Departments

Phone: 816.360.4284
Fax: 816.753.1536

Mary Beth Blake

Senior Partner

Since first practicing law, Mary Beth Blake has devoted her practice to health care issues.  A diverse mixture of clients including physicians, institutions, managed care companies, home-health agencies, and laboratories, call on Ms. Blake for guidance and representation.

 

In addition to managing physician and facility transactions and representing individuals before hearing panels and professional boards, clients consult with Ms. Blake regularly on business planning, risk management and contracting issues.

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Kansas Bar Association
    • Health Law Section
  • American Health Lawyers Association
  • Kansas Women Attorneys Association
  • Association of Women Lawyers, Kansas City, Missouri
  • CareEntrust
    • Board of Directors, 2008-2010
  • Greater Kansas City Society of Hospital Attorneys
    • President 1994-1995
  • Kansas Association of Hospital Attorneys
    • Board of Governors 1997-2001
  • Center for Practical Bioethics, Founder
    • Past President and Board Member, 1985-present
  • University of Kansas School of Nursing
    • President and Board Member, 1990-present
  • Wellesley College Alumnae Association
    • Board of Directors 1992-1995
  • Wellesley College
    • Vice-President, Class of ’73, 1998-2003
  • Baptist Medical Center, Kansas City
    • Ethics Committee, 1988-2006
  • Saint Joseph Health Center
    • Advisory Council (“Friends of St. Joseph”)
      • Executive Committee, 1997-2008
      • President, 2005-2006
  • Shawnee Mission Education Foundation
    • Board of Trustees, 2004-present;
    • President 2006-2007
  • KU Medical Center
    • Assistant General Counsel, 1978-1981

Distinctions

  • Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers of America® 1994-2012, Health Care Law 
  • Selected for inclusion in Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers, 2005-2011
  • 2010 Class, Kansas City Business Journal's "Women Who Mean Business" 
  • Honored by The Kansas City Business Journal as Best of the Bar in Health Care; Health Care-Long Term and Senior Housing; Life Sciences, 2010, 2011 
  • Honorary Alumnus Award, Nurses Alumni Association of the University of Kansas School of Nursing, 1995
  • Outstanding Service Award by the Kansas Bar Association, 1999
  • AV Rated Martindale Hubbell

Publications & Presentations

May 4, 2011
Panelist - Legal Round Table of the Center for Practical Bioethics
October 2010
2006
2002