Experienced attorney
Resume:
CONNIE J. BOYSEN
Overland Park, Kansas 66221
Selected Kansas/Missouri SuperLawyer in 2014-2023; Recipient Best Lawyers in America, 2014-2023; Listed and rated in the Martindale-Hubbell Register of Preeminent AV Lawyers, 2010-2023. Lecturer and author in 15 CLE programs in Kansas City metro area regarding litigation, expert depositions and cross examination, evidence gathering and presentation, internet investigations Missouri Bar and National Business Institute.
Membership
The Missouri Bar; The Nebraska Bar; The Kansas Bar
EXPERIENCE
Legal Aid of Western Missouri; trial attorney 2022- present
Courtroom advocate for survivors of domestic violence in an 18 county service area in northwest and north central Missouri.
Advocate for underserved elderly or disadvantaged individuals in civil rights in guardianships and custody disputes.
Weekly travel regularly over 1000 miles. 5 contested hearings weekly.
Farmers Insurance; senior trial lawyer Missouri and Kansas 2021-2022
Manage motor vehicle, pedestrian and trucking personal injury cases from filing, advising client and claims.
Investigate claims analyzing accident reports, witness statements, medical records, technology with experts.
Catastrophic traumatic brain injury claims and wrongful death claims, including minors; boating collisions; collapsed buildings; workers’ compensation.
Represent defense at mediations, depositions, evaluation of claims and make recommendations for strategy of resolution, pick juries, 1st chair jury trials; defense verdict after offer of proof Jackson County.
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Legal Aid of Southern Missouri; Managing Attorney (42 Ozark counties) 2019-2021
Supervising attorney and non attorney staff, including hiring, practice and pleading techniques, evaluations, promotions, demotions and terminations.
Supervise preparation and handling mostly judge tried civil hearings; our office represented impoverished qualified clients in estate planning, civil litigation; guardianships. Domestic violence; landlord-tenant litigation. Military civil violence litigation, Fort Leonard Wood.
Weekly travel exceeding 1000 miles.
BOYSEN McEACHEN, Founder/Managing Attorney bi-state firm 1995-2019
Founder of litigation boutique from pre litigation management through mediation and if necessary trial and appeal. [Largest woman- owned firm, then at 13]
International employment, family law, and plaintiffs’ personal injury/work comp cases with multiple electrocutions.
Specialize in high dollar commercial litigation involving business valuations of net worths of professional athletes/coaches (Chiefs, Royals, Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers), real estate developers and entertainers of Branson, many physicians, lawyers, business owners, University chancellors including ERISA issues with high compensation.
Sexual harassment claims, workers’ comp and disability cases, discrimination and severance negotiations and claims involving incidents in schools, international engineering firms, telecommunications and transportation corporations.
Personal injury cases were mostly in Missouri, including mass electrocutions, pedestrian injuries, traumatic brain injuries due to motor vehicle collisions.
Assisted as special counsel several law firms on projects
ARMSTRONG TEASDALE/MARTIN LEIGH AND LAWS nka ARMSTRONG, associate and of counsel 1988-1994
Associate with Armstrong Teasdale in employment litigation, professional malpractice defense, insurance defense (1988-1992)
Depositions, motions, court room experience including first chair.
First case first chair with assets at stake of $1M
Originations grew to 500K
Representative clients: State Farm, AIG, Anheuser Busch, Monsanto
Family law of high end clientele including corporate clients’ executives, St.Louis
Moved to Martin Leigh and Laws (merged with Armstrong) to be of counsel and have Overland Park office again
SHOOK HARDY BACON, contract attorney 1986-1988
Assist railroad defense and Hyatt disaster
Tort and employment litigation
Product liability defense, summarizing depositions and analyzing evidence
Representative clients: KC Royals counsel, Worlds of Fun, Norfolk Southern
First chair work comp trial defense experience including expert depositions with extensive work comp docket
Successful motion for summary judgment- deaths case in Federal court Kansas
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts (English 4.0), University of Nebraska Lincoln;
Knudsen Berkheimer Beam clerk (Union Pacific)
Master of Arts (Mass Communication), University of Nebraska—Omaha;
oTaught undergraduate Argumentation and Debate; public speaking
oGraduate school scholarship
oCoached intercollegiate forensics to NFL national tournaments
oMissouri valley conference coach of the year
Juris Doctor (Trial), Creighton University-Omaha, Nebraska
Clerked with Ronald J Palagi (exclusively plaintiffs’ personal injury/work comp in Nebraska, Iowa)
Second chaired jury trials= slip and fall down Church stairs; falls out of back of pickups; senior certified
Argued expert witness issues to Nebraska Supreme Court and drafted appellate brief regarding expert accident reconstructionist evidence and testimony
American Jurisprudence awards: Advanced Constitutional Law and Trial Advocacy
Moot court and client counseling championships
Awards and Acknowledgements
Performed in 16 states and 2 countries flute and piccolo, including with McDonalds All American Band
High School Class Officer all 4 years, Grand Island Northwest High School, Grand Island NE
Vikette varsity dancer and team captain- state champions GINW
Board President, Domestic Violence Network
Board member and President, SafeHaven (Clay and Platte County, Missouri)
Over 100 charity runs including many marathons
Television experience;
KC TV-5 ratings weeks (liability issues for serving alcohol and allowing guests to drive)
FOX4 ratings week (family violence perpetrators not gender neutral)
Pro tempore Judge and hearing officer, State of Kansas, Johnson County, 2005-2014
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