R. Todd Ehlert

Experience

Todd is an accomplished and experienced trial attorney. Throughout his nearly twenty-five year legal career, he has tried approximately 350 trials to verdict; has substantial experience trying large, complex cases in arbitration; and has successfully argued multiple cases on appeal before appellate courts. His practice focuses on representing businesses and individuals as both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of disputes, with a concentration in business litigation. To date, total damages in the cases he has been involved with exceed $675 million. Todd joined the firm in 2019. Before that, he was a shareholder in an AmLaw 100 national law firm.

Areas of Practice

• Litigation
• Business Litigation
• Catastrophic Loss
• Medical Malpractice Defense

Areas of Emphasis

• Commercial Disputes
• Insurance coverage disputes
• Non-compete/non-solicit agreement disputes
• Will and trust disputes
• Corporate officer and director liability
• Personal Injury

Activities and Memberships

• The Missouri Bar
• Kansas Bar Association
• St. Joseph Bar Association (Missouri)
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Co-Vice Chair, Business Litigation Section.
• St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce (Board of Directors)
• United Way of Greater St. Joseph (Board of Directors; Nominating Committee; Audit Committee; Campaign Cabinet Member/Professional Division)
• Missouri Western State University Foundation (Board of Directors; Chair, Bylaws Committee; Vice-Chair, Committee on Directorship)
• St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce Young Executives Network (Chair)
• St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce Booster’s Club (President; Board of Directors)
• Kansas Chapter Delta Upsilon Fraternity Alumni Corporation Board (Board of Directors)
• The Cathedral of St. Joseph (School Board; Pastoral Council; Finance Review Committee; Strategic Task Force; Marketing Committee; Volunteer Teacher, Introduction to Law)
• Twin Spires Museum (Board of Directors)
• City of St. Joseph Charter Review Commission (Commissioner)
• Bishop LeBlond High School (School Advisory Board; Strategic Planning Committee)
• Sedgwick County Law Enforcement Training Center (Instructor)

Honors and Recognition

• Recipient of Red Ribbon Award for Victim’s Rights from the DUI Victim’s Center of Kansas for efforts in prosecuting DUI-related homicides and manslaughters
• Selected by Missouri Lawyers Weekly for Up and Coming Lawyer (2008)
• Recognition, Missouri Lawyers Weekly, Vol. 18, No. 35
• Recognition, Missouri Lawyers Weekly, Vol. 18, No. 32

Representative Experience

• See Payne v. City of St. Joseph, MO, 135 S.W.3d 444(Mo.App. 2004)
• See Nitro Distributing Inc. v. Dunn, et al., 194 S.W.3d 339 (Mo. 2006)
• See Inc. v. Dunn, et al., 194 S.W.3d 353 (Mo. 2006)
• See Nitro Distributing, Inc, et al., v. Alticor, Inc., 453 F.3d 995 (8^th 2006)
• See Betts, 297 S.W.3d 94 (App. 2009)
• See Treaster v. Betts, 324 S.W.3d 487 (Mo.App. 2010)
• See  Peterson v. Discover Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., 460 S.W.3d 393 (Mo.App. 2015)
• See Farms, Inc. v. United States, 136 Fed.Cl. 654 (2018)

Publications and Presentations

• Injunctions and Other Non-Monetary Remedies in Business Disputes, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Business Torts Handbook, Chapter 12 (2017)
• 34 Washburn Law Journal 119, 1994 (Don’t Disobey the Parental Preference Doctrine)
• CLE Presenter, KCMBA Annual Business Litigation Seminar, Injunctions and Other Non-Monetary Remedies in Business Disputes, 2018
• CLE Facilitator, KCMBA CLE By the Hour, Maximizing Your Effectiveness in Mediation: Do’s and Don’ts from Three Seasoned Mediators
• CLE Presenter, KCMBA Annual Business Litigation Seminar, Obtaining and Proving an Award of Attorneys’ Fees (2019)