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Christen D. Shepherd
Attorney at Law

Christen D. Shepherd

Christen Shepherd is a solo practitioner concentrating in the area of Family Law. She enjoys working with families in an effort to resolve their disputes and move forward with their lives in a more peaceful manner, whenever possible. Ms. Shepherd has associated with Kansas City firms in the areas of federal criminal defense, plaintiff's personal injury and insurance defense, and creditor collections.

Ms. Shepherd is on the board of directors for The Lawyers Association of Kansas City, a public service-oriented organization. With this organization, she is chair of the committee for public education in the law and helps put on the Mini Law School for the Public each year. Ms. Shepherd is also a member of The Missouri Bar and its Solo and Small Firm Committee and a member of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, and its Domestic Relations Committee. She received her B.S. degree in advertising from The University of Texas at Austin in 1987 and worked in advertising before pursuing law school. She received her J.D. degree from the University of Missouri at Kansas City in 1999, where she served on the Law Review, the Moot Court Board, and the UMKC Trial Team. Ms. Shepherd was awarded the Tiera Farrow Outstanding Community Member award in April 2011 by the UMKC chapter of the Association of Women Law Students for community service in support of women in the law. She is a member of the Order of Barristers and admitted to practice in Missouri and Kansas.

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Bar Admissions

  • Missouri, 1999

  • Kansas, 2000

  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, 1999

  • U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, 2000

  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri

  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1999

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Education

  • J.D. - University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, 1999

    • Honors: Chief Justice, Moot Court Board

    • Honors: UMKC Trial Team

  • B.S. - The University of Texas at Austin, 1987

    • Major: Advertising

Classes & Seminars

  • Moderator, Missouri Bar C.L.E. Programs

  • Pro Se Dissolution Seminars, Legal Aid of Western MO, 2010 to Present

Pro-Bono Activities

  • Volunteer Attorney Project for Legal Aid of Western Missouri, 2010 to Present

  • LAKC Public Education Events, 2010 to Present

  • Greater Kansas City Mothers of Twins Club

Representative Clients

  • Farm Bureau Town & Country Insurance Company of Missouri

  • AAA Insurance Company/Auto Club Family Insurance

Past Positions

  • Carmichael Lynch

  • Mutual of Omaha

  • TMP Worldwide Advertising, Account Manager, 1994 to 1996

  • United States Attorney's Office, Kansas City, MO, Summer Intern, 1997 to 1997

  • Drug Task Force Unit of the Kansas City office of the Assistant United States Attorney, Kansas City, Drug Task Force Unit, 1997 to 1997

  • Wyrsch Hobbs Mirakian & Lee, Clerk/Associate, 1998 to 2001

  • The Kenney Law Firm LLC, Partner, 2001 to 2004

  • Martin Leigh Laws & Fritzlen, PC , 2004 to 2005

  • Ferguson & Ferguson, Contract Attorney, 2005 to 2009

  • Jayne Pearman, Esq., Contract Attorney, 2005 to 2009

Ancillary Businesses

  • Legal Education Seminars, LLC

Published Works

  • Lethal Concentration of Power: The DEA and Industrial Hemp, UMKC Law Review, Winter, 1999

  • Criminal Practice Series, (Supplement Editor: Chapters 12 & 28), Missouri Bar, Vol. 3, 2003

Professional Associations

  • National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member, 1998

  • American Bar Association, Member

  • Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Solo and Small Firm Committee, Co-Chair

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Federal Courts Committee, Member

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Criminal Law Committee, Member

  • Kansas Bar Association, Present

  • Defense Research Institute (D.R.I.)

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Domestic Law Committee, Member

  • Missouri Bar Association, Member

  • Lawyers Association of Kansas City, Board of Directors

  • Lawyers Association of Kansas City, Committee for Public Education in the Law, Chair

  • Missouri Bar Association, Small Firm Internet Group, Member

  • Missouri Bar Association, Solo and Small Firm Committee, Member