This week marks Van Osdol & Magruder, P.C.’s 75th anniversary as a member of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. We thought we’d look back at what was happening 75 years ago during our first year of membership: WWII was still localized in a small part of Europe. Thailand was still called Siam. The average price of a car was $700. Photo …
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Biggest Little Law Firm Moves Up…A Bit
Van Osdol & Magruder is known as The Biggest Little Law Firm® in Kansas City for a reason. We’re smaller than the big guys, and that’s how we intend to stay. It helps us to better serve our clients and if we were too big, we wouldn’t be so little anymore. Have no doubt that when we move our office this month, we will continue to stay true to …
Van Osdol Serves the Legal Profession
Recently Tony Gosserand and Anne-Linton Pond Hendrickson were selected to become members of the Earl E. O'Connor American Inn of Court. The Inn comprises attorneys and Federal and State Judges from Johnson and Wyandotte Counties. It is modeled after the British Inns of Court and named in honor of Judge Earl E. O'Connor, former Chief Judge of the …
LegalZoom – Bah!
The old saying “you get what you pay for” has proven to be all too true once again. Those in need of critically important legal services are being provided with the option of not hiring a lawyer. ALLLAW.com offers a two-page crash course on Will requirements. On LegalZoom.com, you can get a Will drafted for as little as $69, form a business …
Thinking Bigger Business Magazines Publishes Van Osdol & Magruder Article
The Van Osdol & Magruder article about companies transitioning in ownership, written by Bob Beachy, chief strategic officer at Van Osdol & Magruder, was published this month. Thank you Thinking Bigger Business Magazine for publishing the piece. Today when many small businesses are sold, it is often under the terms that the former owner …
Shawn Stogsdill: Attorney Spotlight
Shawn Stogsdill joined the firm in August of 2008. He graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1997 and earned an LLM in taxation from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law in 1999. He was a visiting scholar at both Oxford and Cambridge Universities. For the past 15 years, Shawn has represented businesses and …