Jennifer M. McAdam

Ms. McAdam is an associate in the business litigation department. She concentrates her practice assisting corporate policyholders in handling and litigating a broad range of insurance disputes. During her law school summers, she worked as a legal intern in the Office of the New York State Attorney General and in the Summer Honors Program of the New York City Law Department. She also served as judicial intern to the Honorable Nina Gershon, U.S. District Court, E.D.N.Y.

Prior to her legal career, Ms. McAdam worked in government relations and served as an intern in Congressman Dennis Moore’s Washington D. C. office.

Ms. McAdam has studied at language schools in San José, Costa Rica and Morelia, Mexico, and speaks Spanish proficiently.

Court Memberships

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

Honors

• Missouri Bar Young Lawyers' Section Pro Bono Award, 2011
• National Association of Women Lawyers Outstanding Graduate Award, 2007 
• Charles H. Revson Law Student Public Interest Fellowship, 2005 
• Hilden Gibson Award for Outstanding Graduate in the Social Sciences, 2000
• University & Community Service Scholarship, 2000 
• Alpha Kappa Delta, International Sociology Honor Society, 2000

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri, Legal Panel, 2008-present
• Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City
• Kansas Bar Association 
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section, Board of Directors, Chair of Public Service Committee, 2010-2012; Vice Chair of Public Service Committee, 2009-2010; KCMBA Bar Leadership Academy, Steering Committee, 2010-2011; Class of 2010; Ross T. Roberts Inn of Court, Barrister, 2007-2008
• KC LEGAL
• Legal Aid of Western Missouri, Board of Trustees, Intern, 2010-present
• The Midwestern Innocence Project, Kansas City Steering Committee, 2009-present
• The Missouri Bar, Gender and Justice Committee, 2007-present; Missouri Bar Leadership Academy, Class of 2009
• National Association of Women Lawyers 
• Planned Parenthood Advocates of Kansas and Mid-Missouri, Board of Directors, Treasurer, 2010-present
• United Way of Greater Kansas City, Key Accounts Ambassador, 2010

Publications

• Co-author, Law Enforcement Liability Insurance, New Appleman on Insurance Law Library Edition, Chapter 33, Volume 4, May 2011
• Co-author, Recent Developments in Insurance Law on Notice: The Continuing Trend Toward Requiring Prejudice, New Appleman on Insurance: Critical Issues in Insurance Law, July 2009
• Author, On the Verge of Collapse: the Missouri State Public Defender’s Caseload Crisis, KC Counselor, March 2009

Presentations

• New Legal Developments in Punitive Damages Coverage and Number of Occurrences, October 8, 2009