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Karen Tilma
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10851 Mastin Boulevard
Building 82, Suite 1000
Overland Park, KS 66210-1669

Practices
Corporate & General Business Financial Institutions
Real Estate Government Relations


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Harry E. Wigner, Jr.

Experience
Mr. Wigner has extensive experience in all aspects of real estate development. In recent years he has had primary responsibility for obtaining zoning and other permits and for negotiating financing, construction, leasing and sale agreements and deed restrictions, for many prominent projects in Kansas and elsewhere. Among those developments were: a 100+ acre high-end multi-building office park; a medical center campus; a 100+ acre "mega" church campus financed with bonds; a multi-building warehouse complex; a factory financed with industrial revenue bonds; high end residential developments in Kansas and the mountains of Colorado; and a 600+ acre mixed use development consisting of commercial, industrial and office components. He has successfully negotiated state and local government incentive packages. His 4 years on the Kansas Development Finance Authority and 12 years on a suburban planning commission have enhanced his skills in securing bond financing and zoning for his clients.

Harry has represented banks, other commercial lenders and many commercial borrowers during his career. He has documented, worked out or foreclosed numerous loan facilities including equipment leases, letters of credit, asset based lines of credit, construction loans and other real estate loans.

Mr. Wigner maintains an active corporate practice. Besides negotiating particular contracts for his clients (e.g., the purchase or sale of businesses or assets), he brings his years of experience to bear in advising them on day to day matters and in coordinating the use of other Lathrop & Gage attorneys' expertise when appropriate. His clients are engaged in diverse activities including international software installations, newspaper publishing, retailing, resort operations and manufacturing.

Education
  • University of Michigan Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 1980
  • University of Kansas, B.A., with highest distinction and with honors, 1977
Admissions
  • Missouri, 1980
  • Kansas, 1984
Honors
  • Selected for Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008
  • Martindale-Hubbell® "AV" Rating
  • Who's Who in American Law
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Phi Kappa Phi
  • Omicron Delta Kappa
Professional Affiliations
  • Member, American Bar Association, Antitrust Section
  • Kansas Bar Association, Business Law Committee
  • The Missouri Bar
  • Johnson County Bar Association
  • Kansas Development Finance Authority, Director, 1987-91; Vice Chair, 1990-91
  • Prairie Village Planning Commission, Member, 1986-1998; Vice Chair, 1987-92; Chair, 1992-1998
  • Kansas Teacher of the Year Regional Steering Committee, 1992-1995
  • National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame, Board of Governors and Board of Directors, 1995-2002
  • Wonderscope, Inc., Director, 1989-95; President 1992-95
  • Economic Lifelines Coordinating Committee, Johnson County Co-Chair, 1988-89
  • Committee for Excellence in Shawnee Mission Schools, 1986-87
  • Greater Kansas City YMCA, Southwest District Board of Managers, 1993-1996; Invest in Youth Campaign, Team Captain, 1982-87; Division Manager, 1987-89; Kansas Public Policy Committee, 1993-1995
  • Leadership Kansas, 1989
  • Who's Who in American Law
  • Johnson County Civic/Cultural Center Task Force, 1984-85
  • Old Mission United Methodist Church Administrative Board, 1985-89
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Phi Kappa Phi
  • Omicron Delta Kappa
  • Mortarboard
Presentations
  • Guest speaker: "Commercial Real Estate Leasing in Kansas"
  • "Basic Corporate Law in Kansas"
  • "Dealing with Locally Unwanted Land Uses"
  • "Risk Allocation in Mortgages"




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