Attorney Profiles

Ryan D. O'Dell
Kansas City, Missouri


phone	816-941-7600
fax	816-941-6666
email	Email Me

EXPERIENCE

Mr. O'Dell's practice is concentrated in state and federal litigation and alternative dispute resolution. He represents Fortune 500 and major insurance carriers in complex, multi party litigation involving construction, real estate, title insurance, surety, commercial and product liability matters. He has obtained favorable results through dispositive motion, alternative dispute resolution, trial and appeal.

Mr. O'Dell served as a law extern to the Honorable Ann K. Covington, Missouri Supreme Court.

Areas of Practice:: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Federal Appellate Practice; Federal Trial Practice; State Appellate Practice; State Trial Practice

Bar Admissions:: Kansas, 2001; Missouri, 2000; U.S. District Court District of Kansas; U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri

Education:: University of Missouri Columbia School of Law, Columbia, Missouri, 2000
J.D.
Law Journal: Journal of Dispute Resolution, Editor in Chief, 1999 - 2000
Law Journal: Journal of Dispute Resolution, Member, 1998 - 1999; University of Arizona, 1996
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude

Published Works:: Construction Change Order Claims, (Co-Author), 2nd edition, 2005; Does Title VII Preclude Enforcement of Compulsory Arbitration Agreements?, Journal of Dispute Resolution, Volume 1999, No. 1; Federal Court Positively Adopts a Federal Common Law Testimonial Privilege for Mediation: Is it Justified?, Journal of Dispute Resolution, Volume 1999, No. 2

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Speaker, Kansas Fairness in Private Construction Contracts Act, What's Hot in Construction Law, 2005

Professional Associations and Memberships:: American Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Kansas Bar Association; Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; Vice-Chair, Construction Law Committee; Robert T. Ross Inn of Court; Barrister; Defense Research Institute; Member

Fraternities/Sororities:: Phi Kappa Phi

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Douthit Frets Rouse
Gentile & Rhodes LLC

903 East 104th Street, Suite 610
Kansas City, MO 64131

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At Douthit Frets Rouse Gentile & Rhodes LLC, our plaintiff's personal injury, products liability, and motor vehicle defects practice is nationwide. Our attorneys have represented clients in nearly all 50 U.S. States, and accept lawyer referrals from throughout the United States including Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut , Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas , Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Douthit Frets Rouse Gentile & Rhodes LLC provides business and commercial law representation and medical malpractice defense to clients in the Kansas City, Missouri, metropolitan area and the surrounding region including the Kansas cities and counties of Overland Park, Lenexa, Olathe, Wyandotte County, and Johnson County, and the Missouri cities and counties of Independence, Lee's Summit, Liberty, Jackson County, Clay County, and Cass County.