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Lisa A. Brunner

Partner

Lisa advises business owners, health care professionals and human resources professionals on preventing, managing and resolving disputes. She has managed numerous cases to successful resolutions and defense verdicts. Lisa also helps gay and lesbian individuals and couples with matters that impact their lives and families, such as same-sex adoptions, surrogacy and donor contracts, and relationship formation and dissolution.

 

Lisa is an active member of the firm’s Diversity Council and Steering Committee.

Awards & Recognitions

  • American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and Western Missouri, Advocate of the Year (2007) for her role in Johnston v. Missouri Dept. of Social Services, where the court ruled the state violated Missouri law and policy by denying a foster parent license to a lesbian who was well-qualified to help children in need of homes
  • The Kansas City Business Journal, Best of the Bar, 2007
  • Missouri Lawyers Weekly, Top 10 Defense Verdicts, 2006

Professional Associations & Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • Association of Women Lawyers
  • Kansas Bar Association
  • Kansas City Lesbian, Gay and Allied Lawyers Association
  • The Missouri Bar