Brian B. Myers

Mr. Myers serves as General Counsel for the firm and Chair of the firm’s Professional Responsibility Committee.   

For more than 30 years, Mr. Myers has represented clients in complex business litigation, arbitrations and mediations. He has extensive experience in insurance, real estate, and contract claims, and has served as lead counsel in many major commercial cases. A significant portion of his practice for the past decade has been devoted to insurance coverage matters.

Court Memberships

• Missouri
• U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Honors

• Martindale-Hubbell® “AV” Rating

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association, Litigation Section and Center for Professional Responsibility
• The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
• Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers
• Member, Board of Directors, The Children’s Place
• City Council Member, City of Mission Woods, Kansas, 1991-2001
• Graduate, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Mid-Western Regional

Publications

• Co-author, “Recent Developments in Insurance Law on Notice: The Continuing Trend Toward Requiring Prejudice,” New Appleman on Insurance: Current Critical Issues in Insurance Law (Summer 2009), Matthew Bender & Company, Inc., 2009

Presentations

• Speaker, Representing Insureds: Ethical Conflicts of Interest and Other Challenging Issues, Lathrop & Gage
• Speaker, Legal Ethics 101, and Legal Ethics 701, Lathrop & Gage
• Speaker, Lloyd’s: The Basics, American Corporate Counsel Association of Kansas City and St. Louis
• Speaker, Lloyd’s: The Basics, American Corporate Counsel Association of St. Louis
• Speaker, Lloyd’s, Risk and Insurance Management Society, Kansas City