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Michael L. Blumenthal

Practice Emphasis

  • Employment Litigation
  • Non-Compete Enforcement Litigation
  • Human Resources Counseling and Policy Development

Professional Associations

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
    • Labor & Employment Law Committee (former Chair)
  • Society for Human Resource Management
  • Society for Human Resource Management of Johnson County (Past President, Vice President, and Chair of the Government and Legal Affairs Committee)
  • American Employment Law Council

Education

  • University of Kansas
    • J.D., 1992
    • Publications Editor for The Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy
  • University of Kansas
    • B.A., 1989
    • “Hilltopper” Award recipient

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Mike’s legal career has been devoted to representing management in workplace legal issues.  Mike is known as an aggressive and passionate trial lawyer.  He is admitted to the bars of Kansas, Missouri, and Georgia and has defended lawsuits in more than twenty states.  Mike is often called upon by other lawyers to mediate and arbitrate employment and civil rights lawsuits, and he is known as a dynamic trainer on human resources issues.  Mike’s professional honors include:

  • Recognized as one of the “The Top 50” lawyers in Kansas City and one of “The Top 100” lawyers in the states of Missouri and Kansas by the publishers of KC Magazine.
  • Named a Missouri & Kansas “Super Lawyer” by the publishers of KC Magazine in the field of labor and employment law.
  • Included in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of labor and employment law.
  • Named one of The Best Lawyers in Kansas City by Ingram’s magazine.
  • Recognized by The Kansas City Business Journal as “Best of the Bar” in the area of labor and employment law.
  • Rated AV® Preeminent by the Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating system.  This rating is given only to those lawyers who have reached the height of professional excellence. 
  • Named by Chambers USA as a “Leading Individual” in the Kansas City area in the field of labor and employment law. 

Mike serves as a Master in the Ross T. Roberts Inn of Court, an educational program sponsored by the United States District Court for Western District of Missouri designed to help enhance the trial skills of young lawyers.

Mike’s published articles include 10 The Labor Lawyer 19, The Defendant’s Perspective: Ethical Considerations In Representing and Counseling Multiple Parties In Employment Litigation (1994), and 1 The Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy 155, Warning! Collective Bargaining Can Be Hazardous To Your Health (1991).

Mike also holds the rank of Yondan (fourth degree black belt) in Okinawan Kenpo Karate and the rank of Shodan (first degree black belt) in Taiko Ryu Jujitsu and teaches traditional karate and jujitsu at the Kansas City Karate Club.