Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

About this office:

Husch Blackwell Sanders is a full-service litigation and business services law firm with a client base of domestic, international and multinational corporations. We offer national-level competitive practices with superior client service for compelling value to leading companies. Our clients include national or global leaders in major industries including agribusiness, energy, financial services, healthcare, litigation practices, particularly in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, securities, tax, insolvency and commercial bankruptcy, business litigation, intellectual property, environmental, labor and employment and real estate.

Our history reflects decades of lawyering excellence and superior client service. We have emerged as a market-leading law firm because we deliver the highest standards of legal services our clients demand.

Through the recent merger of our legacy firms, Husch & Eppenberger and Blackwell Sanders, and most recently, Welsh & Katz, we have grown to more than 675 lawyers with offices in 13 cities, in Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield and Jefferson City, Missouri; Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska; Chattanooga and Memphis, Tennessee; Chicago and Peoria, Illinois; Denver, Colorado; Washington, D.C., and London, U.K.

Dominant regional, national and global companies have relied on our combination of uniquely broad and specialized practices, service levels normally found only in mega-market firms. Our national-level competitive practices, along with our Midwestern rates, provide compelling value to our clients.

We thrive on the cultural standards embraced by our partners:

-Dedication to superior client service

-Excellence in our legal practices

-Enhancement of quality of work and quality of life through diversity

-Commitment to community leadership.

Acquisitions and Divestitures, Administrative Law, Advertising and Marketing, Agricultural Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Unfair Competition, Appellate Litigation, Asset Protection, Aviation, Bankruptcy, Banks and Banking, Business and Commercial Litigation, Business Law, Campaign and Political Law, Casinos and Gambling, Children, Civil Practice, Class Actions, Closely Held Business, Commercial Law, Commercial Real Estate, Commercial Transactions, Communications and Media, Complex and Multi District Litigation, Computers and Software, Constitutional Law, Construction and Design, Consumer Law, Contracts, Copyrights, Corporate Finance, Corporate Law, Customs and Trade, Debtor and Creditor, Digital Discovery and Records Management, Education Law, Election, Eminent Domain, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Energy, Entertainment and Media, Environmental Law, ERISA/Employee Benefits Litigation, Estate Planning, Family Law, Fidelity and Surety, Finance and Lending, Food Law, Franchise and Distribution, Government Compliance, Governmental Affairs, Guardianship and Conservatorship, Healthcare, Hospital Law, Hospitality, Immigration and Naturalization, Insurance, Insurance Defense, Insurance Litigation, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, International Law, International Trade, Investigations and Litigation, Investment Management, Investments, Labor and Employment, Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal Law, Natural Resources and Water, Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations, Occupational Safety and Health, Partnership Law, Patents, Planning and Land Use, Probate, Products Liability, Property Law, Public Finance, Real Estate, Restructuring and Creditors' Rights, Safety and Health, Securities Industry Regulation and Litigation, Securities/Capital Markets, Tax Exempt Organizations, Taxation, Technology and E-Commerce, Technology and Science, Telecommunications Practice, Torts, Toxic Torts, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Transportation, Trusts and Estates, Venture Capital/Private Equity Financing, Wills, Worker's Compensation, Zoning.

NYSE Proposed Amendments to Corporate Governance Listing Standards
Steven R. Barrett, John D. Mandelbaum, Christopher J. DeLise, Robert P. Attai, James M. Ash, Gary D. Gilson, David E. Gardels, Craig A. Adoor, Mary Anne O'Connell, Tyler Peterson, October 7, 2009
On August 26, 2009, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments (which the NYSE further revised September 11, 2009) to the corporate governance listing standards originally adopted in 2003 and set forth in Section 303A of the NYSE...

Mandatory New Requirements for Self-Insured Companies
Catherine M. Dickenson, September 25, 2009
The Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (MMSEA) was signed into law on December 29, 2007. Section 111 adds new mandatory reporting requirements for group health plan (GHP) arrangements and for liability insurance (including self-insurance), no-fault insurance and workers'...

Upcoming Deadlines for Qualified Retirement Plans
Mark D. Welker, Craig A. Kovarik, Brian W. Ruddell, Ruth Hays, Alan H. Kandel, September 25, 2009
Sponsors of qualified retirement plans should be aware of a number of quickly approaching deadlines for their plans, and some important guidance recently issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The following checklist includes guidance on the need to amend...

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