Brett Coppage Helps Organize Cycling Event to Raise Funds for Operation Breakthrough
Lathrop & Gage attorney Brett Coppage has served on the committee that has organized a series of high-profile professional/amateur bicycle races that will take place June 26 - 28, 2009, in Lee's Summit and Kansas City, Mo. Held under the auspices of KCBike.com, Operation Breakthrough, and SKC Communications, the first annual Breakthrough Tour of Kansas City will benefit Operation Breakthrough, which helps children who are living in poverty develop to their fullest potential by providing them a safe and educational environment.
The event features races and activities for kids all weekend, a Sunday Family Fun Ride, and coincides with the Kansas City Downtown Art Festival on Sunday, June 28th. The races are all criteriums, which feature groups of racers speeding around a short circuit (usually under 1 mile) multiple times. These criteriums provide high speeds and tight corners. Friday evening's race starts at 5:30 p.m. next to Longview Community College, with Saturday’s races taking place in downtown Lee’s Summit from 2 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Top pro/am racers from the region will also compete at the Sunday events take place in downtown Kansas City, Mo., just to the west of the Kansas City Power & Light District, from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
In addition to his civic leadership activities, Mr. Coppage is a competitive cyclist. A graduate of the UMKC School of Law, he focuses his legal practice on representing clients in litigated and non-litigated business-to-business disputes such as breach of contract matters, loan enforcement actions, construction matters, insurance disputes, regulatory matters, business torts and professional liability matters. He served as law clerk to the Honorable Jay A. Daugherty, 16th Circuit of Missouri from 2007 to 2008. His prior experience includes working as an intern for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Missouri and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Agricultural Division.
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