Thomas V. Bender

Member

• tbender@hab-law.com

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Practice Areas

• Alternative Dispute Resolution

• Business and Commercial Litigation

• Civil Litigation

• Class Action Litigation

• Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation

• Product Liability Litigation

• Professional Liability Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Missouri

• Kansas

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

• U.S. District Court, District of Kansas

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

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

• United States Tax Court

Background

• Horn Aylward & Bandy, LLC, 2018

• Walters Bender Strohbehn Vaughan, P.C. 1991-2018, Co-founder

• Linde Thomson Langworthy Kohn Van Dyke, P.C. 1979-1991 Shareholder

• Price Waterhouse & Co.

Education

• University of Missouri at Columbia, J.D. 1979

• University of Missouri at Columbia, B.S., with honors 1975

Professional Affiliations

• The Missouri Bar, President, 2019-2020

• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, President 2010

• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation, President 2018

• Dean of the Trial Bar 2023Missouri Bar Foundation Trustee

• Johnson County Bar Association, Silver Fellow

• Task Force on the Profession, 2015-2018

• Task Force on the KCMBA

• United States District Court for Western District of Missouri Federal Practice Committee

RECENT CONTINUING EDUCATION

• “Consumers: Are They a Class Act?” John Shamberg Memorial CLE (Johnson County Bar Foundation), 2013

• “David v. Goliath: Understanding and Identifying a Class Action Lawsuit.“ CLE By the Hour (Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association), 2016

• “Maximizing Your Effectiveness in Mediation: Do’s and Don’ts from Three Seasoned Mediators.” CLE By the Hour (Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association), 2016

• Mediation Tips; Bench Bar Boardroom Conference, 2017

Honors and Awards and community involvement

• Dean of the Trial Bar 2023

• Best Lawyers in America

• Missouri Lawyers Media Power List, Commercial and Consumer Law

• Voted by peers as “Best of the Bar” in The Business Journal publication for top lawyers from the Kansas City Metropolitan area 2005-2019 (last year of the award)

• “Super Lawyer,” recognizing top 5% of lawyers in Missouri and Kansas 2006-2023

• National Trial Lawyers Top 100

• President’s Award from Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association 1999

• President’s Award from Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation 2005

• Martindale-Hubbell AV (highest) rated, a peer rating system for attorneys

Community Organizations

• Multiple Sclerosis Board of Directors

• Kansas City Centurions

• St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee

• Volunteer Attorney Project

• El Dorado Springs Educational Foundation

• Jefferson Club, University of Missouri