Recently, a resident of Prairie Village sent an anonymous letter to a neighbor complaining about a recreational vehicle parked in the neighbor’s driveway. The recipients of the letter did not in fact have a recreational vehicle in their driveway and reported the incident to local media outlets. Photo credit: mazaletel / Foter / CC BY Interestingly, …
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Restaurant Week
With the advent of Restaurant Week, we thought it might be a good idea to let our friends and clients know that this is an important area of practice for The Biggest Little Firm® in Kansas City. Over the past several years, our attorneys have been working with a growing number of clients in the restaurant and hospitality industry, representing …
Van Osdol & Magruder Names New President
As we ring in the New Year, our firm also proudly welcomes Paul Himmelstein as our new president. Paul succeeds Tom Willy, who stepped down Jan. 1. After about 20 years of Tom and Bob Beachy at the helm, we expect great things for 2015 and the future. Since Paul wasn’t paying close attention at the partners’ meeting at the end of last year, he got …
Attorney Profile: Thomas Bradshaw
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 …
Van Osdol Lawyers Give Thanks This November
This is a great time of year for us all to take stock and reflect on what is really important to us. Below are the thoughts of some of our lawyers: Photo credit: Korona Lacasse / Foter / CC BY “I am thankful for my friends and family and to work at a firm that not only encourages me to grow as an individual and as an attorney, but also allows me …
Everyone’s Got to Be Somewhere
As far back as anyone can remember, Terrell Van Osdol & Magruder, or Van Osdol Magruder Erickson & Redmond, and now Van Osdol & Magruder, has been one of Kansas City’s leading law firms. It has always been housed either in the Commerce Trust Building or the Commerce Tower. Effective this month we will no longer be in either of those …
