Lisa E. Key Krigel & Krigel, P.C. 4550 Belleview Ave Kansas City, MO 64111-3506

Communication Center
Phone: (816) 756-5800 (866) 245-8887 (Toll Free)	E-mail: lkey@krigelandkrigel.com
Fax: (816) 756-1999	Web site: http://www.lkeylaw.com

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Areas of Practice	Bar Admissions	Education
Affiliations

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Lisa E. Key has a legal practice devoted exclusively to the area of family law. She represents clients in matters of adoption, divorce, child custody and visitation, child support, spousal maintenance, paternity, premarital agreements, and other domestic relations issues.

Ms. Key earned a law degree from Northwestern University School of Law in 1987, where she graduated cum laude and was made a member of the Order of the Coif. She received her undergraduate degree in social work, with an emphasis on families, from the University of Illinois, where she graduated with honors.

Following law school, Ms. Key practiced in Atlanta, Georgia in the areas of tax and business planning. In 1993, she accepted a position as an associate professor of law at the University of Missouri School of Law - Columbia, where she taught courses in family law, disability law, tax, and business planning.

Ms. Key moved to Kansas City and opened her own law firm in 2003. In 2005, she joined the firm of Krigel & Krigel, P.C. She has received training as a domestic mediator and as a collaborative law attorney.

She is active in many organizations, including the American Bar Association Family Law Section, the Missouri Bar Association Family Law Section, the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Family Law Committee, the Association of Women Lawyers, the Association for Conflict Resolution, the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, the Association of Missouri Mediators, the Collaborative Law Institute of Missouri, the International Relations Council and The Central Exchange. She is licensed to practice law in Missouri and Georgia.

Year Joined Organization:

2005

Areas Of Practice:

Adoption Law

Family Law

Divorce Law

Collaborative Law

Divorce Mediation

Child Custody and Support

Bar Admissions:

Missouri, 2003

Georgia, 1987

Education:

Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1987

J.D.

Honors: cum laude

Honors: Member, Order of the Coif

University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, 1984

B.S.W.

Honors: With Honors

Major: Social Work

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Collaborative Family Law Training, Kansas Ciity Metropolitan Bar Association, November 3, 2006

 

Tax Planning of Divorce, 17th Annual Family Law Institute, Washington University School of Law, October 15, 2004

 

Tax Consequences of Marital Dissolution, Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, May 14, 2004

 

Family Law, Disability Law, Tax, and Business Planning, University of Missouri (Columbia) School of Law, 1998 - 2003

 

Basic Federal Income Taxation, University of Missouri (Columbia) School of Law, 1993 - 2003

 

Possibilities, Problems and Implications: Is Covenant Marriage Right for Missouri, Missouri Council on Family Relations, May 3, 2002

 

Presumptions of Joint Custody: A Critique of Missouri Law, University of Missouri (Columbia) Human Environmental Sciences Department, February 23, 2001

Professional Associations and Memberships:

American Bar Association, Family Law Section

 

Missouri Bar Association, Family Law Section

 

Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Family Law Committee and Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee

 

Association of Women Lawyers

 

Association for Conflict Resolution

 

Association of Family and Conciliation Courts

 

Association of Missouri Mediators

 

Collaborative Law Institute of Missouri

 

International Relations Council - Board of Directors, The Central Exchange

Past Employment Positions:

University of Missouri (Columbia) School of Law, Associate Professor of Law, 1993 - 2003

 

Vincent, Chorey, Taylor & Feil (Atlanta, GA), Associate, 1989 - 1993

 

King & Spalding (Atlanta, GA), Associate, 1987 - 1989

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