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Charles B. Cowherd
Partner

Springfield

417.888.1010

Camber M. Jones
Of Counsel

Springfield

417.888.1068

Alec Martinez
Senior Associate

Springfield

417.888.1047

Charles Cowherd is a member of the Banking and Financial Services and Litigation and Dispute Resolution groups. He has devoted his practice to assisting clients resolve a wide range of complex commercial and financial disputes.

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Camber Jones is a member of the firm’s Banking and Financial Services Group. Camber has experience representing debtors and creditors in bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings in multiple jurisdictions, including, initiating and defending adversary proceedings, investigating and conducting large-scale claims reconciliations, negotiating settlements, and negotiating, drafting, and reviewing commercial contracts.

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Alec is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group. His practice consists primarily of commercial litigation for a wide variety of clients, which range from individuals to large corporations. Alec uses his litigation background to diligently pursue favorable outcomes for his clients at all stages of litigation and, when possible, to resolve disputes before any case is filed.

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Mike Nichols
Partner

Springfield

417.888.1011

Rodney H. (Rod) Nichols
Partner

Springfield

417.888.1023

Kristen M. O'Neal
Of Counsel

Springfield

417.888.1025

Mike Nichols is a member of the Real Estate group. His practice focuses on real estate development and leasing, mergers and acquisitions, general business, and commercial financing.

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Rodney Nichols is a partner in the firm’s Banking and Financial Services group and assists lenders with structuring, documenting, and enforcing complex commercial and real estate loans of all types. With more than 25 years of experience, Rodney is able to help lenders and businesses alike navigate the intricate nature of commercial and real estate financing, including debt restructuring, workouts, and reorganizations both inside and outside of bankruptcy.

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A skilled litigator, capable of handling matters from intake to conclusion, Kristen approaches every matter with the mindset that it will ultimately go to trial. Even though most cases resolve before trial, preparing in this manner positions her clients to more effectively reach an advantageous resolution.

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Gary A. Powell
In Memoriam (1953 – 2024)

Springfield

417.888.1012

Doug Reynolds
Associate

Springfield

417.888.1020

Paul D. Satterwhite
Partner

Springfield

417.888.1035

Gary Powell was a founding partner of the firm’s Springfield office, and a member of the Tax, Trusts, & Estates Group. Gary had more than 40 years of experience in estate planning, trust and estate administration, and tax and business transactions. His leadership abilities and expertise with sophisticated estate planning, business succession planning, business formation and acquisitions, and shareholder and buy-sell agreements were evident as he earnestly served clients and supported colleagues.

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Doug is a member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group in the firm’s Springfield office. His practice consists primarily of commercial litigation for a wide variety of clients, who range from individuals to large corporations. Doug diligently pursues favorable outcomes for his clients at all stages of litigation and, when possible, works to resolve disputes before any case is filed.

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Paul Satterwhite helps employers interpret and understand the constantly changing landscape of employment laws to help the employers he works with manage their employment law risks. He focuses his practice on risk management so that the employers he works with can focus their efforts more on the operation of their businesses and less on the management of employment disputes and legal claims.

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Ben Shantz
Partner

Springfield

417.888.1022

Henry Sivils
Associate

Springfield

417.888.1006

Jason C. Smith
Partner

Springfield

417.888.1013

Ben Shantz is a trial attorney and counselor who helps his clients by fighting for their interests both in and out of court so they can focus on growing their businesses. Ben has a reputation for providing practical legal advice that enables clients to make real-time, critical business decisions. He uses his experience in the courtroom to help clients prevent litigation in the first place and best position them when disputes do arise by drafting a wide range of contracts to better protect their interests on the front-end.

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Henry Sivils focuses his practice on managing all aspects of transactions for individuals, companies, developers, builders, property owners, and financial institutions. He collaborates with an accomplished team of attorneys that help clients navigate all legal matters to keep projects and deals of all sizes on schedule and within budget. He also provides counsel on development incentives, tax credit financing, and opportunity zones.

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Jason is a trial lawyer who represents clients from individuals to Fortune 500 companies in business matters and litigation throughout the country. Jason has defended class action cases for clients such as retailers, banks, and universities. His litigation practice has encompassed complex contract and tort claims in health care, retail, construction, banking, manufacturing, higher education, and other industries.

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Charli Steed
Of Counsel

Springfield

417.888.1009

Richard E. Walters
Partner

Springfield

417.888.1014

Christopher F. (Chris) Weiss
Of Counsel

Springfield

417.888.1036

Charli Steed is an attorney in the Tax, Trusts, & Estates group, focusing her practice in the areas of tax, wealth preservation, and general business. Charli helps clients plan for the future by preparing trusts, wills, powers of attorney, non-judicial settlement agreements, and fiduciary litigation documents.

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Richard Walters is a partner in the Spencer Fane Real Estate group.

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Chris Weiss serves as a trusted advisor and accomplished trial attorney with more than 22 years of experience helping clients across a wide spectrum of industries resolve their most complex problems and critical cases.

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Shelby Wood
Partner

Kansas City, Springfield

816.292.8357

As a member of both the Environmental and Energy Law and the Real Estate groups at Spencer Fane, Shelby assists clients seeking to buy, sell, manage, finance, and redevelop environmentally impaired properties. Shelby regularly helps clients manage, investigate, and remediate CERCLA (Superfund) sites and contaminated properties in state run voluntary cleanup programs. He has also negotiated environmental use controls, restrictive covenants, and other agreements associated with managing long-term environmental liability at contaminated sites.

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