PRACTICE AREAS

Business Litigation

Product Liability

Kathleen A. Hardee has over 23 years experience representing clients in business disputes, securities and investment disputes, product liability issues and disputes relating to the transportation industry. She has tried many cases, including several high profile matters which drew substantial attention of the press. Ms. Hardee serves as national litigation counsel for many of her business clients and she has defended them in disputes as well as represented them at trial throughout the country. She also works with and advises clients in matters of risk avoidance by performing analysis in an attempt to reduce litigation exposure.

Types of clients include: independent investment advisors or money managers; businesses in commercial disputes; businesses doing work on a national or international basis; businesses looking to proactively work to minimize their liability risks; businesses that manufacture products for which they have or could be sued for injuries relating to those products; transportation carriers and brokers.

COMMUNITY AND BAR INVOLVEMENT

The Missouri Bar

Kansas Bar Association

American Bar Association

Litigation and Business Sections

Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys

Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association

Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City (1989-94)

Trained mediator

Awesome Ambitions, President, Program Director and Board of Directors

Greater Kansas City Women's Foundation, Volunteer Fundraising Committee

Central Exchange, Member

National Association of Professional Women, Member

American Club Association Business Network, Member

United Cerebral Palsy of Kansas, Board of Directors

Seamless Dance Theater, Inc., Board of Directors

eWomen Network, Leadership Council

Skywalk Memorial Foundation, Inc., Legal Advisor

Special Olympics of Kansas, Volunteer

NOTABLE EXPERIENCE

Representation of investment advisors against claims of negligence relating to the management of clients’ portfolios.

Representation of a furnace manufacturer in wrongful death cases arising from asbestos exposure.

Representation of a pharmaceutical company in products-liability litigation.

Representation of a sports equipment manufacturer in wrongful death case alleging product defect.

Representation of plaintiff in products-liability case in which plaintiff was seriously injured by defect in manufacturing machinery.

Representation of residential care providers in wrongful death cases alleging negligent care of residents.

Ongoing representation of various clients relating to disputes in transportation law.

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Investment Advisor Newsletter

June 01, 2006

The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act:

Five Years After Implementation, Does the Emperor Wear Clothes?

Creighton Law Review

EDUCATION

J.D., University of Kansas School of Law, 1986

B.S.W., with distinction, University of Kansas, 1983

BAR ADMISSIONS

Missouri, 1986

Kansas, 1989