Christopher Dove

DRZ Law

10+ Years of Experience

Chris finished near the top of his law school class at the University of Kansas and was selected to be Editor in Chief of the Kansas Law Review. After law school, he served as a law clerk for a federal judge in the United States District Court in Kansas City, Kansas. Chris then moved to Washington, DC, with his wife (who is also an attorney). He practiced law for almost a decade in DC at the United States Department of Justice and in an international law firm. At the DOJ, he pursued cases involving fraudulent tax shelters and accounting fraud. In private practice, he represented companies in multi-million dollar patent infringement cases and investigated charges of international financial bribery.

Chris has tried cases involving patent litigation, tax and accounting fraud, partnership disputes, fraud, breach of contract, misrepresentation, and violation of consumer laws.

Chris and his wife, Beatriz, decided to move back to Kansas City in order to be closer to their families and practice a different type of law. Chris was the first in his family to go to college, and he paid for his own undergraduate, graduate, and law school education. Chris practices law because he believes in the underdog. It is what gets him excited about coming into work each day.

Personal Injury

Fees
  • Contingent Fees
    25%-50%
Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court
Since 2003
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Languages

  • English:
    Spoken, Written

DRZ Law
2015 –

Current

Of Counsel
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
2014 –

2015

Partner
Warden Grier
2012 –

2014

Trial attorney
United States Department of Justice
2009 –

2012

Associate
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
2005 –

2009

Associate
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
2004 –

2005

Judicial clerk
United States District Court for the District of Kansas
2003 –

2004

University of Kansas School of Law
J.D.

2003

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University of Oregon
M.S.

1998

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University of Kansas

1996

B.G.S.
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Best of the Bar
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
2015
Order of the Coif (Top 10% of Class)
University of Kansas
2003
Samuel Mellinger Leadership, Scholarship, and Service Award
University of Kansas
2003
Editor in Chief, Kansas Law Review
University of Kansas
2003
CALI Award (Top Grade) – Water Law
University of Kansas
2002

CALI Award (Top Grade) – Contracts
University of Kansas
2002

National Crime Victims Bar Association

Member
2016 –
Current
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Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys

Member
2015 –
Current
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Kansas Trial Lawyers Association

Member
2015 –
Current
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American Association for Justice

Member
2012 –
Current
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Websites & Blogs

Website
Website
Leawood, KS Office
Blog


DRZ Law
8700 State Line Rd
Suite 305
Leawood, KS 66206
US
Telephone: (913) 400-2033