also known as Chris Dove
Chris finished near the top of his law school class at the University of Kansas and was selected to be Editor in Chief of the Kansas Law Review. After law school, he served as a law clerk for a federal judge in the United States District Court in Kansas City, Kansas. Chris then moved to Washington, DC, with his wife (who is also an attorney). He practiced law for almost a decade in DC at the United States Department of Justice and in an international law firm. At the DOJ, he pursued cases involving fraudulent tax shelters and accounting fraud. In private practice, he represented companies in multi-million dollar patent infringement cases and investigated charges of international financial bribery.
Chris has tried cases involving patent litigation, tax and accounting fraud, partnership disputes, fraud, breach of contract, misrepresentation, and violation of consumer laws.
Chris and his wife, Beatriz, decided to move back to Kansas City in order to be closer to their families and practice a different type of law. Chris practices law because he believes in the underdog. It is what gets him excited about coming into work each day.
Chris was the first in his family to go to college, and he paid for his own undergraduate, graduate, and law school education. (In fact, his student loan lenders would tell you he is still paying for that education.) He didn’t know any lawyers growing up and neither did anyone else in his family. Chris fully understands the perspective of someone who is thinking about hiring a lawyer for the first time. As an added benefit, he won’t even make you learn Latin or other legal jargon.
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22 years | 100 cases
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Acquired: 2012
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Acquired: 2003
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Acquired: 2005
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8700 State Line, Suite 305, Leawood, KS, 66206
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"Mr. Dove is an absolute ACE litigator. Not only is he one of the brightest legal minds I have had the pleasure of consulting with, he appears to conduct his client relations in a manner that is easy to understand and settling for his client's that are going through a difficult time in their life. If you are in need of a litigator to fight for you, you will find none better than Mr. Dove."
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2015
Best of the Bar, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
2003
Editor in Chief, Kansas Law Review, University of Kansas
2003
Samuel Mellinger Leadership, Scholarship, and Service Award, University of Kansas
2003
Order of the Coif (Top 10% of Class), University of Kansas
2002
CALI Award (Top Grade) - Contracts, University of Kansas
2002
CALI Award (Top Grade) - Water Law, University of Kansas
2015 - Present
Partner, DRZ Law
2014 - 2015
Of Counsel, Shook Hardy & Bacon
2012 - 2014
Partner, Warden Grier
2009 - 2012
Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice
2005 - 2009
Associate, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, LLP
2004 - 2005
Associate, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP
2003 - 2004
Clerk, United States District Court for the District of Kansas
2016 - Present
National Crime Victims Bar AssociationMember
2015 - Present
Kansas Trial Lawyers AssociationMember
2015 - Present
Missouri Association of Trial AttorneysMember
2012 - Present
American Association for JusticeMember
Victory for client after arbitration
Following a week-long trial, the child received a confidential settlement.
Obtained jury verdict for client, upheld on appeal.
Six figure award in favor of our client for breach of contract.
Case lost at trial, but followed by appeal to the Federal Circuit, resulting in stipulation as to the validity, enforceability and infringement of the patent at issue.
On behalf of client, obtained a summary judgment order invalidating the patents being asserted, which was upheld on appeal to the Federal Circuit.
2003
JD - Juris Doctor
1998
MS - Master of Science
1996
B.G.S
2018
Sexual Assault of Children in Educational Institutions