Leawood, Kan. – May 12, 2025: R. Scott Beeler and Brett Randol, attorneys with Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes, P.C., recently secured a substantial property tax reduction and refund on behalf of a national home improvement retailer in a matter pending before the Kansas Board of Tax Appeals (BOTA).
The firm’s client owns and operates multiple stores in Johnson County, Kansas, and appealed its property taxes for 2018 through 2024. Scott and Brett challenged the County’s appraised value, asserting the County’s valuation was significantly above fair market value for property tax purposes. Previous tax years were tried before BOTA for the client, which resulted in substantial tax refunds. Prior to the BOTA hearing, the County agreed to reduce the appraised value of more than $135 million for the client’s stores in Johnson County for the tax years currently at issue, resulting again, in a substantial tax refund due the client.
About R. Scott Beeler: Scott specializes in complex business transactions and business litigation. His practice touches all aspects of commercial, real estate, land use, development, construction, business disputes, and multi-party business transactions. Scott also has substantial experience in advancing clients’ interests before regulatory and governmental bodies with a focus ranging from zoning, permitting, gaming, and property tax, and other regulatory matters.
About Brett Randol: Brett is an experienced litigator who has successfully represented business clients ranging from sole proprietorships to Fortune 100 companies in complex disputes involving contractual rights and obligations, fraud and misrepresentation, fiduciary duties, real estate transactions, franchise agreements, property tax and zoning appeals, consumer protection, telecommunications and other business disputes.
About the Firm’s Litigation Practice Group: The firm’s litigation 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, complex multi-party business 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.
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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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