Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice, L.L.C.

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Product Liability

From soup to nuts. From A to Z. Choose the appropriate idiom of your liking. For more than 30 years, our product liability practice group has handled cases involving such a vast number of products that we have almost lost count. Representing multi-national and national companies in complex litigation throughout the country, BSCR has acquired a reputation as one of the go-to law firms in this area because of our successful defense of manufacturers, distributors and sellers of nearly every type of product imaginable - from household goods to medical equipment to airplanes to industrial machinery. Not many firms can say the same.

Our reputation is deserved. With cost efficiency as one our hallmarks, we establish a strategy early in the process, which is derived from our combined years of experience in the business industries we serve. Using state-of-the art electronic discovery techniques we avoid costly fishing expeditions. And by meticulously preparing for trial with a winning attitude from day one, we’re putting our client in control whether in the courtroom or in a conference room.

Just a few examples of the industries our firm has represented in product liability matters are: aerospace, automotive, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, retail, and trucking.

Our attorneys have extensive experience handling class action and multidistrict litigation, which is immensely important in product liability litigation.

Some of the firm's attorneys are members of The Product Liability Advisory Council and several other national and international defense organizations, including being recognized as leading product liability attorneys internationally by the International Who’s Who of Product Liability Defence Lawyers.

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Diversity

BSCR is an open and accepting community, committed to diversity within its family, and within the legal community as a whole. We believe it takes multiple perspectives to tackle legal and business problems for our clients. Drawing on the combined experiences of professionals who encompass a broad range of socio-economic, racial, ethnic and religious backgrounds strengthens our ability to interact with clients, negotiate with opposing counsel and persuade judges and juries. For the last several years, nearly 50 percent of BSCR’s new attorney hires have been women and minorities.

To foster our commitment to inclusiveness, our firm maintains a standing committee on diversity to recruit employees of all backgrounds and to support the efforts of several minority and women’s legal organizations, both locally and nationally. The committee includes a member of the firm’s executive committee, other lawyers and staff members, and includes minorities and non-minorities.

In addition to conducting educational seminars on diversity issues within our firm, we help our attorneys thrive in the community. We support minority education initiatives from the high school to the law school level by providing internships to high school students and partnering with local student organizations offering scholarships to law students.

Local involvement

BSCR is committed to the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Diversity Action Plan’s 2009-2014 stated mission of continuing to recruit and retain diverse attorneys while fostering a culture within law firms that promotes acceptance and education. Our firm was one of the founders and an original signatory of the Plan and continues to support the initiative, which hosts the Heartland Diversity Legal Job fair each year.

Our firm supports a variety of diversity events organized by other local bar associations, including the Association of Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City, The Jackson County Bar Association, The Lawyers Association of St. Louis, and the Mound City Bar Association. Many of our attorneys have leadership roles or are otherwise actively engaged in these associations.

National involvement

BSCR has been a member and an active participant of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) since its inception in 2009. Comprised of corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners, the LCLD’s objectives include the hiring, retention and promotion of diverse talent in the legal profession. 

Our firm supports other national organizations with initiatives devoted to improving diversity and inclusion in the legal arena including, among others, the Human Rights Campaign, the ALFA International Women’s Initiative, and the Litigation Counsel of America Women’s and Diversity Initiative, with some of our attorneys having served in leadership roles.

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