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Ashley L. Baird 
Kansas City, Missouri
Associate
phone 816-876-2600
877-816-2600 (Toll Free)
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Ashley Baird's practice focuses on personal injury litigation, specifically in the areas of nursing home abuse and neglect, medical malpractice, wrongful death, insurance bad faith, daycare abuse cases, and vaccine litigation before the United States Federal Court of Claims in Washington, D.C. She has litigated cases in both state and federal courts in Missouri and Kansas, the Federal Court of Claims, the Supreme Court of Missouri, and the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District of Missouri.

Ashley attended the University of Kansas, where she received a degree in business administration and received her law degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2006. While in law school, Ms. Baird was a member of the Law Review Journal.

Ashley was selected to the National Trial Lawyers 40 Under 40 list in 2012. Also in 2012, Missouri Lawyers Weekly selected Ashley to receive the Rising Star Award, awarded to women lawyers under the age of 40 who have already made a difference in the justice system of Missouri.

Ashley is licensed to practice in both Missouri and Kansas. She currently serves as a member of the Board of Governors of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and has written many amicus briefs on behalf of that organization. Ashley is also a published author in the Missouri Bar Journal as well as the Journal of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys.

Ashley is a member of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, The Missouri Bar, the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, the American Association for Justice, National Trial Lawyers Association, and Association for Women Lawyers for Greater Kansas City.

Areas of Practice:
Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect
Nursing Home Litigation
Health Care
Sexual Abuse
Daycare Abuse
Personal Injury
Wrongful Death
Bar Admissions:
Kansas
Missouri
Education:
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, Missouri, 2006
J.D.


University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 2002
B.S.
Major:  Business Administration


Published Works:
Ex Parte Communications With Physicians? Missouri's Old Rule v. HIPAA's New Rule, The Missouri Bar Journal, March – April, 2009


The Litigant’s Guide to Surviving Summary Judgment for a claim of Negligent Retention of an Incompetent Subcontractor, The Missouri Trial Attorney, Winter, 2007


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
Member


The Missouri Bar
Member


Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
Member, Board of Governors


Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
Member, Amicus Committee


Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
Member, Women's Caucus


American Association for Justice


Association for Women Lawyers for Greater Kansas City


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  • Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2010
  • Av Lexisnexis Martindale-hubbell Peer Review Rated For Ethical Standards And Legal Ability
  • Listed In Best Lawyers The World's Premier Guide
  • Best Of The Bar Kansas City Business Journal

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