Tom Bradshaw was born and raised in St. Louis by Irish immigrant parents. He came to Kansas City to attend college at Rockhurst and UMKC Law School. He married while in college and has six children. Tom has been a trial lawyer his entire career, starting with seven years as Assistant Federal Public Defender. His practice now focuses on trial …
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Estate Planning For Social Media
In this Brave New Digital World full of tweets, emails and status updates, and other undiscovered communication phenomena, different people embrace the new technologies to different degrees. We still have to face the fact that, aside from some troglodyte Baby Boomers, we live in a digital world. Photo credit: Jason A. Howie / Foter / CC BY Written …
Smile, You’re On Candid Traffic Cam: Traffic Cameras & KC Law
Most of you may know that Kansas City, Mo. has suspended its program to issue tickets from red light traffic cameras due to constitutional challenges that are now pending before the Missouri Supreme Court. If you have a received a camera red light ticket you may either pay it ($100) or appear in court and the ticket will be dismissed. Photo: …
Kansas City Law Firm Van Osdol & Magruder Encourages Entrepreneurs, Business Owners & CMOs To Protect Intellectual Property
When entrepreneurs set out to develop the next "big idea," protecting the intellectual property behind that idea may be the last thing on their mind. Additionally, Van Osdol & Magruder, The Biggest Little Law Firm® in Kansas City, has found that an entrepreneur may inadvertently prevent that new idea from ever seeing the light of day due to …