 | Welch, Martin & Albano, LLC | | | | | 311 West Kansas Street
Independence, Missouri 64050-3771 View Map |
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| | | | Practice Areas: | | Appellate Practice, Civil Practice, Contract Law, Corporate Law, Criminal Law, Divorce, Drunk Driving Law, Estate Planning, Family Law, Landlord and Tenant Law Litigation, Municipal Law, Real Estate, Traffic Law, Traffic Practice, Wills and Trusts. | | | | Year Established: 1965 | | | | Firm Profile: | | Since 1965, Welch, Martin & Albano, LLC has served clients in our community and throughout Missouri. We have grown from a firm of four to a firm of seven lawyers who possess the highest ethical standards. Our reputation is built on our ability to provide the best legal services available and to meet the specific needs of our clients. | | | | Firm Size: 6 | | | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
| | | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | | | Robert C. Welch (Member) born Jackson County, Missouri, August 14, 1933; admitted to bar, 1965, Missouri. Education: Kansas City Junior College; University of Missouri at Kansas City (B.S., 1962; J.D., 1965). Author: Chapter, "Missouri Criminal Practice 1977," 2d Edition, 1984, The Missouri Bar. City Prosecuting Attorney: Sugar Creek, Missouri, 1967—; Blue Springs, Missouri, 1973—. City Attorney, Sugar Creek, Missouri, 1981-2000. President: University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Foundation, 1986-1988; Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation, 1991-1993; Eastern Jackson County Bar Association, 1974-1975. Member, Sixteenth Circuit Judicial Commission, 1986-1992. Member, Municipal and Associate Circuit Judges Association. President, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, 1984-1985. Chairman, Criminal Law Section, The Missouri Bar, 1975-1976. Member, Missouri Municipal and Associate Circuit Court Prosecutors Association. Alumnus of the Year Award, University of Missouri at Kansas City Law School, 1987. Lifetime Achievement Award, University of Missouri at Kansas City Law Foundation, 1989. Emeritus Award, Eastern Jackson County Bar Association, 1994. Dean of the Trial Bar, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, 1998. Alumni Practitioner of the Year Award, 1998, University of Missouri at Kansas City Law Alumni Association. Recipient: Missouri Bar Foundation Spurgeon Smithson Award, 2000; Best of the Bar Award by the Kansas City Business Journal, 2003; Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Presidential Recognition Award, 2003; 2004 Purcell Professionalism Award, Missouri Bar Foundation. Listed in all editions of 2000 Best Lawyers in America. 2005 Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation's Liberty and Justice Legacy Award; and 2005 The Daily Record's award as KC Legal Leader of the year. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and Eastern Jackson County Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (President, 1980-1981); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; National Conference of Bar Presidents; American Judicature Society; Missouri Municipal and Associate Circuit Prosecutors' Association. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Municipal Law. | | | | Robert H. Martin (Member) born Howard County, Missouri, August 22, 1934; admitted to bar, 1966, Missouri; U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. Education: Southern Illinois University (B.S., 1956); University of Missouri at Kansas City (J.D., 1965). Municipal Judge, 1967-1968, City of Lee's Summit, Missouri. Assistant Jackson County Prosecutor, 1968-1969. Member, House of Representatives, State of Missouri, 1969-1972. City Prosecutor, Buckner, Missouri, 1977—. Member, Board of Directors, First National Bank, Lee's Summit, Missouri, 1985—. Member, Board of Trustees, Metropolitan Community College's, 1976—. Member: Eastern Jackson County and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Missouri Municipal and Associate Circuit Prosecutors' Association. [U.S. Air Force]. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Banking Law; Real Estate; Probate; Criminal Law; Estate Planning. | | | | Michael S. J. Albano (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, January 13, 1944; admitted to bar, 1968, Missouri. Education: University of Missouri at Kansas City (B.A., 1965; J.D., 1968). Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Author: Two Chapters of the Missouri Family Law Handbook, 1995; "The Best of the Best," Kansas City Business Journal, 2002 and Kansas City Magazine, 2002. Chairman, Family Law Committee, The Missouri Bar, 1977-1978. Diplomat, American College of Family Trial Lawyers (Member, Executive Committee). President, University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School Alumni Association, 1996-1997. President, University of Missouri-Kansas City Alumni Association, 2001-2003. Certified as a Family Law Arbitrator by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Recipient: University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law Practitioner of the Year Award, 2001; University of Missouri-Kansas City Presidential Citation for Alumni Service, 2003. Listed in Best Lawyers of America, all editions. Recipient, Missouri Bar Family Law Section Practitioner of the Year-2004. Missouri and Kansas "Super Lawyers" recognition for 2005 and 2006. Recipient, University of Missouri, Kansas City Law School "Best Friend" Award, June 2006. Fellow: American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (President, 1993-1994). Member: American Bar Association (Chairman, 1984-1985, Family Law Section); American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Foundation (President, 1997-1999). Practice Areas: Family Law. | | | | John W. Dennis (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, May 27, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Missouri. Education: University of Missouri-Columbia (B.A., 1973); University of Missouri-Kansas City (J.D., with distinction, 1977). Member, Order of Bench and Robe. Member, University of Missouri Law Review. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award for Constitutional Law, Administrative Law and Evidence. Editor: Family Law Section of Missouri Bar Courts and CLE Bulletin. Author: "Registration and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments for Current Child Support," UMKC School of Law, 1986. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1989—. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan (Past Chair, Family Law Committee) and Eastern Jackson County Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar (Past Chair, Family Law Section); American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Member, Past Missouri Chapter President). Practice Areas: Family Law; Divorce; Child Custody; Matrimonial Law; Appellate Practice. | | | | R. Scott Richart (Member) born Shawnee Mission, Kansas, January 25, 1963; admitted to bar, 1993, Missouri. Education: University of Missouri (B.A., 1985); Creighton University (J.D., 1992). Phi Delta Phi. Executive Director, National Board of Anesthesiology, Inc. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan (Chairman, Family Law Committee, 2002-2003), Eastern Jackson County and American Bar Associations. [Cpt. U.S. Army Reserve, Armor Officer]. Practice Areas: Family Law; Juvenile Law. | | | | Andrea M. Welch (Member) born Independence, Missouri, May 30, 1968; admitted to bar, 1998, Missouri. Education: Avila College (B.S., 1992); University of Missouri (J.D., 1998). Delta Theta Phi. Former Prosecutor, Jackson County. Currently, Assistant Prosecutor: City of Sugar Creek; Blue Springs. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and Eastern Jackson County (Member, Board of Directors)Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Criminal Law. |
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