Departments

Phone: 816.374.0587
Fax: 816.817.1978

Diana L. Beckman

Associate

As an associate in the firm's Litigation Department, Diana Beckman has assisted clients in a wide variety of business litigation matters including personal-injury defense, contract disputes, medical, legal and actuarial malpractice matters, class action litigation, shareholder derivative suits and appellate litigation.

Ms. Beckman has litigated cases at both the state and federal level in Missouri and Kansas and has experience in pre-trial motion practice, factual discovery, ESI and expert discovery.

Ms. Beckman is a Kansas City native. She earned her J.D. from the University of Kansas, where she was on the Kansas Law Review and a judicial intern for the Honorable Carlos Murguia of the United States District Court of Kansas.

Memberships and Affiliations

  • The Missouri Bar
  • Kansas Bar Association
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
    • Public Service Committee
  • Lawyers Association of Kansas City
  • Kansas City Missouri Bar Leadership Academy. Graduate 
  • Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers Trial Academy, Graduate
  • Ross T. Roberts Inn of Court
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters
    • Professional Leadership Counci
    • Big Brothers Big Sisters mentor
  • Center for Advanced Professional Studies
    • Guest lecturer and mentor

Experience

  • Obtained summary judgment on behalf of actuarial malpractice client
  • Representation of large electric utility in defense of personal-injury lawsuits
  • Representation of hospitals in defense of medical malpractice claims
  • Representation of plaintiff in multi-million dollar breach of contract suits