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Robert Darryl Gaines 
Kansas City, Missouri
phone 816-756-5800 (Ext. 6011)
fax 816-756-1999
email Email Me

Robert D. Gaines graduated with a degree in Economics from the University of Arizona, a Master's of Business Administration from Michigan State University and earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Missouri at Kansas City, School of Law, with honors.

Robert handles commercial litigation and personal injury matters, leasing and real estate matters, Missouri liquor license issues, property and business insurance claims, business formations, business valuations and projections, SBA (Small Business Administration) proposals, business projections and presentations and bankruptcy litigation. Robert also handles business and real estate arrangements and has appeared before Federal District Court of Missouri and Kansas and the Kansas Board of Healing Arts.

Robert is a member of the Missouri Bar Association; Arizona Bar Association; Kansas Bar Association. Kansas City Bar Association and is a member of AOPA legal panel. He is admitted to practice in Missouri, Kansas and Arizona and to the United States District Court and Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri.

Areas of Practice:
50% Business and Real Estate Litigation
30% Personal Injury Litigation
10% Business transactions, leases, contract
10% Real Estate transactions foreclosures
Litigation Percentage:
75% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Missouri, 1983
Arizona, 1983
Kansas, 2007
U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 1983
Education:
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, Missouri, 1983
J.D.
Honors: With Honors
Law Review: University of Missouri Law Review, Member - Business Editor., 1982 - 1983
Law Journal: Urban Lawyer - University of Missouri, member, 1982 - 1983


Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 1973
M.B.A.


University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 1972
B.A.


Representative Cases:
Insurance Corp. of Hannover v. Vantage Property Management, L.L.C., 2006 WL 2385138, W.D.Mo. (US District Court, Western District of Mo. 2006)
In re Vantage Investments, Inc., 385 B.R. 670 (Bankruptcy Court W.D.Mo. 2008)
Nolan v. Degussa Admixtures, Inc.,, 246 S.W.3d 1 (Court of Appeals for the Southern District 2008)
Heartland Educational Institute v. Youth Services International and Correctional Services Corporation, Heartland Educational Institute v. Youth Services (2009)
Representative Clients:
Heartland Educational Institute
Vantage Investment, LLC
Bo Lings Chinese Restaurants
Intercontinental Hotel - Kansas City, Missouri
First National Bank of Olathe
Restaurant Guide of Kansas City
Honors and Awards:
UMKC Law Review - Business Editor


Who's Who in Midwest,


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Missouri Bar Association, 1984 - 1991
Member


Arizona Bar Association, 1984 - 1991
Member


Kansas Bar Association, 2007 - Present
Member


Missouri Restaurant Association, 1984 - 2006
Member


AOPA Legal
Member


Languages:
Spanish
Fraternities/Sororities:
Phi Delta Phi