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Christopher Shank
Shareholder
chriss@shankhamilton.com

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Christopher Shank represents clients in many types of civil litigation
matters in state and federal courts throughout the United States. He has
significant experience in a wide range of litigation matters, including
product liability defense, insurance coverage litigation, commercial litigation,
class actions, and defending businesses against employment claims. Mr.
Shank serves as national products liability counsel for several major
manufacturers.
Mr. Shank is a founding Director and Shareholder of Shank & Hamilton,
PC. He has attained an AV® rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest
awarded. Through statewide voting of peers, Mr. Shank was selected as
a Missouri and Kansas 2005 & 2006 Super Lawyer.
Mr. Shank served as judicial law clerk to the Honorable William R. Collinson
(United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri) from
1980-1982. He received his B.A. from the University of Missouri-Columbia
in 1977 and his J.D. in 1980 from the University of Missouri-Columbia
Law School.
Mr. Shank is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel
and the Trucking Industry Defense Association.
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- Missouri State Courts (1980)
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- United States District Court for the District of Kansas
- United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
- United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
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- Director/Shareholder, Shank & Hamilton, PC Kansas City, Missouri
October 1997 - Present
- Director/Shareholder, Rouse, Hendricks, German, May & Shank, P.C. Kansas
City, Missouri, July 1992 - October 1997
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Partner, Stinson, Mag & Fizzell Kansas City, Missouri, November
1988 - June 1992
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Associate, Stinson, Mag & Fizzell Kansas City, Missouri, November
1982 - November 1988
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Law Clerk, Honorable William R. Collinson United States District Court
for the Western District of Missouri, October 1980 - October 1982
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University of Missouri School of Law
Columbia, Missouri
- Juris Doctor, May 1980
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, Missouri
- Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude 1977
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AV® rated (highest rating)
Martindale-Hubbell
The Missouri Bar
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
Trucking Industry Defense Association
International Association of Defense Counsel
- Business Litigation Substantive Law Committee
- Product Liability Substantive Law Committee
- Reinsurance Substantive Law Committee
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