Kathryn T. Alsobrook

Experience

Katy is a litigation attorney who focuses on employment and workplace law. Her clients are both large and small employers, including private companies, government agencies and schools, including institutions of secondary and higher education. Katy enjoys the challenge of gathering, verifying, and sorting through layers, including conducting workplace investigations, in order to determine the best path forward for her clients. Having represented plaintiffs and defendants in employment matters for over 10 years, Katy’s experience gives her valuable insight into employment compliance and dispute resolution strategies for companies regarding discrimination, harassment, wage and hour, disability, workers’ compensation, unemployment, and other workplace issues.

With over 40 jury trials to her credit, Katy is a seasoned litigator in state, federal and appellate courts. Prior to private practice, she started her career as an attorney for the Texas Workforce Commission and then served as a criminal prosecutor focusing on special victims crimes in Missouri and Texas. Katy’s experience also extends to representing clients in mediation and in front of administrative agencies such as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Missouri Human Rights Commission, and the Kansas Human Rights Commission.

Areas of Practice

• Litigation
• Employment & Workplace
• Higher Education

Areas of Experience

• Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Dispute Resolution: Mediation, Arbitration, and Litigation
• Employment Agreements
• Employment Policies
• Equal Pay Act (EPA)
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
• Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Harrassment
• Internal Investigations
• Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
• Regulatory Investigations
• Restrictive Covenants (Non-Compete, Non-Solicitation)
• Retaliation
• Severance Agreements
• Termination of Employment
• Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX)

Activities and Memberships

• Society for Human Resource Management
• Society for Human Resource Management of Greater Kansas City
• Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City
  • Women’s Trial Institute, panel member
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
• The Missouri Bar
• Kansas Bar Association
• Military Matters, volunteer attorney
• Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Jackson County, volunteer guardian ad litem

Honors and Recognition

• Selected to Best Lawyers for Litigation – Labor and Employment, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Transportation Law, 2025-present
• Selected to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Labor & Employment Litigation, 2022-2024