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2345 Grand Blvd.
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Kansas City, MO 64108

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Tort Litigation Business Litigation

Industries
Railroad

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Douglas R. Dalgleish

Experience
Mr. Dalgleish has tried numerous jury cases, and argued appellate cases in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth and Seventh Circuits, the Court of Appeals for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri, the Third Circuit of Louisiana and the Missouri Supreme Court. His experience includes:
  • Lead trial counsel in successful defense of breach of coal supply utility contract lawsuit involving hundreds of millions dollars of 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 for client in major arbitration involving intermodal rail and trucking issues
  • Successfully obtained summary judgment for national manufacturer in structural engineering case after major storage facility collapsed
  • Obtained defense verdicts in multiple personal injury FELA lawsuits
  • Obtained millions of dollars in settlements in plaintiff personal injury litigation involving wrongful death, negligence, product liability and breach of contract claims
  • Counsel for major Internet provider in novel copyright and discovery litigation
  • Litigated and handled seminal Missouri Supreme Court O'Malley case establishing work product opinion protection
  • Successful representation in complex commercial arbitration involving master revenue apportionment contract.

Education
  • Stanford Law School, J.D., 1985
  • University of Kansas, B.S., with highest distinction, 1982
Admissions
  • Missouri, 1985
  • Kansas, 2005
Court Memberships
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
  • U.S. District Court for the Central and Northern Districts of Illinois
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh and Eighth Circuits
Honors
  • Named as Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition, 2008
  • Member, American Board of Trial Advocates
  • Martindale-Hubbell® "AV" Trial Rating
  • Named to Best of the United States, Lawyer Section, 2006
  • Selected among The Best Lawyers in America®, 2005 - 2009
  • Selected as "Leading Lawyer" by Chambers USA, 2004 -- 2007
  • Selected for Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 
  • 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 -- 2005
  • 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
  • Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers
  • 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, Thermography in Missouri's Courts: Is the Frye Standard Alive and Well?, 60 UMKC L. Rev. 467, (Spring, 1992).
  • Author, Woytus and Ex Parte Physician Interviews in Missouri, 47 Missouri Bar Journal 265, (June, 1991)
07/01/2007 InsideCounsel - The State of Litigation 2007 - Operating in an Environment of Eroding Privilege

In The News
01/26/2007 Kansas City Business Journal: Lawyers work to overcome jury bias against corporate clients

Press Releases
10/23/2008 52 Lathrop & Gage Attorneys Named Super Lawyers
09/22/2008 National Best Lawyers Roster Includes 50 Lathrop & Gage Attorneys
06/13/2008 Lathrop & Gage's National Chambers USA Roster Grows in 2008
03/21/2008 Business Litigators Named Super Lawyers
11/05/2007 45 Lathrop & Gage Attorneys Named Super Lawyers
06/15/2007 Lathrop & Gage's National Chambers USA Roster Grows in 2007
09/06/2006 National Best Lawyers Roster Includes 36 Lathrop & Gage Attorneys
06/02/2006 L&G Earns National Recognition for Six Practices and 13 Attorneys
10/12/2005 24 Lathrop & Gage Attorneys Named to Best Attorneys Network
10/26/2004 25 Lathrop & Gage Attorneys Selected as Best Lawyers 2005
01/05/2004 Lathrop & Gage Announces New Executive Committee Members

Newsletters
10/20/2006 Recent Honors for Lathrop & Gage Attorneys - Litigation Insert No. 5 - Fall 2006
10/20/2006 Litigation Newsletter, In-Court Report No. 5 -- Fall 2006
02/05/2005 Litigation Newsletter, In-Court Report No. 2 -- Winter 2005
09/23/2004 Litigation Newsletter, In-Court Report No. 1 -- Fall 2004





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