Christen D. Shepherd
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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 24 years of experience
Family Law, Child Custody, Guardianship, Adoption, Contracts
3111 Wyandotte Street, Suite 103, Kansas City, MO 64111
About Christen D. Shepherd
Practice Areas
- Family Law
- Child Custody
- Guardianship
- Adoption
- Contracts
Education
- University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, Missouri, 1999J.D.
- Honors: Chief Justice, Moot Court board
- Honors: UMKC Trial Team
- Law Review: University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review, Staff, 1997 - 1999
- The University of Texas, Austin, TX, 1987B.S.
- Major: Advertising
Classes and Seminars
- Moderator, Missouri Bar C.L.E. Programs
- Pro Se Dissolution Seminars, Legal Aid of Western MO, 2010 - Present
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Missouri, 1999
- Kansas, 2000
- U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 1999
- U.S. District Court District of Kansas, 2000
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Missouri
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Missouri
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1999
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
Other Affiliations
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1998 - Present (Member)
- American Bar Association (Member)
- Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member)
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Solo and Small Firm Committee (Co-Chair)
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Federal Courts Committee (Member)
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Criminal Law Committee (Member)
- Kansas Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute (D.R.I.)
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Domestic Law Committee (Member)
- Missouri Bar Association (Member)
- Lawyers Association of Kansas City, Board of Directors
- Lawyers Association of Kansas City, Committee for Public Education in the Law (Chair)
- Missouri Bar Association, Small Firm Internet Group (Member)
- Missouri Bar Association, Solo and Small Firm Committee (Member)
Past Positions
- Carmichael Lynch
- Mutual of Omaha
- TMP Worldwide Advertising, Account Manager, 1994 - 1996
- United States Attorney's Office, Kansas City, MO, Summer Intern, 1997
- Drug Task Force Unit of the Kansas City office of the Assistant United States Attorney, Kansas City, Drug Task Force Unit, 1997
- Wyrsch Hobbs Mirakian & Lee, Clerk/Associate, 1998 - 2001
- The Kenney Law Firm LLC, Partner, 2001 - 2004
- Martin Leigh Laws & Fritzlen, PC , 2004 - 2005
- Ferguson & Ferguson, Contract Attorney, 2005 - 2009
- Jayne Pearman, Esq., Contract Attorney, 2005 - 2009
Fees
- Accepts Credit Cards
Office Info
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- Child Custody
- Guardianship
- Adoption
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