The St. Joseph office of Polsinelli Shughart PC is widely recognized as the predominant provider of legal services for the St. Joseph business community, representing businesses that range in size from large international firms to small family-owned operations. Dan Boulware, managing partner of the 13-member office notes that it is the largest law firm in the St. Joe area with a practice that extends across the states.
Our attorneys routinely handle business acquisitions, mergers, and civil business litigation around the country. The strong business ties of our St. Joseph office are illustrated through the Firm's representation as general counsel of: the City's largest employer, Heartland Health; the Hillyard Companies; Gray Manufacturing Company; and a host of other prominent St. Joseph area businesses; the St. Joseph Area Chamber of Commerce; the St. Joseph Regional Port Authority; the St. Joseph Business Park Corporation; The Institute for Industrial and Applied Life Sciences (operator of the Christopher S. Bond Science and Technology Incubator); and The Industrial Development Authority of St. Joseph, Missouri.
St. Joseph is a major contributor to the KC Animal Health Corridor, the world’s largest concentration of companies in the animal health industry. These St. Joseph companies, all of whom the Firm has represented, include: Boehringer Ingelheim/Vetmedica; Teva Animal Health; Ameri-Pac, Inc; Agri-Laboratories; Phoenix Pharmaceutical; and Vedco, Inc.
The attorneys in the St. Joseph office engage in a broad-based general practice serving the needs of our business clients in:
- Business litigation
- Corporate law
- Intellectual property law
- Employment litigation
- Estate planning
- Health care law
- Labor and employment law
Our attorneys have developed a high profile in the areas of civil litigation and health care law, and have been recognized both nationally and regionally for their contributions in these areas. One of our St. Joseph attorneys is a Fellow of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers and an Advocate of the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Most of our attorneys were born and raised in St. Joseph. All are deeply committed to serving in community affairs and activities, economic development, and public education. Our St. Joseph attorneys have served as an author of the St. Joseph City Charter; served as President of the Missouri Western State College Board of Regents; and served on advisory planning committees for education, civic matters and economic development, both on a city and state level. Our attorneys have chaired capital campaigns for the Boy Scouts, their churches, Missouri Western State College, and chaired, worked on, and supported a host of other campaigns for worthwhile civic organizations, schools, museums, and charities. In the latter respect, one of our attorneys was the recipient of The Hope Award given by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in recognition of outstanding community and philanthropic service and leadership.
The St. Joseph office was originally formed in 1977, although it traces its roots in St. Joseph back to 1912.