Best's Insurance Professional Resources
Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts
Best's Insurance Professional Resources
Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts


McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips, P.A.

Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense

10 East Cambridge Circle Drive, Suite 300, Kansas City, Kansas 66103

Established: 1901

Practice Areas

  • Insurance Defense
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Labor and Employment
  • Professional Liability
  • Directors and Officers Liability
  • Litigation
  • Personal Injury Defense
  • Product Liability Defense
  • Municipal Law
  • Public Entities
  • School Law
  • Transportation
  • Construction Law

About Us

McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips is a regional defense law firm with offices strategically located to serve Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma, Iowa, and Nebraska. Our attorney's beliefs are driven by respect for everyone, creating real relationships and having a reputation for excellence.

Additional Locations

Client Information

Insurance Clients

Non-Insurance Clients

  • Kansas Association of School Boards
  • Kansas City, KS Public Schools
  • Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas
  • YRC Enterprise Services, Inc.

Personnel Information

Shareholders


Frederick J. Greenbaum

Kansas City, KS

Admitted
  • Kansas, 1980
  • Missouri, 1987
Education:
  • Washburn University, J.D., 1980

Lawrence D. Greenbaum

Kansas City, KS

Admitted
  • Kansas, 1984
  • Missouri, 1989
Education:
  • The University of Kansas, J.D., 1984

John David Jurcyk

Kansas City, KS

Admitted
  • Kansas, 1984
  • Missouri, 1989
Education:
  • Washburn University, J.D., 1984

Clifford K. Stubbs

Kansas City, KS

Admitted
  • Kansas, 1991
  • Missouri, 1992
Education:
  • The University of Kansas, J.D., 1991

Eric T. Lanham

Kansas City, KS

Admitted
  • Missouri, 1993
  • Kansas, 1993
  • Iowa, 2013
  • Nebraska, 2018
Education:
  • University of Missouri-Kansas City, J.D., 1992

Gregory P. Goheen

Kansas City, KS

Admitted
  • Kansas, 1993
  • Missouri, 2006
Education:
  • Southern Methodist University, J.D., 1993

Byron A. Bowles, Jr.

Kansas City, KS

Admitted
  • Kansas, 1994
  • Missouri, 1995
  • Illinois, 2008
  • Iowa, 2017
Education:
  • The University of Kansas, J.D., 1994

David F. Menghini

Kansas City, KS

Admitted
  • Kansas, 1996
  • Missouri, 1997
Education:
  • University of Missouri-Kansas City, J.D., 1996

Joseph W. Hemberger

Kansas City, KS

Admitted
  • Kansas, 1988
  • Missouri, 1989
Education:
  • Tulane University of Louisiana, J.D., 1988

Ryan B. Denk

Kansas City, KS

Admitted
  • Kansas, 1998
  • Missouri, 1999
Education:
  • The University of Kansas, J.D., 1998

John R. Emerson

Kansas City, KS

Admitted
  • Kansas, 1996
  • Missouri, 2000
Education:
  • The University of Kansas, J.D., 1996

George D. Halper

Kansas City, KS

Admitted
  • Missouri, 1984
  • Kansas, 1990
Education:
  • The University of Kansas, J.D., 1984

Thomas J. Walsh

Kansas City, KS

Admitted
  • Missouri, 1997
  • Kansas, 1998
Education:
  • University of Missouri-Kansas City, J.D., 1997

Samantha N. Benjamin-House

Kansas City, KS

Admitted
  • Missouri, 2000
  • Kansas, 2000
  • Oklahoma, 2007
  • Texas, 2016
Education:
  • The University of Oklahoma, J.D., 1999

James P. Wolf

Kansas City, KS

Admitted
  • Kansas, 2003
  • Missouri, 2003
Education:
  • The University of Kansas, J.D., 2002

Katie M. Clifford

Kansas City, KS

Admitted
  • Missouri, 2006
  • Kansas, 2007
Education:
  • University of Missouri-Kansas City, J.D., 2006

Jodi J. Fox

Kansas City, KS

Admitted
  • Oklahoma, 1999
  • Missouri, 2001
  • Kansas, 2004
Education:
  • The University of Tulsa, J.D., 1998

Karl L. Wenger

Kansas City, KS

Admitted
  • Kansas, 2008
  • Missouri, 2009
Education:
  • Washburn University, J.D., 2008

Kendra M. Oakes

Kansas City, KS

Admitted
  • Missouri, 2010
  • Kansas, 2011
Education:
  • The University of Kansas, J.D., 2010

Heather E. Hutsell

Kansas City, KS

Admitted
  • Missouri, 2006
  • Kansas, 2006
Education:
  • The University of Kansas School of Law, J.D., 2005

F. Charles Dunlay

Kansas City, KS

Admitted
  • Kansas, 1991
  • Missouri, 1992
Education:
  • The University of Kansas School of Law, J.D., 1991

Daniel J. Lobdell

Kansas City, KS

Admitted
  • Missouri, 2009
  • Kansas, 2010
Education:
  • Washington University School of Law, J.D., 2009

Kristina S. Mulvany

Kansas City, KS

Admitted
  • Missouri, 2013
  • Kansas, 2014
Education:
  • Saint Louis University, B.A., 2006
  • Arizona State University, M.S., 2009
  • University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, J.D. (magna cum laude), 2013

Kelsy E. Allison

Kansas City, KS

Admitted
  • Missouri, 2014
  • Kansas, 2014
  • Iowa, 2017
  • Nebraska, 2017
Education:
  • Drury University, B.S., 2010
  • Washburn University School of Law, J.D., 2013

Danielle R. Farha

Kansas City, KS

Admitted
  • Kansas, 2016
  • Missouri, 2016
  • Iowa, 2016
Education:
  • The University of Kansas School of Law, J.D., 2016

Alan T. Fogleman

Kansas City, KS

Admitted
  • Kansas, 2011
  • Missouri, 2017
  • Nebraska, 2018
Education:
  • The University of Kansas School of Law, J.D., 2011

Associates


  • Spencer A. Low
  • Joy V. Fears
  • Brian M. Israel
  • Gabriel Greenbaum
  • Aaron Greenbaum

Service Areas

Overland Park, Kansas, USA 7 miles

Kansas City, Missouri, USA 5 miles

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