Quick Contact
Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes, P.C.
5250 W. 116th Place, Suite 400
Leawood, Kansas 66211
Direct: (816) 292-7632
Main: (913) 387-1600
Fax: (913) 928-6739
Email: mbanks@rousepc.com
V-Card Download
Bar & Court Admissions
Illinois Bar (inactive)
Kansas, 2024
Missouri, 2007
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Education
- University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Law, J.D. 2007, Order of the Coif
- Baker University, B.A. 2004, Summa Cum Laude
Experience
Megan concentrates on business law and transactional work, including general corporate matters, business transactions, mergers and acquisitions and contract negotiation. She has extensive experience representing higher education institutions, including general regulatory matters and changes of ownership representing both buyers and sellers. Megan joined the firm in 2016. Prior to doing so, Megan clerked for the Honorable Duane Benton, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and earned several years of experience at Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago and Dunn & Davison, LLC in Kansas City.
Areas of Practice
Activities and Memberships
- The Missouri Bar
- Kansas City Bar Association
- Judicial Law Clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2007-2008, The Honorable Duane Benton
Honors and Recognition
- Selected by Super Lawyers for 2013 Missouri & Kansas Rising Stars
- Selected by Missouri Lawyers Weekly as among “Up & Coming Lawyers 2010”
Publications and Presentations
- Presenter, U.S. Dept. of Education Regions VII & VIII Private Career Colleges & Schools Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, 2013
- Presenter, U.S. Dept. of Education Region V Private Career Colleges & Schools Conference, Bloomingdale, Illinois, 2012
- Presenter, U.S. Dept. of Education Region VII & VIII Private Career Colleges & Schools Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, 2012
- Presenter, U.S. Dept. of Education Region V Private Career Colleges & Schools Conference, Bloomingdale, Illinois, 2011
- “Measuring Your Gainfulness: The DOE’s New Gainful Employment Metrics,” Career Education Review, July 2011
- Presenter, U.S. Dept of Education Region IV Private Career Colleges & Schools Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 2011
- Presenter, U.S. Dept. of Education Regions VII & VIII Private Career Colleges & Schools Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, 2011
- “The Right to Rest in Peace: Missouri Prohibits Protesting at Funerals,” 71 Mo. L. Rev. 1117, 2006
- “You’re Fired! The Role of State Courts in the Expungement of Criminal Records for Federal Security Clearance Purposes,” 71 Mo. L. Rev. 495, 2006