Ford, Parshall & Baker .

Practice Areas

• Administrative Law - Our attorneys provide representation to clients in all aspects and levels of licensing and administrative review especially in the area of medical and professional licensing and disciplinary review.
  
  
• Alternative Dispute Resolution - Our lawyers are trained and qualified to serve as mediators and neutrals and we also provide quality representation to our clients by assisting our clients in participating in alternative dispute alternatives such as arbitration, mediation, negotiation settlements, mini and mock trials.
  
  
• Appeals - Our firm has substantial experience in presenting state and federal appeals in all areas including insurance defense, insurance policy construction, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, product liability, personal injury, domestic relations, probate, statutory interpretation, constitutional interpretation, civil rights, breach of contract, specific performance, inverse condemnation, licensing, declaratory judgment, equity, injunctions, intentional torts and antitrust.
  
  
• Business, Commercial and Real Estate Law - Our lawyers assist many large and small businesses in all areas of business law practice and from selecting the form of business entity under which to operate, preparation of agreements, sale and purchase of businesses, obtaining financing and funding for business operations and employee relations to business dissolution. Our attorneys also represent both commercial clients and individuals in all proceedings and transactions that deal with real property land and the structures attached to it including purchase and sale agreements, construction, mortgages, foreclosures, leases, zoning, title examinations, quiet title actions, closings and property management.
  
  
• Collections and Creditor Rights and Bankruptcy - Our commercial litigation department offers legal assistance in the areas of medical, retail and commercial bad debt collection, bankruptcy litigation, insurance subrogation, foreclosures and contract drafting and litigation.
  
  
• Civil Litigation including Insurance Law and Insurance Defense - Our firm has substantial experience in representing clients in state and federal court in all areas of civil litigation including personal injury, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, automobile, general casualty, premises liability, public and governmental liability, employment liability, school and governmental body law, first party insurance coverage including fire and casualty claims, professional liability, health, accident and life insurance coverage law and bad-faith claims.
  
  
• Criminal Law - Our lawyers assist people who have been arrested or charged with a state misdemeanor or felony including in the areas of traffic, and alcohol and other substance-related offenses.
  
  
• Education Law - We provide representation to many public and private colleges, universities and school systems and school employees and administrators. Our lawyers practice in all areas of elementary, secondary, and higher education law, including, students with disabilities, constitutional rights, tort liability, premises liability, employment discrimination, sexual misconduct, teacher and administrator employment, tenure issues, property law and contract law.
  
  
• Employment Law - Many of our lawyers provide legal assistance to employers who are in need of advice in employment issues as well as when employers assert claims or defend against claims in state or federal court. We represent and counsel employers in administrative employment matters including appearing before the state and federal administrative hearing commissions and in state and federal court and in state and federal appeals courts. Our attorneys have substantial experience in interpreting and construing state and federal statutes and court decisions in areas such as employment discrimination, violations of civil rights, sexual harassment, employee benefits, wrongful discharge, and employment contracts.
  
  
• Estate Planning including Wills, Trusts and Probate - Our lawyers are experienced in providing advice and assistance in estate planning, wills, trusts and estate and probate administration. Our firm offers a variety of services for people who wish to plan in advance for the distribution of property upon their death, including, wills, trusts, powers of attorneys.
  
  
• Family Law - Many of our lawyers provide assistance to individuals in the areas of family law, including, divorce, child support, maintenance, custody, paternity, relocation, adoption and modification.
  
  
• Personal Injury - Our attorneys provide prompt, aggressive and effective service assisting individuals who are injured and are in need of legal assistance. For over 25 years we have helped individuals and their families in reaching settlements and in obtaining state and federal court judgments against individuals and businesses who were legally responsible. Our lawyers have extensive experience in prosecuting claims of all sorts including accidental injury liability, professional malpractice, defective products and all other negligent and intentional misconduct.
  
  
• Professional Malpractice - Our lawyers have many years of experience in representing doctors, nurses and other medical professionals who have claims made against them for professional negligence or malpractice. We have successfully defended professionals including doctors, nurses and lawyers in state and federal courts and in the appellate courts. Some of our lawyers are trained in the medical field as well as in the law and we strive to continue to represent professionals who are sued.

Ford, Parshall & Baker, L.L.C.
3210 Bluff Creek Drive
Columbia, Missouri 65201-3525
Phone: (573) 449-2613
Fax: (573) 875-8154
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