. Ted Lockwood, M.D.
Medical malpractice (facial plastic surgery); defendant’s verdict
Reynolds v. Stahl Specialty Co.
Work site accident (L4-5 orthopedic injury)
Rutt v. Missouri State Highway Commission
Condemnation (commercial)
Silberman v. Bob Evans et al., 852 S.W.2d 203 (Mo. App.W.D. 1993)
State ex rel. Sylvester v. The Honorable John Hutcherson, Supreme Court No. 074293 (Mo. 1991)
Stephanie Goade, PR for Estate of Herbert Coffman v. M.H.T.C.
Negligent Hwy. Design leg amputation; defendant’s verdict
Urquhart v. Sylvester, 848 S.W.2d 13 (Mo. App. W.D. 1992)
William Woodward v. Research Medical Center, Missouri Supreme Court No. 5C87172 (Mo. App.W.D. 2006)
Williams Pipeline Co. v Allison & Alexander
Permanent injunction to stop pipeline easement encroachments
Williams Pipeline Co. v. Allison & Alexander, Inc., 80 S.W.3d 829 (Mo. App. W.D. 2002)
Woodward v. Research Medical Center
Nursing medication overdose causing death
Diane Sullivan v. Spears, 871 S.W.2d 75 (Mo. App. W.D. 1994)

Publications & Presentations

2009	The Evolution and Anatomy of Medical Malpractice Guest Presenter at Shawnee Mission Mecial Center
December 2002	The Changing Standard of Care in Medicine; E-Health, Medical Errors and Technology Add New Obstacles Journal of Legal Medicine, 23:449-490 (December 2002) cited as authority and with approval in Estate of Hagedorn, ext rel., Hegedorn v. Peterson, 690 N.W.2d 84, 89[9] (Iowa 2004) and "Putting the Caps on Caps: Reconciling the Goal of Medical Malpractice Reform with the Twin Objectives of Tort Law," 59 Vand. L. Rev. 1457, 1492 (2006).
2002	HMO Liability, ERISA and Your Deposition Presented at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, Health Law Class
2002	The Anatomy of Medical Malpractice Claims Guest Speaker at Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
2000	Concepts of Federalism at the Supreme Court Program Organizer and Moderator