Biography

Colby Rieke is an experienced domestic relations attorney focusing on family law and divorce with more than 19 years of experience in both Kansas and Missouri. Mr. Rieke focuses his practice on divorce, paternity, child custody, child support, and maintenance (alimony) cases, for both mother and father. Mr. Rieke represents business owners, C-suite executives, medical professionals, and their spouses in a variety of family law matters.

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Colby Rieke is an experienced domestic relations attorney focusing on family law and divorce with more than 19 years of experience in both Kansas and Missouri. Mr. Rieke focuses his practice on divorce, paternity, child custody, child support, and maintenance (alimony) cases, for both mother and father. Mr. Rieke represents business owners, C-suite executives, medical professionals, and their spouses in a variety of family law matters. He helps clients navigate complex business valuations, characterization of marital and non-marital assets, and child support and maintenance issues. Mr. Rieke employs creative solutions to complex, high net worth, contentious matters. He works with financial planners, forensic and valuation experts, accountants, and mental health professionals to ensure his clients have the best team to achieve their desired outcome.  His steadfast goal, prior to engaging in contested litigation, is to exhaust all possible efforts to negotiate, mediate, or otherwise amicably resolve each and every family law conflict in which he is involved. Yet, he is an experienced litigator when the matter remains unresolved.

Mr. Rieke is also experienced in the areas of estate planning and probate. This experience provides great value when analyzing complex property divisions, business valuations, and the preservation of marital and non-marital assets.

He was recognized by the Kansas City Business Journal as one of Twenty to Know – Legal in 2024.  Since 2019 he’s been named annually in Kansas and Missouri as a Super Lawyer® in the area of Family Law (2019 – 2024), and prior to that was named annually in Kansas and Missouri as a Rising Star® (2014 – 2018) in Family Law.

He has served as an Executive Board Member for McDowell, Rice, Smith and Buchanan since 2023, and is a member of the Firm’s Family Law & Divorce Practice Group, and the Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning Practice Group.

Mr. Rieke is also servant leader in his community.  He is a member of the St. Thomas Aquinas Board of Trustees, a member of the St. Thomas Aquinas Strategic Plan Committee, a member of the Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas Annual Golf Classic Committee, and he has volunteered at multiple other events and for many different charities throughout his career.

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Education

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law (J.D., 2004) University of Kansas School of Business (B.A., 2001, Business Administration with emphasis in Finance)


Bar Admissions

  • Kansas
  • Missouri

Recognitions

Colby L. Rieke Rated by Super Lawyers for 5 years Colby L. Rieke Rated 10 Top Attorney by Avvo

Distinctions

Johnson County Bar Association – Appointed as 2022-2023 President of the Family Law Section

Johnson County Bar Association – Appointed as 2021-2022 Vice President of the Family Law Section

Johnson County Bar Association – Appointed by review committee as 2021-2022 Committee Member of the Family Law Bench/Bar Guidelines

Missouri and Kansas Rising Stars, Family Law: 2014-2018

Johnson County Bar Association – Appointed as 2021-2022 Secretary of the Family Law Section

Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers, Family Law: 2019,  Rising Star, Family Law: 2014 – 2018

Kansas City Business Journal:  Recognized by the Kansas City Business Journal as one of twenty attorneys to know in Kansas City in 2024,  Twenty to Know – Legal.

Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers, Family Law: 2019 – 2024,  Rising Star, Family Law: 2014 – 2018

Memberships

  • Kansas Bar Association
  • Missouri Bar Association
  • Johnson County Bar Association
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
  • The Catholic Lawyers Guild of Kansas City
  • Wealth Counsel Member

Community

  • St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Overland Park, KS) – Board of Trustees 2023 – Present
  • St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Overland Park, KS) Strategic Planning Committee: 2024 – Present
  • Snow Ball patron Committee Member, Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas – 2016 – 2018
  • Catholic Charities Golf Classic Committee Member, Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas – 2015 - Present