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Donna Smidt
(816) 460-5413

2345 Grand Blvd.
Suite 2800
Kansas City, MO 64108

Practices
Tort Litigation
Business Litigation Environmental Intellectual Property


Industries
Agribusiness

Additional Information
Publications
Professional Affiliations
Honors


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J.A. "Jay" Felton

Experience
Mr. Felton has represented clients throughout the United States in litigation matters involving tort, contract, intellectual property, and environmental issues. He also serves as an outside general counsel for a number of clients.

Law Clerk, The Honorable John R. Gibson, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1989-90.

Adjunct Instructor, University of Missouri, Honors College, 1997-2005, teaching Issues for the 21st Century.

Education
  • University of Virginia, J.D., 1989
  • University of Missouri - Columbia, B.A., magna cum laude, 1986
Admissions
  • Missouri, 1989
Court Memberships
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth, Eighth and Tenth Circuits
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
Honors
  • Martindale-Hubbell® "AV" Rating
  • Outstanding Lawyers of America, 2005, 2006, 2007 
  • Hardy Cross Dillard Scholar (University of Virginia School of Law)
  • Phi Beta Kappa, 1986
  • First Student Representative, Curators of the University of Missouri, 1985-86
Professional Affiliations
  • Missouri Biotechnology Association, Board of Directors, 2006-present
  • Aphasia Hope Foundation, Board of Directors, 2003-present
  • Boy Scouts of America; Pony Express Council Advisory Board, 1996-present
  • University of Missouri, Jefferson Club, Trustee, 2004-present
  • University of Missouri Alumni Association, Executive Board, 2001-2003
  • Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce; Centurions Leadership Program, 1995-97
  • Missouri Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Missouri Program, 1994
  • American Bar Association
  • The Missouri Bar
  • Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers
  • The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
Publications
  • Legal Columnist, The Missouri Soybean Farmer
  • Notes Editor, Virginia Journal of International Law, 1987-89
01/01/2006 Missouri Soybean Farmer January 2006 - The Option Nobody Wants to Think About
12/01/2005 Missouri Soybean Farmer December 2005 - The Season for Giving
01/01/2005 Missouri Soybean Farmer January 2005 - Close the Gate

Press Releases
05/07/2008 Jay Felton Selected for U.S. Air Force National Security Forum





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