PRACTICE AREAS

Antitrust

Business Litigation

Jennifer Gille Bacon joined Shughart Thomson & Kilroy in 1976, as its 35th lawyer. She has built a substantial practice in business litigation and antitrust law, and an equally impressive record as a legal and civic leader. She served on the trial teams that obtained the largest business trial verdicts ever upheld in Missouri ($35 million and $70 million), and the largest settlement (over $400 million).

DISTINCTIONS

Junior Achievement’s "Top 25 Up & Comers"

Recognized by The Squire as one of Johnson County’s "powerful women"

Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers in 2005 recognized Jennifer as one of the Top 50 female lawyers in Missouri/Kansas

Ms. Bacon was selected for inclusion in Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2008 for business litigation

Ms. Bacon is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Commercial Litigation: 2008, 2009

Ms. Bacon was honored in the Kansas City Business Journal's "Best of the Bar" for 2008, 2009

COMMUNITY AND BAR INVOLVEMENT

The Missouri Bar

Missouri Bar President (1998-99)

Spurgeon Smithson Award for Extraordinary Service and Dedication to the Legal Profession (2003)

Chair, statewide Commissions on Multi-Jurisdictional and Multi-Disciplinary Practice

Board of Governors, representing the 24,000 lawyers of the state (1987)

Governing Council of the Young Lawyers Section, representing all lawyers age 35 and under (1979)

First woman chairperson (1985-86)

Missouri Supreme Court Advisory Committee (2005-present)

Chair (2008-present)

Missouri Judicial commission (2006-present)

Chair (2008-present)

American Bar Association

House of Delegates (2003-2006)

Lawyers Association of Kansas City

Served for eight years on the Jackson County Disciplinary Committee, which polices lawyer conduct in the Kansas City area

Gillis Center

Chair (1994)

Board of Directors (1987-1995)

Hallbrook Farms Homes Association

Board of Directors

Kansas City Club

Board of Directors (1990-1998)

President (1997)

Strategic Planning Committee Chair

Women’s Christian Association

Board of Directors (1996-present)

Chair (2003-2005)

Fund-Raising Campaign Chair

EDUCATION

J.D., University of Kansas School of Law, 1976, University of Kansas Law Review (1974-76), Note and Comment Editor (1975-76)

M.A., Psychology, Ohio State University, 1973

B.A., Psychology, Political Science and French, with honors, University of Kansas, 1971

BAR ADMISSIONS

# Missouri, 1976