Richard W. Byrum

(816) 292-7033 - Office
(816) 292-7050 - Fax
rbyrum@brlawkc.com

   
Practice Areas:
  		• Business/Corporate
  		• Estate Planning/Probate
  		• Insurance
  		• Litigation
  		• Real Estate
      
         		Admitted to Practice:
  		• Federal District Court-Western District of Missouri
  		• Kansas
  		• U.S. District Court-District of Kansas
  		• Missouri
      
    Education:
  		• B.A.-University of Kansas-1962
  		• J.D.-University of Missouri at
    Kansas City-1973
      
         		Professional Associations:
  		• Kansas Bar Association
  		• Johnson County Bar Association
  		• Johnson County Bar Foundation
    (Member-Board of Directors &
    Past President)
  		• Panel of Mediators (1993-1997)
    U.S. District Court-District of Kansas
  		• Missouri Bar Association
  		• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
      
    Representative Clients/Industries:
  		• Real Estate & Mortgage Lending Industries:
    - Loan documentation & closing
    - Mortgage foreclosures
    - Bankruptcy proceedings
    - Like-kind real estate exchanges
    - Land assembly documentation
    - Anchor tenant leases
      

    Representative Cases:
  		• Development Company: Prepared documents for partnerships, land acquisition, wrap-around mortgages, loan financing, construction contracts, escrow agreements & leases for numerous commercial & multi-family projects.
  		• Governmental Entity: Instituted proceedings for annexation, five briefs & appearances before Kansas Supreme Court.
  		• Manufacturer: Defended suits regarding roofs on commercial buildings
  		• Savings & Loan Association: Defended five class action lawsuits, asserting over $12,000,000 in claims.
      

    Other:
  		• United States Air Force Awards:
       Air Medal (10)
       Distinguished Flying Cross (2)
      
         		Seminars and Publications:
  		• Channeling the Energies of Cable Television: A Case for Positive State Involvement, Vol. 5, No. 2, The Urban Lawyer, 376
  		• The HUD Interest Subsidy Housing Programs: Some Economic Realities Affecting Project Feasibility & Investor Participation, Vol. 41, No. 1, UMKC Law Review, 37.
  		• Uniform Relocation Assistance & Land Acquisition Policies, Institute Proceedings, Sections on Local Government Law & Real Property, Probate & Trust Law (American Bar Assoc. National Institute)
  		• Freedom of Choice in Housing: The Impact of Restrictions in the Kansas City Metropolitan Region (study contracted through the Office of Planning, Missouri Department of Community Affairs)
  		• Johnson County Community College-Adjunct Staff Member in Real Estate
    Pre-license Instruction.
  		• UMKC School of Law-Adjunct Professor of Law in Real Estate Finance, 1974-1975
  		• Lecturer for Continuing Legal Education Seminars on:
    • Mortgage Foreclosures
    • Tenant Evictions
    • Boundary Law
    • Real Estate Like-Kind Exchanges
    • Real Estate
    • Business







      

     

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