Tiffany A. McFarland is teaching Family Law Practice as an Adjunct Professor at UMKC Law School in 2016-2017.

Tiffany A. McFarland has been selected to serve as Vice Chair of the Family Law Section of the Johnson County Bar Association.

Kansas City Business Journal, Feb. 3rd, 2017
By: James Dornbrook

http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2017/02/03/mcdowell-rice-orme-president.html

At its 2017 Annual Meeting, McDowell Rice Smith & Buchanan, PC, proudly announced that Kristie Remster Orme was elected as the President of the firm. The firm’s Shareholders elected Ms. Orme as the first woman to serve as the President in the same year the firm celebrates its 70th anniversary (1947 – 2017).
During her 19 years with the firm, Ms. Orme has been active in firm management, serving as the firm’s General Counsel, as a member of the Executive Board of Directors and a mentor for young lawyers at the firm.
“I am proud to lead McDowell Rice into the future as we continue to achieve excellence in advising and providing legal services to our clients in the greater Kansas City area and across the country,” said Ms. Orme.
Ms. Orme is an experienced litigator, focusing on complex commercial litigation and representation of banking and financial service providers. Ms. Orme has extensive litigation experience in the state courts of Missouri, Kansas, and Iowa, in federal courts across the nation, including the Bankruptcy Courts of both Missouri and Kansas, and before arbitration panels. She also has appellate experience in both state and federal courts. She makes it a priority to work with clients to develop early litigation strategies which are designed to maximize results while minimizing costs.
Ms. Orme is a member of the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Banking & Financial Services Groups. Ms. Orme represents individuals and business clients from the private sector as well as governmental agencies in complex contract, antitrust, tax, real estate, RICO claims, alter ego/successor liability, business torts, defamation, malicious prosecution/abuse of process and other commercial disputes nationwide. She also represents banks and individuals in loan enforcement workout and litigation matters. She is a former assistant attorney general and also represents businesses and individuals responding to regulatory inquiries and investigations by governmental agencies.
Ms. Orme is a member of the Kansas Bar Association, the Missouri Bar Association, the Iowa Bar Association, the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, and the Johnson County Bar Association. She is a Litigation Counsel of America Fellow, and has been named to the Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers® list for the past four years, and the Rising Star® list for three years. She is AV® Preeminent™ rated by Martindale-Hubbell, and is also listed on the Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers.
Ms. Orme earned her J.D., from the University of Kansas School of Law, where she was Order of the Coif, a member of the National Moot Court Team and a Teaching Assistant for both Trial and Appellate Advocacy courses. She earned her B.A., cum laude, from Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa, where she was a Presidential Fellow.  She is admitted to practice in Missouri, Kansas and Iowa, and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th and 10th Circuits, the U.S. Tax Court and the U.S. District Courts for the Western District of Missouri and the District of Kansas.

Concurrent with the election of Ms. Orme as President, the firm also announced that R. Pete Smith as Chairman, Thomas R. Buchanan, Jonathan A. Margolies, and Greg T. Spies were re-elected to the Executive Board of Directors. Also re-elected were Charles W. Smiley as Secretary and Ronald S. Bronstein as Treasurer. Additionally, Michael J. Gorman was elected as Executive Vice President and Donald G. Scott was elected as General Counsel.

The firm is also pleased to announce that Patrick C. Guinness was elected as a Shareholder.

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (November 9, 2016) McDowell Rice Smith & Buchanan, PC, announced that David Andrew Jack joined the Firm as an Associate.  Mr. Jack is a member of the Firm’s following practice groups:  Banking & Financial Services, Corporate & Business Transactions, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, and Real Estate Law.  His practice focuses on commercial litigation and condemnation law.  He has represented banks, pipeline companies, and other entities, and handles all phases of litigation.

Mr. Jack brings a strong business background to his legal practice.  Prior to attending Washburn University School of Law, where he graduated with honors and was a staff member on the Washburn Law Journal, Mr. Jack earned an M.B.A. from Baker University.  He passed the Series 6, Series 7 and Series 24 securities licensure exams and joined an asset management and financial planning company where he worked on regulatory and compliance matters.  Mr. Jack also holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from the University of Kansas.  He is licensed to practice law in Missouri and Kansas. 

Congratulations to the following attorneys who have been selected to the 2016 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars Lists in their primary practice area.  The announcement will appear in the 2016 Super Lawyers® Magazine for Missouri & Kansas, published November 3. 2016:

Super Lawyers® List:

Thomas R. Buchanan – Business Litigation
Michael J. Gorman – Business Litigation
Robert D. Maher – Creditor Debtor Rights
Jonathan A. Margolies – Bankruptcy: Business                                                                   
Kristie Remster Orme – Business Litigation
R. Pete Smith – Business Litigation                                                                                           
Greg T. Spies – Business Litigation
Louis J. Wade – Bankruptcy: Business
Tiffany A. McFarland – Family Law

Rising Star List:

Adam J. Gasper – Banking

Congratulations to Tiffany A. McFarland* and Robert D. Maher** on having been selected by their peers to the honor of Best of the Bar for 2016 as published by The Kansas City Business Journal for their work in the following practice areas:

Tiffany A. McFarland – Family Law

Robert D. Maher – Creditor/Bank Rights, Real Estate, Corporate

Tiffany may be contacted at 816-753-5400.  Rob may be contacted by calling his direct dial at 816-960-7393.   

*Honored 2014 – Present

**Honored 2016

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, (September 19, 2016) - McDowell Rice Smith & Buchanan PC, announced that Michael J. Kelly has joined the Firm on September 12, 2016 as an Associate.         

Mr. Kelly is a member of the Firm’s Construction & Architect/Engineer Law practice group, and the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice group.  He brings with him extensive experience in the areas of general civil litigation, professional liability, malpractice, and FELA claims.  

Mr. Kelly obtained his J.D. and Advocacy Certificate in 2011 from The University of Kansas School of Law where he was a member of the Jessup International Moot Court Team.  He was the Vice President of the St. Thomas Moore Society, and also received the Kansas Association for Justice Advocacy Award.    

Mr. Kelly holds a B.A. degree in Electronic Journalism with minors in Political Science and Leadership Studies from Kansas State University.  He is admitted to both the Missouri and Kansas Bar Associations.

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (September 19, 2016) McDowell Rice Smith & Buchanan, PC, announced that Staci Olvera Schorgl joined the Firm as a Shareholder.  Ms. Schorgl is a member of the Firm’s Banking & Financial Services Group, Employment Law Group, Corporate and Business Transactions Group, and Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group.  She practices in the areas of commercial litigation, products liability, class action, and employment litigation and has experience in litigating matters through all phases, including case strategy, depositions, hearings, trial preparation, trial and appeals.

Ms. Schorgl has obtained favorable results in jury and bench trials in personal injury, products liability and commercial disputes, and through alternative dispute resolution methods including arbitration and mediation. She has designed and implemented processes for preservation, collection and production of electronically stored information in connection with recent amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure pertaining to e-discovery.

Ms. Schorgl obtained her J.D. With Distinction from The University of Missouri – Kansas City, School of Law in 1999, graduating first in her class.  While attending law school, Ms. Schorgl was a National Moot Court Team Member and served as administrative editor of the UMKC Law Review. She received best overall in the Ellison Moot Court competition, the John L. Sheridan Award for Best Overall Advocate and the UMKC Outstanding Academic Achievement Award.  One of her Law Review publications was recognized in the “Worth Reading--Constitutional Law” section of the National Law Journal.  Ms. Schorgl is licensed to practice law in both Missouri and Kansas.

Congratulations to R. Pete Smith* and Jonathan A. Margolies** on having been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 23rd Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© for their work in the following practice areas: 

R. Pete Smith - Litigation – Bankruptcy  

Jonathan A. Margolies - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; and Litigation – Bankruptcy

*Selected 1987 – Present

**Selected 2010 – Present