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Administrative and Governmental Law
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King Hershey represents cities, counties and quasi-public boards and commissions regarding a wide range of municipal legal issues. We also represent private clients in matters involving local government, including land use and zoning law. Our attorneys are familiar with state capitols in Jefferson City and Topeka, representing clients in regard to pending legislation and before state agencies and officials, including the Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission.
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Alternative Dispute Resolution
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Providing services for any type of alternative dispute resolution and acting as a neutral, including the areas of mediation and arbitration. The services will be provided to parties and counsel by David Russell in the firm offices or in the offices of other counsel. Russell will provide these services as a former Circuit Judge of 15 years and a trial lawyer of 21 years, during which time he handled a large variety of legal actions. He is a member of the Missouri Bar and American Bar Dispute Resolution Committees, and has been authorized pursuant to Rule 17 of the Missouri rules of Procedure to act as a neutral and is listed as an authorized neutral in the Western District of Missouri, Federal Courts.
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Banking
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King Hershey represents banks and savings and loan associations and other lending institutions, as well as borrowers, in commercial loans, loan workouts and other financial transactions. We have also provided representation for banks dealing with regulatory agencies, including the F.D.I.C., as well as general business and litigation support to lending institution clients.
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Business
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King Hershey represents corporations, general and limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and individuals in business matters. The firm advises clients on corporate issues including shareholder relations, corporate control and the fiduciary duties of officers and directors, and represents purchasers and sellers in business acquisitions involving stock and asset sales.
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Environmental
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King Hershey has a wide range of experience representing public and private clients in regard to environmental issues. Representation has included negotiations and litigation involving the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and other state and federal agencies.
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Estate Planning and Probate
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King Hershey designs and helps implement estate plans for individual clients, to achieve personal estate planning goals, and to minimize estate taxes and costs of administration. We also have an active probate practice, which includes estate and trust administration as well as representation of a variety of parties (personal representatives, conservators and guardians) in the probate courts.
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Gaming
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King Hershey has represented several casino companies in Missouri and Kansas and is special counsel to the city of Boonville in regard to casino matters. As general counsel to the Kansas City Port Authority, we advise the agency responsible for city liaison to Kansas City's riverboat casinos. Our attorneys regularly appear before the Missouri Gaming Commission, the Kansas Racing Commission and legislative committees in both states. The firm has assisted developers, potential developers, and property owners in planning and obtaining approval for licenses and development of facilities for casinos.
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Litigation
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King Hershey provides complete civil and criminal federal and state court litigation services in Missouri and Kansas including mediation and appellate practice. We provide litigation expertise and representation in administrative hearings in a variety of areas, including:
- Antitrust
- Banking
- Bankruptcy
- Business
- Commercial
- Construction Law
- Criminal - White Collar
- Discrimination
- Employment
- Environmental
- Franchising
- Gaming
- Labor
- Lender Liability
- Municipal
- Personal Injury
- Product Liability
- Real Estate
- Taxation
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Nonprofit Organizations
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King Hershey represents a variety of nonprofit organizations, including educational institutions, professional associations, historical societies, environmental organizations, community development corporations, and neighborhood and condominium associations. We advise clients on nonprofit issues including federal and state tax exemptions, fiduciary duties of directors and officers, real estate transactions, major gift transactions, and finance.
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Public Finance
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King Hershey is nationally recognized bond counsel listed in the "Red Book." The firm represents issuers, underwriters and developers in regard to the issuance of municipal bonds and other public financing transactions including the refunding and defeasance of outstanding bond issues. Our attorneys have particular expertise in utilizing development assistance tools to finance private projects through public bonds, including tax increment financing, transportation development districts, neighborhood improvement districts and community improvement districts.
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Real Estate
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King Hershey provides representation in all aspects of commercial real estate law for developers, lenders, builders, title insurance companies and municipalities. Our attorneys have successfully advocated several high-visibility projects, which have had a positive economic impact on the development of the Kansas City metropolitan area. Our experience extends to tax increment financing, Missouri Chapter 353 urban redevelopment projects, enterprise zones, neighborhood improvement districts, community improvement districts, transportation development districts and developments in urban renewal and land clearance districts.
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Tax
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King Hershey provides corporate, partnership and individual income tax counseling and planning as well as representation of clients before state and federal courts and administrative tribunals. We regularly represent taxpayers involved in sales and use tax disputes with the Missouri and Kansas Departments of Revenue and other state revenue agencies.
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