Baker Sterchi attorney Lindsey Freihoff has been selected to serve as social chair of the Kansas Bar Association’s (KBA) Young Lawyers Section. In this role, she will lead the planning and coordination of the section’s social events. Freihoff also serves on the KBA’s Board of Editors for the Kansas Bar Journal.
Based in the firm’s Kansas City office, Freihoff focuses her practice insurance defense, personal injury, premises liability, product liability, municipal liability and employment law. She is also a member of the Johnson County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. Freihoff earned her law degree from Loyola University New Orleans…
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Baker Sterchi Member Heather Shore is serving as the marketing liaison for the Kansas City location of the American Bar Association (ABA) Forum on Construction Law 2025 Regional Program, taking place Nov. 13–14 in cities across the United States. In this role, she coordinates the organization’s marketing efforts for the Kansas City session of the program, titled “Construction Law Foundations: Fundamentals of Construction Law PLUS Sticks & Bricks.”
Based in Kansas City, Shore has nearly 30 years of experience in construction, surety and commercial litigation. She serves on the American Arbitration Association’s Panel of Construction, Commercial and Consumer Arbitrators, is…
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ABSTRACT: The Eastern District of Texas has set a hearing that will likely result in an order and final judgment vacating the Consumer Financial Services Protection Bureau Rule prohibiting collection and reporting of consumer medical debt information.

The litigation, which has been pending since the beginning of the year filed by Cornerstone Credit Union League (“Cornerstone”) and the Consumer Data Industry Association (“CDIA”) against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) and former Director Rohit Chopra regarding the CFPB’s Rule prohibiting collection and reporting of consumer medical debt information will likely reach its conclusion in the coming weeks.
The Rule…
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Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice, along with three attorneys, has been recognized as a leader in insurance and general commercial litigation in Missouri and the Kansas City metropolitan region, according to the 2025 edition of Chambers USA.
Firm Recognitions

• Band 2: Insurance, Missouri
• Band 3: General Commercial Litigation, Kansas City & Surrounding Areas

Individual Attorney Recognitions

• Clay Crawford and Scott Hofer – Band 1: Insurance, Missouri
• Scott Kreamer – Band 3: General Commercial Litigation, Kansas City & Surrounding Areas

Chambers USA is a respected guide evaluating top law firms and attorneys across the United States. Its rankings are based on…
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Baker Sterchi Member Megan Coluccio has been named chair of the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (ADTA) National Membership Committee. The committee works with regional and state chairs to retain current members and recruit new qualified prime and associate members. Coluccio also chairs the ADTA’s “We Prefer to Refer” Committee.
Based in the firm’s Seattle office, Coluccio focuses her practice on complex civil rights, professional negligence and municipal liability cases. She is also a member of several additional peer-selected defense organizations, including the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel – where she serves as vice chair of the Civil Rights…
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Our St. Louis office is seeking a highly motivated and skilled litigation support specialist. View the job description here.
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Baker Sterchi Member Bob Christie has been appointed chair of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) Trial Techniques and Tactics Committee for the 2025–2026 term. In this role, he will oversee committee operations and lead its programming and initiatives.
Christie, based in the firm’s Seattle office, focuses his practice on the defense of professionals, businesses, governmental entities, law enforcement officers and individuals in high exposure matters. He is a member of several peer-selected organizations, including the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys and Lawyers for Civil Justice, where he serves on the board of directors. He is also a member…
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ABSTRACT: On May 14, 2025, the Missouri Senate overturned the minimum wage increases and paid sick leave passed by Missouri voters last November included in Proposition A, by applying the seldom used Previous Question rule. The repeal of those provisions is expected to go into effect on August 28, 2025.

On May 14, 2025, the Missouri Senate forced a vote on HB 567, to remove the paid sick time provisions and partially remove the wage increase provisions of Proposition A that were passed by Missouri voters in last November’s election.
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On June 13, Baker Sterchi Member Nick Ruble will moderate a panel at ALFA International’s Labor & Employment Seminar in Manalapan, Florida. The session, “Flying Cars and Sentient Robotic Assistants – A World Once Imagined in The Jetsons is Now Here (Well, Sorta),” will explore emerging technologies and their impact on current employment law issues.
Ruble focuses his practice on employment and labor law. He is a steering committee member of ALFA’s Labor & Employment Practice Group, vice chair of Baker Sterchi’s Employment & Labor Practice Group, and a member of the Society for Human Resource Management, including its Greater…
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ABSTRACT: The District Court of Kansas reminded practitioners that the plaintiff’s prima facie burden to establish personal jurisdiction cannot be met by inadequate allegations and a Motion for Jurisdictional Discovery.
A plaintiff filed suit after suffering personal injury from allegedly defective eye drops that she purchased from a Target store in Kansas City, Kansas. Specifically, she claimed that defendants committed alleged omissions pertaining to the manufacturing, marketing, advertising, labeling, distribution and sale of the product, and noted the FDA recalled the eyedrops in October 2023.
The Amended Complaint combined each of the defendants, alleging the presence of personal jurisdiction because…
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Angela Probasco, a Member in Baker Sterchi’s Kansas City office, has accepted an invitation to join the esteemed Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC), an exclusive, invitation-only global legal organization.
Established in 1936, the FDCC is an international organization of defense attorneys and corporate counsel. It focuses on issues related to civil justice and legal professionalism and has nearly 1,500 members. Membership involves a rigorous vetting process, including nomination review by the Membership Committee, consultation with local members, and final approval by the Board of Directors.
At Baker Sterchi, Probasco focuses on insurance coverage, extra-contractual and bad faith litigation.
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