The Polsinelli Shughart PC offices of Kansas City, Missouri, with 233 attorneys, are currently located in the heart of the Country Club Plaza and in historic downtown Kansas City. The firm also has an office in suburban Overland Park, Kansas with 50 attorneys. Kansas City is the headquarters for our premier national law firm, with more than 480 attorneys.
Our attorneys have the background and experience to help our clients with the challenges that require legal perspective and counsel at every stage of their organization's life cycle. Highly regarded in their fields of practice with numerous credentials, the Kansas City team of attorneys includes four former judges, two past presidents of the Missouri Bar, the Director of Licensing and Marketing for the Major League Baseball Players' Association, a member of the Missouri Gaming Commission and the country's preeminent authority on nonprofit and tax-exempt entities and author of more than 25 books in his practice.
Our attorneys are recognized leaders in law, receiving recognition, honors and recommendations from organizations including, American College of Trial Lawyers, Litigation Counsel of America, Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America®, Super Lawyers, and Martindale Hubbell, among others.
Our clients benefit from our central location and experienced counsel serving Kansas City and the surrounding region. We also provide counsel to clients through out the nation often collaborating with lawyers in our other offices while maintaining our Midwest-based cost structure and value.
Attorneys, administrative staff, legal administrative assistants, and paralegals are on many levels take advantage of volunteer opportunities in the Kansas City community as they are enthusiastic about serving the needs of others. Some of the many charitable and civic organizations that are supported by the Kansas City office include:
- Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
- Kansas City Area Development Council
- The Civic Council of Greater Kansas City
- Life Sciences Research Day
- Treads N Threads, supporting cancer care and the University of Kansas Hospital
- Race for the Cure
- RED Development's Duck Derby, benefiting Children's TLC
- The United Way
- Ronald McDonald House Charities
- Legal Aid of Western Missouri
Polsinelli Shughart is strongly committed to providing legal services to those who are unable to afford them. The firm employs two full-time pro bono attorneys. These attorneys are available to advise firm attorneys in unfamiliar areas of the law and to offer direct services to indigent clients, specifically in the areas of child abuse and neglect, domestic and criminal law.