Robert Adams KC KC > Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP > Kansas City, United States > Lawyer Profile

Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Offices

Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
2555 GRAND BOULEVARD
KANSAS CITY, MO 64108
MISSOURI
United States
Visit website 1 816 474 6550 1 816 421 5547

Robert Adams KC KC

Robert Adams KC photo
816.474.6550 [email protected] View profile

Position

Partner and Co-Chair, General Liability Litigation Practice Group

Career

Rob is a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and is listed in the Best Lawyers of America and Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association named Rob a Dean of the Trial Bar and Missouri Lawyers Weekly honored him as “Missouri Lawyer of the Year.” Rob practices in the areas of products liability, intellectual property litigation, insurance coverage litigation and commercial litigation. He has first-chaired more than 30 jury trials in several different federal and state courts. He has made numerous arguments in appellate courts throughout the country. Rob has been recognized repeatedly by Chambers USA, with one client noting Rob as an “outstanding lawyer, very responsive and successful in resolving matters for us.”

Rob has been an active member of various bar organizations over his career. By appointment from the Missouri Supreme Court, Rob acts as the chair for the Missouri Approved Instruction Committee, which drafts instructions for use in civil cases. He has also served on the Missouri Bar Board of Governors, the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers Board of Directors and the Board of Directors of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association. Rob is also member of the Product Liability Advisory Council. He is on the firm’s Executive Committee.

Memberships

  • American College of Trial Lawyers, Jury Committee, Vice Chair
  • International Academy of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
  • American Board of Trial Advocates
  • Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
  • Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers, Board of Directors
  • Missouri Approved Instruction Committee, Chair

Education

J.D., University of Missouri – Columbia School of Law, 1987
Missouri Law Review
B.A., University of Kansas, 1984

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Insurance > Advice to insurers

Based mainly between the firm’s Chicago and Kansas City offices, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP ‘s insurer-side team is co-led by four seasoned insurance specialists, including three in Missouri: first-chair trial lawyer Rob Adams, Doug Beck, general liability and appellate-focused Sarah Lynn Baltzell, and two in Chicago: environmental liability specialist Matthew Sitzer and versatile litigator David Schoenfeld. The group is routinely engaged by major carriers to navigate coverage issues related to toxic torts, fiduciary liability, fraud, advertising injury, personal injury, and more, and garnered significant experience handling COVID-19 business interruption cases and various other high-exposure matters. Another key area of work is bad faith disputes and extra-contractual litigation, an area where Beck specializes, and Chicago-based Matthew Wolfe‘s practice encompasses coverage disputes sparked by data, IP, and privacy matters, mass torts, construction defects, and product liabilities. In Kansas City, W. Clark Richardson acts for clients in a wide array of coverage and bad faith actions, and Taylor Markway is adept in state and federal appeals.

Lawyer Rankings

Top Tier Firm Rankings

Firm Rankings