Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

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.

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