Kansas City, Mo. – August 17, 2026: Rouse Frets White, P.C. is pleased to announce the addition of Matt Geary to the law firm. Matt is a public law attorney and litigator who uses his 20-plus years of legal experience to help developers, cities and other clients achieve their goals.
With a city attorney background and extensive knowledge of municipal government matters, Matt successfully represents cities, property and business owners, and developers in zoning and land use matters, including special use permit approvals, condemnation, regulatory takings, licensing disputes, and constitutional issues. Matt is also a seasoned litigator at the federal, state, and appellate levels representing clients across a wide variety of industries. This litigation and conflict resolution experience informs Matt’s transactional practice and allows him to develop effective solutions when his clients face disputes.
Matt also has extensive experience representing surety companies in a wide variety of litigation and arbitration claim situations. Matt is adept in analyzing and defending claims on construction performance and payment bonds, financial institution bonds, commercial crime policies, and commercial bond claims. Matt is a frequent presenter and author on topics impacting the surety industry.
About the Public Law Practice Group: The firm’s Public Law Practice Group attorneys assist clients in obtaining approval of changes in zoning and development entitlements such as variances and the issuance of building permits as well as practicing before administrative bodies on matters related to regulatory compliance. They also assist clients in obtaining the approval of economic development incentives. Click to view a project map of work the firm has completed.
About the firm’s Litigation Practice Group: The firm’s Litigation Practice Group attorneys have more than 250 years of combined trial and appellate court experience, including business-to-business cases, individual and business cases, simple two-party disputes, and complex class action cases. The Litigation Practice Group has collective experience in more than 40 states and in eight federal circuits, including more than 500 bench and jury trials.
About the Surety and Fidelity Law Practice Group: The law firm’s Surety and Fidelity Law Practice Group represents leading surety companies in a wide variety of litigation and arbitration claim situations. The group’s attorneys analyze and defend claims on performance and payment bonds, commercial bonds, financial institution bonds, and commercial crime policies. In addition to their decades of experience, our attorneys are frequent authors and presenters on topics impacting the surety industry and hold leadership positions with the American Bar Association’s Fidelity and Surety Law Committee and the Surety Claims Institute.
About the firm: Rouse Frets White offers highly skilled lawyers in many practice areas with vast real-world experience. Our clients benefit from blue-ribbon talent unencumbered by mega firm business models.
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