I can't remember a summer when I didn’t spend time on Pawley's Island, SC growing up. Every summer my parents would load my sister, brother and me into whatever station wagon we had at the time and away we would go - from East Tennessee through the North Carolina mountains to a small town in South Carolina, Bishopville, where my mom had grown up …
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Explore Kansas City’s Rich History: Law Firm Looks Back to the City’s Forgotten Harlem
Did you know there is a Harlem right here in River City? In fact, at one point this fifty-acre town was a thriving area where nearly 600 people lived on the north bank of the Missouri River, right by Wheeler Downtown Airport. Named after the same Dutch town as its more famous counterpart in New York City, it was originally a cluster of log …
Kansas City Business Lawyer Elizabeth Patterson Explains Family Foundations
Family Foundations are private foundations which are nongovernmental, nonprofit organizations usually funded from a single source, such as an individual, family or corporation. Generally, private foundations are established to aid social, educational, religious or other charitable activities through grant making. They are tax-exempt under Section …
Kansas City Law Firm Breaks Down the Fifth Amendment: Understanding Private Property and Your Rights
The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has so much meaningful content that it cannot be addressed in just one treatment or even two. In this article we will deal with the part of the amendment that says “…private property [shall not] be taken for public use, without just compensation”. That sounds simple enough, but when you drill down a …
Kansas City Law Firm Expands Practice: Offers Immigration Law
We are pleased to announce that Van Osdol has expanded its practice areas to include immigration law. Attorneys David Kim and Michael Grigsby will lead the team where they can put their cultural and linguistic skills in Korean and Chinese to use. They have just returned from the National American Immigration Lawyers Association Conference in Las …
Following Success of Big Five, KC Law Firm Examines What’s Next for Innovation in Kansas City
Some time ago the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce announced five big initiatives for the city to work on, which were purportedly attainable, but very important to the future of our community. At least one of them, Animal Health Leadership, was not only attainable, but has been declared attained and was replaced with a goal to provide …
