Heather represents and counsels companies in multiple industries including real estate and construction, lending, equipment dealers, restaurants. Her broad legal background means she takes into consideration multiple areas of the law to create comprehensive solutions. She listens to her clients’ needs and provides legal advice that is practical.
A wide range of corporate law experience.
Heather helps mid-size companies, who have a variety of legal needs regarding commercial real estate transactions and development, mergers and acquisitions, secured transactions, general business and corporate matters, and business succession planning. She also represents lenders in lending transactions. With each of her clients, she builds a relationship, responds quickly, and provides practical advice they can use.
Active in leadership development and her community.
Heather lives in Liberty with her husband and daughter. When she’s not practicing law, she is active in her community. She has graduated from the Centurions Leadership Program and currently serves on the Starlight Theatre Board of Directors.
Representatives Clients
- Crown MedRealty Partners, LLC
- Hunt Midwest Real Estate Development Inc.
- Block Real Estate Services, LLC
- First Business Bank
- Margaritas
- Jasper Products, LLD
- US Engineering Company
Representative Transactions
- Representing affiliates of Crown MedRealty Partners, LLC, purchasing and developing medical office buildings across the nation.
- Representing lending institutions in commercial loan transactions.
- Representing clients in merger and acquisition transactions.
Awards and Accomplishments
- Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law, 2023-present
- Missouri & Kansas Rising Star, Business/Corporate Law, 2008-2015
- 2011 Up & Coming Lawyer, Missouri Lawyers Weekly
- 2009 Rising Legal Leader of the Year, The Daily Record
- 2002 Public Service Award, LAKC-YLS
Education
- University of Kansas, J.D., 2000
- Law Review
- University of Illinois, B.S.,1997
- With High Honors
Admissions
- Kansas, 2000
- United States District Court, District of Kansas, 2000
- Missouri, 2001
- United States District Court, Western District of Missouri, 2001
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Centurions Leadership Program, 2011 Graduate
- CREW Kansas City (Board of Directors)
- Kansas Bar Association
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Lawyers Association of Kansas City – Young Lawyers Section (President, Vice President, Public Service Officer, Chair of Youth Empowerment Summit)
- Lawyers Association of Kansas City (President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary, Chair of Judicial Reception Committee, Whitaker Award Committee Member)
- Lawyers Association of Kansas City Foundation (President)
- Liberty Arts Commission (Chairperson)
- Liberty Arts Foundation (Treasurer, Founding Member)
- Liberty Arts Squared Festival (Co-Chairperson; Interactive Arts Committee Chairperson)
- Northland Regional Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Northland Class of 2003
- Starlight Theatre (Board of Directors)
- The Missouri Bar Association