Vincent R. McCarthy
EXPERIENCE
Vince McCarthy joined the firm as a shareholder in April, 1999. He has been the firm’s managing shareholder since 2008. He has represented clients in natural gas and propane fire and explosion cases and claims since he began practicing law in 1987. He also has represented clients in products liability cases involving a variety of other products such as truck mounted aerial ladders and cranes, forklifts, fertilizer mixers, and trash trucks. He has defended personal injury and death cases involving power line contacts and rail crossing collisions. He has handled insurance coverage, environmental, recovery, employment, trade secret and other commercial litigation. He has represented clients in litigation and other matters in more than 40 states.PRACTICE EMPHASIS
Propane and Natural Gas LitigationProducts Liability Litigation
Commercial Litigation
EDUCATION
B.A., St. Louis University, 1984, magna cum laudeJ.D., University of Missouri at Kansas City, 1987
PRIOR EXPERIENCE
1987-1994 -- Associate, Smith, Gill, Fisher & Butts, Kansas City, MO1994-1995 -- Member, Smith, Gill, Fisher & Butts, Kansas City, MO
1995-1999 -- Associate, Bryan Cave LLP, Kansas City, MO
1999 -- Counsel, Bryan Cave LLP, Kansas City, MO
OF NOTE
AV® Preeminent™ - Martindale Hubbell®BAR ADMISSIONS
Missouri, 1987Kansas, 1988
U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, 1987
U.S. District Court, Kansas, 1994
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1994
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Missouri Bar AssociationKansas Bar Association
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
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