Douglas R. Dalgleish

Mr. Dalgleish has tried numerous jury trials and argued appellate cases throughout the United States. His experience includes:

• Successful defense of shareholder derivative litigation and trial
• Lead trial counsel in successful defense of breach of coal supply utility contract lawsuit involving hundreds of millions of dollars in damages
• Successfully represented major landowners in defense against claim by Indian Tribe under ancient treaties to reclaim major portion of modern day Kansas City, Kansas
• National counsel in multidistrict litigation and class actions involving fiber optic right of way litigation
• Successful counsel in multiple arbitrations involving transportation and contract disputes
• Successfully obtained summary judgment for national manufacturer in structural engineering case after storage facility collapse
•  Successful defense of putative toxic tort class action
• Obtained defense verdicts in multiple personal injury lawsuits
• Extensive trial experience in wrongful death, negligence and product claims in diverse areas including biomechanics, fireworks, shootings, fires and explosions
• Counsel for major Internet provider in novel copyright and discovery litigation
• Handled seminal Missouri Supreme Court O’Malley case establishing work product opinion protection
• Successful defense of environmental claims and injunction request under NEPA and related laws for major industrial development
• Obtained trial verdict and collected damages in malicious protection claim

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Court Memberships

• Kansas
• Missouri
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit 
• U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Honors

• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers

• Selected among The Best Lawyers in America®, 2005 - 2013 
• Named among Missouri's “litigation stars” by Benchmark Litigation
• Named as Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition
• Member, American Board of Trial Advocates
• Martindale-Hubbell® “AV” Trial Rating
• Named to Best of the United States, Lawyer Section
• Selected among The Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation and Railroad Law, 2011-2012 
• Selected as “Leading Lawyer” by Chambers USA, 2004 - 2012
• Selected for Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers, 2005-2012
• Selected for Best Attorneys Network Directory, 2005
• Elected as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, 2007
• Named Best of the Bar by the Kansas City Business Journal, 2004 - 2012
• Selected as a “Top Lawyer Under 40” by Missouri Lawyers Weekly newspaper
• R. Hunter Summers Memorial Trial Practice Award (Stanford Law School)
• Summerfield Scholar (University of Kansas)

Professional Affiliations

• The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
• The Missouri Bar
• Kansas Bar Association
• American Bar Association, Litigation Section
• Adjunct Professor, Trial Practice, University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School, 1993-2001

Publications

• Author, Supreme Court of Missouri Protects Intangible Work Product, 52 Mo. Bar. J. 172 (June, 1991)
• Author, Woytus and Ex Parte Physician Interviews in Missouri, 47 Missouri Bar Journal 265, (June, 1991)
• Author, Thermography in Missouri’s Courts: Is the Frye Standard Alive and Well?, 60 UMKC L. Rev. 467, (Spring, 1992)