Awards
Eleven Berkowitz Oliver Lawyers Named Super Lawyers or Rising Stars
Eleven attorneys at Berkowitz Oliver LLP have been named 2019 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers or Rising Stars. The 2019 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers are: Nick DiVita , for Business Litigation; Stacey Gilman , for Business Litigation; Jeff Morris , for Criminal Defense: White Collar; Shazzie Naseem , for Criminal Defense: White Collar; David Oliver , for Business Litigation; Tom Schult , for Class Action; John Shaw , for Securities Litigation; Christina Wahl , for Criminal Defense: White Collar; and Jennifer Wieland , for Business Litigation. The 2019 Missouri & Kansas Rising Stars are: Megan Costello , for Employment …
Read More >Berkowitz Oliver Named Top Tier “Best Law Firm” in Kansas City Metro
Berkowitz Oliver has been named a Tier 1 firm in the Kansas City Metro area by U.S. News – Best Lawyers (R) “ Best Law Firms ” in 2020 in the following six practice areas: Bet-the-Company Litigation Commercial Litigation Criminal Defense: White Collar Litigation: Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions (Defendants) Product Liability Litigation (Defendants) The firm has been listed as a “Best Law Firm” every year for the past 10 years, ever since the “Best Law Firms” rankings began. The “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on a combination of client feedback, and information provided on the Law Firm Survey, the Law Firm …
Read More >David Oliver Awarded 2019 Branton/Hall Community Collaborator Award by Junior League of KC
David Oliver has been awarded the Branton/Hall Community Collaborator Award for 2019 by the Junior League of Kansas City, Missouri . David has strong ties with the Junior League: his mother, Trudy Oliver (Gertrude Field Oliver) was president of the JLKCMO in 1944-1945. David knew both Shawsie Branton and Adele Hall, the two women for whom this award is named. He currently serves as a Community Advisor to the C3KC Committee. David embodies the values and volunteerism his mother passed on to him, and the JLKCMO is proud …
Read More >David Oliver Named to Kansas City’s Power 100 of 2018
David Oliver has been named to the Kansas City Business Journal’s Power 100 of 2018 . According to the Business Journal , “the people on this list are those that can call anyone in the business and civic communities and have that call returned.”
Read More >David Oliver Receives ArtsKC’s Virtuoso Award
David Oliver was honored by ArtsKC with the Virtuoso Award on March 8, 2018, at that organization’s annual Awards Luncheon. ArtsKC is a nonprofit organization serving the five-county region surrounding Kansas City: Clay, Platte and Jackson in Missouri; and Johnson and Wyandotte in Kansas. Since 1999, ArtsKC has developed programs and services designed to “unleash the power of the arts.” This includes programs for the arts community, the business community, and services to the civic community. David’s civic duties range from social services …
Read More >Wallner, Rhodes, Hinderks Named 2017 Rising Stars by Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers has named Berkowitz Oliver associates Timothy Wallner , Megan Rhodes and Carson Hinderks to its list of 2017 Rising Stars for Missouri and Kansas. Tim Wallner is a 2007 graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law; he primarily practices in Securities Litigation. Megan Rhodes is a 2010 graduate of the University of Colorado School of Law; her practice focuses on employment defense. Carson Hinderks is a 2011 graduate of the University of Kansas School of Law; he practices primarily in Business Litigation. Congratulations to …
Read More >Jim Eisenbrandt Elected Secretary of Foundation of the American College of Trial Lawyers
Jim Eisenbrandt has been elected Secretary of the Foundation of the American College of Trial Lawyers. The Foundation is dedicated to improvement in the quality of trial and appellate advocacy, the ethics of the legal profession and the administration of justice. The American College of Trial Lawyers is an invitation only fellowship of exceptional trial lawyers of diverse backgrounds from the United States and Canada.
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