Departments

Business

Practice Areas

Corporate Law

Mergers and Acquisitions

Education

LL.M., Taxation, Georgetown University, 1980
J.D., Washburn University School of Law, 1978, Washburn Law Journal, Assistant Editor; Moot Court Council
B.S., Kansas State University, 1975

Admissions

Kansas, 1978
Missouri, 1980

Kansas City

Phone: 816.360.4167

Fax: 816.753.1536

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Frank J Ross Jr.

Business Department Chair

Frank J. Ross Jr. has a sincere interest in clients, their opportunities and challenges, and has dedicated his professional career to helping them succeed. He has represented a diverse mix of organizations, ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to closely-owned enterprises.

Mr. Ross also serves as Chair of the Firm’s Business Department, enthusiastically leading a group of 200 attorneys representing distinguished business clients nationwide.

He often is requested to assist clients in a capacity similar to that of an In-House General Counsel. In that strategic role, he advises clients on the difficult issues and challenging opportunities confronting them on a daily basis. Chambers USA writes of Mr. Ross, "He is renowned for building strong relationships with clients, who attest to his 'complete investment in us and ability to meet our needs.'"

Memberships and Affiliations

The Missouri Bar
Kansas Bar Association
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Corporate Law Committee, Vice Chair and Chair
American Health Lawyers Association
Starlight Theatre Association of Kansas City
- Executive Committee and Board of Directors
Rockhurst University Board of Trustees
American Red Cross Board of Directors
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation State of Kansas Chapter
- Executive Committee
- Board of Directors
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation/Kansas City Division
- Past Chairman, Board of Directors
Pride of Kansas City Foundation
- Board of Directors
Kansas State Banking Board
- Former Member, gubernatorial appointment
Rockhurst High School
- Former Member, Executive Committee and Board of Trustees
Washburn University Law School
- Former Member, Executive Committee and Board of Trustees
Combined Health Appeal of Kansas City
- Former Member, Board of Directors
Midwest Ear Institute
- Former Member, Board of Directors
Heart of America Tax Institute
- Former Member, Board of Directors
Waddell and Reed Mutual Funds Board of Trustees
- Special Committee on Governance and Compliance, Chair
- Executive Committee and Audit Committee, Member

Distinctions

Who’s Who Among America’s Lawyers
Recipient, Junior Achievement’s and Kansas City Business Journal’s Up and Comers Award
Recipient, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and Kansas City Business Journal Directors Awards for Entrepreneurial Achievement
Ranked in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Corporate/M&A
Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers
Kansas City Business Journal, "Best of the Bar"
AV Rated Martindale Hubbell
Former Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Treasury

Experience

Mr. Ross has either served as the firm’s leader or has significant involvement in numerous complex and substantial transactions, including:

$500 million sale of assets of a privately-held medical device manufacturing business, with operations in the U.S., Great Britain and Canada, to a publicly-traded Fortune 20 company.
$750 million negotiation and regulatory approval for an assumption reinsurance agreement/portfolio transfer agreement.
Acquisition of the world's largest sports, entertainment and venue architecture practice from its privately held parent company (purchase price confidential).
$300 million acquisition of an academic medical center and negotiation of numerous affiliation agreements for a governmental authority.
Acquisition of a mutual fund registered investment advisor (purchase price confidential).
$400 million negotiation and drafting of a multi-year affiliation agreement for an academic medical center and related professional service agreements.
$185 million sale of company selling and administering insurance coverage for wireless phones and equipment.
$70 million sale of all assets of an Internet-based marketing firm.
$35 million sale of a Medicaid HMO.
$20 million purchase of a medical device product line.
$15 million sale of an 80-physician multi-disciplinary clinic and related employment agreements for all 80 physicians.
$20 million acquisition of an outpatient cancer facility by an academic medical center.
Acquisition of the stock of two large physician groups and related employment agreements for 30 physicians by an academic medical center.
$50 million sale of a surgical products/devices product line.
$50 million acquisition of stock owned by minority shareholders of a medical device manufacturing company.
$30 million sale of all of the assets of a technology-driven manufacturing company with operations in Mexico and the U.S.
Acquisition of all of the assets of the nation's second largest seminar and continuing education organization by a nonprofit, tax-exempt Catholic University (purchase price confidential).