Practice Areas ; Banking(20%); Estate Planning(30%); Business Litigation(10%)&sa=270&d=1&h=180&w=200&sl=false&dm=True&in=50) | ......................... 40% Bankruptcy......................... 30% Estate Planning......................... 20% Banking......................... 10% Business Litigation
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| Contact Info | Telephone: 417-358-4049
Fax: 417-358-6341
http://www.cp-law.com
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| Mailing Address | 517 South Main StreetP.O. Box 409, Carthage, Missouri, 64836-1648 |
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| University | University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, B.S., Business Administration, 1973 |
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| Law School | University of Tulsa College of Law, J.D., 1976 |
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| Admitted | 1976, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court |
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| Memberships | The Missouri Bar; Fellow: National Association Bankruptcy Trustees; U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Missouri (Member, Panel of Trustees); Missouri Bankers Association (Member, Legal Counsel Section). |
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| Languages | English |
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| Born | St. Louis, Missouri, October 8, 1950 |
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| Biography | Kevin Checkett established his general practice of law in Carthage in 1977, after a one-year appointment as research attorney to the Missouri Court of Appeals. Since that beginning, Mr. Checkett has narrowed his practice to general civil trials with emphasis in commercial and bankruptcy litigation as well as estate and business planning. His lectures in both areas have been presented frequently in southwest Missouri. He has served as trustee in thousands of bankruptcies under Chapters 7, 11, and 12, and has been published in professional journals in the areas of creditors' rights, workouts and bankruptcy. Mr. Checkett's litigation experience includes personal injury, all perspectives within bankruptcy, lender liability and other areas of business and commerce, and estates and trusts. Mr. Checkett is AV rated by the Martindale-Hubbell Service. The rating attests to a lawyer's legal ability and professional ethics and is based upon the confidential opinions of members of the bar and judiciary. The A indicates a high to pre-eminent legal ability, while the V is an endorsement from other members of the bar of the highest ethical standards denoting an adherence to professional conduct, ethics, reliability, diligence, and other criteria relevant to the discharge of professional responsibilities (http://www.martindale.com/ratings). The Kansas City Magazine and 417 Magazine of Springfield recently named Kevin Checkett as top Missouri lawyer. This distinction is voted upon by other attorneys and awarded to those in the top 5% of their profession. Mr. Checkett was one of five organizers of federally chartered Hometown Bank and remains on its board of directors. He was also one of the founders of Southwest Missouri Community Foundation and served as one of its directors. (Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification)
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| Reported Cases | Moon v. Anderson, 387 F.3d 695 (8th Circuit Court of Appeals 2004); Official Comm. of Unsecured Creditors vs. Trism, Inc., 328 F.3d 1003 (8th Circuit Court of Appeals 2003); In Re Vickers, 505 U.S. 1235 (cert dismissed) (U.S. Supreme Court 1992); In Re Vickers, 954 F.2D 1426 (8th Circuit Court of Appeals 1992). |
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| ISLN | 908424809 |
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