The Dean’s Circle of Leadership Giving recognizes annual, monetary donors making cumulative gifts of $1,000 or more to the UMKC School of Law and UMKC Law Foundation between July 1, 2021, and June 30, 2022. Members of the Dean’s Circle set an example of philanthropy in their support of students, faculty, programs and initiatives. Please note that pledges of support for $1,000 or more are included in this listing but in-kind support and planned gifts (i.e., estate gifts, etc.) are not honored here.
**Deceased
| Chief Justice ($100,000+) |
- Anonymous
- Kemper Charitable Trust & Foundation
- The Sunderland Foundation
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| Justice ($25,000 to $99,000) |
- Alice Jacks and David Achtenberg
- Dr. Mary Davidson** and the Julian Klein Davidson Scholarship Fund
- Davis, Bethune & Jones, LLC
- Dollar, Burns, Becker & Hershewe, L.C.
- Kansas City Estate Planning Symposium
- The Jack & Helyn Miller Foundation
- Monsees & Mayer, PC
- R & C Charitable Foundation
- The John Sublett Logan Foundation
- Associate Dean Jeffrey E. and Karin Thomas
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| Fellow ($10,000 to $24,999) |
- Anonymous
- Association of Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City Foundation
- Scott S. and Anne Bethune
- Dr. Julie M. Cheslik and Paul M. Black
- MaKenzi D. Higgins
- The Hillblom Foundation and Peter J. Donnici
- Brian and Elizabeth Madden Charitable Fund
- George-Leonard Ngengwe
- Presley & Presley
- Bill and Patricia Rudy
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP and Shook Hardy & Bacon Foundation
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| Barrister ($5,000 to $9,999) |
- Accesslex Institute
- Charles and Jennifer Bacon Charitable Fund
- Jennie Clarke Charitable Fund
- Professor Robert C. and Bonnie J. Downs
- Larry and Jenna Flanagan
- Great Range Capital
- Patrick J. Hagerty
- Thomas C. and Susan W. Jones
- Langdon & Emison
- Lathrop GPM LLP and Lathrop GPM Foundation
- The Honorable Gene R. Martin
- Cara M. McLaughlin
- The Honorable Ann Mesle and Mr. Terry G. Christenberry
- Mid-America Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel
- Midwest Trust Company
- Peter M. and Jean C. Ossorio
- Polsinelli
- Sterbenz Family Foundation
- Dean Emerita Ellen Y. and Erland A. Suni
- Wagstaff & Cartmell, LLP
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| Counselor ($2,500 to $4,999) |
- Dr. Grace A. Albano and Christine G. Albano
- Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader
- The Honorable Stephen R. Bough and The Honorable Andrea G. Bough
- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
- Paul and Virginia Callister
- J. Powell and Kelley Carman
- Constance Cooper Foundation
- J. Michael Cronan
- Donald M. and Stephanie A. Fehr
- Dean Barbara A. Glesner Fines
- Randall J. and Mary Lynn Hallett
- Heath Injury Law LLC
- Holman Schiavone, LLC
- Professor Emeritus Edwin T. Hood and Mary C. Hood
- Husch Blackwell LLP
- Paul Jones
- Kansas Bar Association
- KC Digital Drive
- Kiewit Corporation
- Kutak Rock LLP
- John A. Lanear, II
- Levy Craig Law Firm
- R. A. Long Foundation
- Michael D. and Michelle A. Matteuzzi
- Nigro Law Firm, LLC
- Kirk R. and Jill A. Presley
- Bill and Denise Quatman
- David M. Skeens
- Stinson LLP
- Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP
- The Honorable William L. Syler and Dr. Georganne P. Syler
- James W. Tippin & Associates
- United States Courts Western District of Missouri
- David B. and Therese A. Yost
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| Partner ($1,000 to $2,499) |
- Breck Anderson
- Gary A. and Carlene T. Anderson
- Jack and Jeanne Bangert
- The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Co.
- Barnes Law Firm LLC
- Steven B. and Tiffany D. Becker
- Irvin V. Belzer and Sue McCord-Belzer
- Black Archives of Mid-America
- Timothy L. and Julia M. Brake
- Jane Pansing Brown and Thomas Brown
- The Honorable S. Margene Burnett
- Paul A. and Sharon K. Campo
- Cerner Corporation
- Complete Legal Services
- Dempsey & Kingsland
- William Denning
- James B. and Deborah M. Deutsch
- Athena M. and Andrew Dickson
- J. Michael Dorsey
- Ronald L. Edelman and Joan Nunnink
- J. Kent and Robin Emison
- Matthew Engelbart
- Terri Engelbart
- Evans & Dixon LLC
- The Honorable Arthur B. and Diane G. Federman
- Susan J. Fershee
- Toni Fields
- The Honorable Nancy B. Firestone**
- Nicole Fisher
- Fornari Family Foundation
- The Honorable Brian and Sarah S. Gaddy
- Gilmore Law Firm
- Global Prairie Foundation
- Thomas D. Green
- Harrah Law
- H.C.P.A. Foundation
- Jack and Karen K. Holland
- Charnissa Holliday-Scott
- Hollinger Law Group
- Heath Hoobing
- Theodore Houdek
- Aaron House and Vlado Gjorgjioski
- Hovey Williams LLP
- Professor Christopher R. and Elizabeth R. Hoyt
- Tina Parsley Hughes and Dr. Bryan C. Hughes
- Jackson Lewis PC
- Michelle Stark Kaufman and Daniel Kaufman
- KC Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi
- James Joseph Kernell and Tonja Lynde-Kernell
- Krause & Kinsman
- Erlene W. and Sanford P. Krigel
- Therese and Craig O. LeBlanc
- Lorraine Luciano
- Patrick A. and Lisa Lujin
- The Honorable Michael W. and Patricia A. Manners
- Alan L. Markowitz
- David M. and Karen L. Mayer
- MVP Law
- Francis H. McClernon, Jr. and Rita McClernon
- McConwell Law Office
- Sylvia McMorris
- Timothy K. and Rosalee M. McNamara
- Mdivani Corporate Immigration Law Firm
- Lee A. and Teresa A. Moore
- Morrow, Willnauer Church LLC
- Patrick Murphy
- James D. Myers, Esq. and Shannon L. Myers
- Reed Nigro
- Ross C. Nigro, Jr.
- Norman And Graves, LLC
- Phyllis A. Norman
- Professor Sean D. and Ellen B. O'Brien
- Judge John W. Oliver Foundation Fund
- Tom K. O'Loughlin II and Teresa R. O'Loughlin
- Barbara L. and Robert V. Palan
- Shannon and Keith M. Peeples
- Preuss Foster LLC
- Ramboldt & Bramley
- Robert L. Ritterbusch
- Professor Allen and Cameron Rostron
- Martha E. and Roland A. Schach
- Dale Leroy Schulte
- Seigfreid Bingham PC
- Cyprienne Simchowitz and Gerald M. White
- Siro Smith Dickson PC
- R. Pete Smith and Leslee Huttie-Smith
- Stephen S. and Martha N. Sparks
- The Honorable Melissa Taylor Standridge and The Honorable Richard E. Standridge
- John Sullivan
- David R. and Rita B. Tripp Foundation
- UMB Financial Corporation
- Gene E. Voigts and Professor Emerita Linda E. Voigts
- Raymond T. Wagner, Jr. and The Honorable Ann L. Wagner
- Jared and Pamela J. Welch
- David W. and Beverly V. White
- Wyrsch Hobbs & Mirakian, PC
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