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Thomas R. Buchanan
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Mr. Buchanan practices nationwide and has handled a broad range of litigation, including construction, environmental, commercial, business, employment discrimination, ERISA, insurance coverage and bad faith, product liability, professional liability, trade secrets, tort matters, and class action litigation. He has appeared as lead counsel in courts in Kansas, Missouri, Texas, Arkansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Maryland, North Carolina, and Florida. In addition to expertise in his varied litigation practice, he has well-developed problem-solving skills.
Construction. Lead attorney responsible for construction litigation in numerous jurisdictions.
Business and Commercial Litigation. Lead attorney handling contract, warranty, ERISA, trade secret, and other business litigation.
Tort Litigation. Lead attorney handling professional negligence, product liability, vehicle/trucking accident, and other tort claims.
Insurance and Bad Faith Litigation. Lead attorney handling insurance coverage and bad faith claims.
Environmental. Lead attorney responsible to defend Superfund contribution and other environmental contamination claims.
Employment and Discrimination. Lead attorney handling age, race, gender, and pregnancy discrimination cases as well as overtime and other pay issues.
Licensed to practice in Kansas, Missouri, and Colorado
Admitted to practice before United States Courts of Appeal for the Eighth and Tenth Circuits and United States District Courts for Kansas and Western District of Missouri
Member, American Bar Association (Forum on the Construction Industry, Litigation Section; Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section; Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee; and Professional’s Officers’ and Directors’ Liability Committee).
Member, Kansas Bar Association
Member, Missouri Bar Association
Member, Johnson County Bar Association (former President)
Member, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
Member, American Association for Justice
Member, Kansas Association for Justice
Member, Defense Research Institute
Member, Kansas Association of Defense Counsel
Served on Civil Bench Bar Committee, United States District Court for District of Kansas
Member, Earl E. O’Connor Inn, American Inns of Court* (co-founder, former secretary-treasurer, former president)
AV® Preeminent™ Rated by Martindale-Hubbell*
Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the
National Board of Trial Advocacy*
University of Kansas (J.D., 1980)
Washburn University (B.A., 1977, Philosophy)
Mr. Buchanan has worked with a number of charitable organizations, including membership in the Johnson County Bar Foundation, where he served as Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Johnson County CASA program, and, for a number of years, working with his wife on the Salvation Army Christmas Angel project, which helps indigent families during the holiday season. Mr. Buchanan was awarded the 1990 Kansas Bar Association Pro Bono Certificate for his work in providing legal representation to those less fortunate.