Robert Pitkin

r pitkin

Member

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Missouri

  • Kansas

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri

  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri

  • U.S. District Court, District of Kansas

  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas

  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas

  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Missouri

  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Kansas

Background

  • Horn Aylward & Bandy, LLC, 2014-present

  • Levy Craig Law Firm, 1992-2014

  • Stinson Mag & Fizzell, 1988-1992

  • Law Clerk, United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, 1986-88

Education

  • Wake Forest University School of Law (NC), J.D., 1986

  • Wheaton College (IL), B.A., 1983

Professional Affiliations

  • Construction Law Committee, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association

  • Construction Law Committee, The Missouri Bar

  • Construction Law Section, Kansas Bar Association

  • Forum on the Construction Industry and Construction Litigation Committee, American Bar Association

  • Trustee of the Johnson County Bar Foundation

  • Member, Johnson County Bar Association

  • Master, Earl E. O’Connor American Inn of Court

  • Past Board Member and Chair, Heart of America Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.

Publications and Presentations

  • “Tales from the Edge: A Summary of the Legal Issues Involved in the Failed West Edge Project,” Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Bench-Bar Conference, May 16, 2013

  • “Design-Build in Public Construction: A Project Delivery System Whose Time Has (Finally!) Come,” Kansas City Business Journal, August 21, 2009

  • “Keeping It Out of Court,” The Kansas City Star, February 6, 2007

  • Missouri Construction Prompt Pay Act,” Missouri Lawyers Weekly, September 23, 2002

Honors and Awards

  • Martindale Hubbell – AV rated

  • Best Lawyers in America in Construction Litigation (since 2010)

  • Best of the Bar in Construction Law by Kansas City Business Journal

  • SuperLawyers in Construction Law