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 …
Magruder Report: Coming Soon to a Voting Booth Near You?
America has struggled for decades with ‘affirmative action’, the practice that gives advantageous treatment to racial minorities who were subject to discriminatory practices in the past. Today, some see affirmative action as necessary to assist racial minorities to keep pace with the white majority in the areas of education and government …
Rating Organizations Give Van Osdol & Magruder Lawyers Five Stars
The various lawyer rating services have once again honored Van Osdol & Magruder and its attorneys, perhaps an indication that we are pretty good at helping our clients. (Photo: MConnors, morguefile.com) Super Lawyers Super Lawyers annually recognizes attorneys who have been nominated by their peers as the top 5 percent of all lawyers in …
Blowin’ In The Wind: Van Osdol & Magruder Reviews Kansas Renewable Energy Standards Act
You have no doubt heard some discussion of renewable energy in the form of windmills in Kansas. Much debate has raged and we are now in a position to give the definitive opinion on the future of wind energy. The unequivocal answer is: It’s anybody’s guess. In 2009, Kansas enacted the Renewable Energy Standards Act, basically requiring the state …
The Kansas City Star Announces: Missouri launches five-year campaign to nurture economic development
Here is an article from the Kansas City Star written by Kevin Collison. The article breaks down the economic development campaign implemented by Gov. Jay Nixon. The five-year campaign will focus on multiple industries for economic growth. Missouri launches five-year campaign to nurture economic development Gov. Jay Nixon laid out a five-year plan …
