Leawood, Kan. – March 1, 2024: James Schmidt, a commercial litigation lawyer, has joined Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes, P.C. as an associate attorney.
James has experience representing businesses of all sizes in a broad range of commercial disputes, including breach of contract, trade secrets, fraud, and lenders in creditor-debtor disputes. He is based in the firm’s Leawood office.
He earned his law degree from the University of Kansas, where he received the CALI Award for Employment Law and was managing editor of the Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy. Before entering law school, he worked for U.S. Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas as a legislative staffer in Washington, D.C. James received his undergraduate degree in mass communications with a minor in political science from Kansas State University.
About the firm’s Litigation group: The firm’s litigators have more than 250 years of combined trial and appellate experience, including business-to-business cases, individuals and businesses, simple two-party disputes, and complex class action cases. The litigation group has collective experience in more than 40 states and in eight federal circuits, including more than 500 bench and jury trials.
About the firm:
Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes serves and protects individuals, companies, estates and livelihoods. Based in Kansas City, the firm offers sophisticated representation in both the private and public sectors.
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