Brent N. Coverdale

Brent concentrates his practice on employment-related litigation and counseling, as well as general commercial litigation. This includes a focus on employee discrimination, wage and hour, and employee benefits, as well as unfair competition and covenants not to compete. Brent has been involved in cases and counseling on behalf of corporate employers all through the United States, including successful results at all levels of litigation, from motions to dismiss through appellate arguments.

Brent provides counseling to clients and has spoken on current topics to a variety of groups. Brent is licensed to practice in Missouri and Kansas, federal courts in Missouri, Kansas, and Colorado, and the Fifth, Eighth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal.

Brent's professional honors include:

• Order of the Coif
• Law Clerk, the Honorable Kathryn H. Vratil, United States District Court, for the District of Kansas

Brent's published articles include:

• Employment Law and Practice, Volume 37, Missouri Practice Series (Coordinating Editor) (1st Ed.)
• "Age Discrimination," ch.6, Mo. Employment Discrimination (MoBar 2000)
• "Practical Use of Criminal History Information by Kansas Employers," The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association (February 2006)
• "Military Leave: Your Company's Responsibility," Ingram's (December 2001)
• Comment, A New Look at Campaign Finance Reform: Regulation of Nonprofit Organizations Through the Tax Code, 45 Kan. L. Rev. 155 (1997)