ASSOCIATE
Diane R. Estes, born Baxter Springs, Kansas, September 27, 1972; admitted to bar, 2020, Missouri; also admitted to practice before U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. Preparatory education, Southwest Baptist University (B.A., 2001); St. John's College of Nursing (R.N., 1993); legal education, Mitchell Hamline School of Law (J.D., 2020; Health Law Certificate/Health Care Compliance Certificate). Member: Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Civil Trial; Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice Litigation.
MEMBERS OF THE FIRM
Kent O. Hyde, born Springfield, Missouri, January 28, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Missouri; also admitted to practice before U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. Preparatory education, Southwest Missouri State University (B.S., 1981); legal education, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law (J.D., 1984). Member: Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Medical Negligence; Products Liability; Personal Injury Trials; Insurance Defense.
William C. Love, born Joplin, Missouri, April 17, 1961; admitted to bar, 1985, Missouri; also admitted to practice before U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. Preparatory education, University of Missouri-Columbia (B.S.B.A., summa cum laude, 1983); legal education, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law (J.D., 1985). Recipient: Roscoe Anderson Award for Excellence in Advocacy; Jurisprudence Award in Professional Responsibility; David J. Dixon Appellate Advocacy Award, 1992. Member: Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar (Workers' Compensation Law Committee); American Bar Association; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers. Trial & Appellate Practice; Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice Litigation; Workers' Compensation.
David E. Overby, born Waynesville, Missouri, June 3, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Missouri. Preparatory education, University of Missouri-Rolla (B.A., cum laude, 1987); legal education, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1990). UMKC Law Review. Assistant Articles Editor, The Urban Lawyer. Law Clerk to Hon. Ann K. Covington, Supreme Court of Missouri. Co-author: "Judicial Hostility To Other Crimes Evidence In Criminal Case," 46 J.Mo.Bar 139 (1990). Author: "Improper Prosecutorial Argument in Capital Punishment Cases," 58 UMKC Law Review 651 (1990). Member: Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers. Civil Trial; Medical Negligence; Personal Injury Trials; Insurance Defense.
Tyler R. Strodtman, born Columbia, Missouri, November 18, 1982; admitted to bar, 2008, Missouri; also admitted to practice before U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. Preparatory education, University of Missouri (B.A., 2005); legal education, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law (J.D., 2008). Member: Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Civil Trial; Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice Litigation.
Shannon A. Vahle, born Springfield, Missouri, September 17, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Missouri; also admitted to practice before U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. Preparatory education, Southwest Missouri State University (B.S., 1996); legal education, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law (J.D., 2000). Missouri Environmental Law & Policy Review, 1999-2000. Author: "Recovery of Monitoring Costs Under the OPA: Money for Nothing," MELPR, Vol. 7, No. 2 (2000). Member: Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers. Civil Trial; Medical Negligence; Personal Injury; Appellate Practice.