Rita Kay Sanders

Rita Kay Sanders

5.0
Rating: 5.8

Licensed for 25 years

Criminal defense Lawyer at Springfield, MO
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family, DUI & DWI

3023 S Kimbrough Ave, Springfield, MO

About Rita

Practice Areas

3

Practice Areas

Criminal Defense 70%

Felonies ranging from Murder to Possession of a controlled substance. We practice in every area of the state. Former 17 year police veteran makes Rita Sanders one of the Best Criminal Defense attorneys in the state. She has an extremely high success rate when it comes to trials.

25 years | 74 cases

70%
DUI and DWI 15%

Dwi's and all traffic tickets. We cover 90 counties in the state of Missouri.

25 years | 66 cases

15%
Family 15%

Family Law, Wills Trusts and Estates.

23 years

15%

Fees and Rates

Cost

Free Consultation

$0 first 60 minutes


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Licenses

Licensed in Missouri for 25 years

State: Missouri

Acquired: 2000

Good Standing, Active

Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2017

Location

Law Offices of Rita Kay Sanders

3023 S Kimbrough Ave, Springfield, MO, 65807-4856

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Rita Kay Sanders's Reviews

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Posted by anonymous | November 16, 2018 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Excellent attorney

Rita Sanders is by far one of the best attorneys in the state. She represented me on a serious criminal case that I did not commit. I had had another attorney before her that said the case could not be won Ann wanted me to play just something I didn't do. When I wouldn't do that he told me that I'd h...ave to pay him a whole lot more money than I had to take it to trial I want to talk to Rita she told me that if I didn't do it she would never believe me guilty. I hired her. She began to do what only she does. She dug and dug and she was she was able to prove the truth she won my case I don't believe any other attorney would have done the work she did. She told me she knew what it was like to be falsely accused of something she didn't do. I know what happen when she was criminally charged and it was all a political move. In the trust account issue our office manager hit the refund button instead of the deposit but putting her trust account into overdraft. That was one of them the other was while she was out of town I check was written for a court cost thinking that the check given to her by the client had already been deposited into trashed when it happened both of those happened years ago when they happened the Missouri bar association didn't think it was a big deal later on when they wanted to punish her they brought it back up. Through all of this humiliation she never stop fighting for me. Now that's an attorney you want.

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Experience

Rating:  5.8 (Average)

Professional misconduct

This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2017.

Suspension Stayed With Probation issued in MO, 2017

updated on 03/04/2010

This type of suspension means an attorney is technically suspended but may still practice law. The State monitors the lawyer's activities during the suspension to make sure that he or she does not repeat the behavior.

Sample of Legal Cases

State v Paula Hall

Acquitted

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