Practice Areas

We provide a wide array of services to clients in the Kansas City metro area and throughout the surrounding Kansas and Missouri region. We represent a broad array of clients ranging from entrepreneurs who are still in the initial planning stages of starting a business, to small and mid-sized companies that need any kind of legal assistance. We assist these clients with formation issues, business planning, transactions, construction, contracts, disputes, litigation, arbitration, mediation, and much, much more.

AV Rated* - Respected in Kansas, Missouri, and Throughout the U.S.

To discuss a business concern, auto defect accident, or another type of legal issue in more detail, call our Kansas City, Missouri, law offices at 816.941.7600 or complete the brief e-mail form located on the contact page of this Web site.

  • Read More Commercial Litigation

    Since its inception, Douthit Frets has represented a wide variety of small, mid-size and large companies in complex, business-to-business disputes throughout the Midwest. Our Commercial Litigation practice group includes five primary areas of emphasis: general commercial, class action, insurance and reinsurance, employment/non-compete, and title insurance... Read More


  • Read More Catastrophic Loss

    At Douthit Frets Rouse Gentile & Rhodes LLC, we focus on holding accountable those companies and individuals who - through negligence or by selling defective products - have caused catastrophic harm. We do this by helping individuals who have suffered catastrophic losses (including personal injuries and the death of loved ones) recover as much compensation for their losses as the law allows... Read More


  • Read More Construction Law

    Douthit Frets' construction lawyers have over 65 years of experience - we understand the construction industry and how to protect our clients' interests. Our range of experience includes the front end of a project (contracts, insurance, bonds, etc.), management of risks and claims during the project, payment issues (mechanic's liens, bond claims, etc.) and any dispute resolution process that may follow (mediation, arbitration and litigation)... Read More


  • Read More Business Transactions

    Our business transaction lawyers draw upon years of experience in working on a host of varied and complex transactions to devise creative and cost effective solutions for the legal issues that affect our clients' business objectives... Read More


  • Read More Payment Instruments & Prepaid Cards

    The law firm's payment instrument and prepaid card attorneys are nationally recognized innovators in the payments and prepaid card industry and have implemented and managed hundreds of national and international payment and prepaid card programs... Read More


  • Read More Medical Malpractice Defense

    The defense of medical malpractice cases is a cornerstone of the litigation practice at Douthit Frets Rouse Gentile & Rhodes. Douthit Frets' medical malpractice lawyers have more than fifty years experience defending hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory surgical centers, physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other licensed health care providers against various allegations of medical malpractice, negligence, premises liability, as well as in other legal proceedings... Read More



903 East 104th Street, Suite 610, Kansas City, MO 64131 | Phone: 816.941.7600 | Fax: 816.941.6666