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Christopher Shank represents corporations and individuals both as plaintiffs and defendants in federal and state courts throughout the United States. He has significant experience in a wide range of litigation matters, including product liability defense, consumer class actions, real estate disputes, insurance coverage litigation, securities litigation, commercial litigation, and employment claims. Chris serves as national products liability counsel for several major manufacturers.Mr. Shank is a founding member of Shank & Heinemann LLC. He has attained an AV® rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest awarded. Through statewide voting of peers, Mr. Shank was selected as a Missouri and Kansas 2005, 2006, & 2007 Super Lawyer.
Mr. Shank served as judicial law clerk to the Honorable William R. Collinson (United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri) from 1980-1982. He received his B.A. from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1977 and his J.D. in 1980 from the University of Missouri-Columbia Law School.
Member/Founder, Shank & Heinemann LLC
Mission Woods, Kansas
January 2016-present
Director/Founding Shareholder, Shank & Hamilton, P.C.
Kansas City, Missouri
October 1997-December 2015
Director/Shareholder, Rouse, Hendricks, German, May & Shank, P.C.
Kansas City, Missouri
July 1992-October 1997
Partner, Stinson, Mag & Fizzell
Kansas City, Missouri
November 1988-July 1992
Law Clerk, Honorable William R. Collinson
United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
October 1980-October 1982
University of Missouri-Columbia
Juris Doctor, May 1980
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, Missouri
Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude 1977
- AV® rated (highest rating)
Martindale-Hubbell - The Missouri Bar
- The Kansas Bar
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Trucking Industry Defense Association
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Business Litigation Substantive Law Committee
- Product Liability Substantive Law Committee
- Reinsurance Substantive Law Committee
- Missouri State Courts (1980)
- Kansas State Courts (2015)
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court, District of Kansas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan