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Aaron K. Kirkland
Partner
5901 College Boulevard
Suite 280
Overland Park, KS 66211
akirkland@kwm-law.com
(913) 469-0900
AREAS OF PRACTICE
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Fiduciary Litigation
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Probate & Estate Administration
EDUCATION
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University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law
J.D., summa cum laude, 2008
Editor-in-Chief of the UMKC Law Review
Teaching Assistant for the Legal Writing Program
Student Clerk to the Hon. Scott O. Wright of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri -
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
B.A., English Literature, 2004
BAR ADMISSIONS
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Missouri
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Illinois
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United States District Court for the District of Kansas
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United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
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United Stated Court of Appeals for the Second and Sixth Circuits
Experience
Aaron represents individual and corporate clients in various matters involving fiduciary litigation and administration throughout Missouri and Kansas. Aaron has tried multiple family disputes, including trust contests and, most recently, a dispute involving Missouri’s Right of Sepulcher statute.
Aaron has also handled appeals in Kansas and Missouri appellate courts in matters involving no-contest clauses, powers of attorney, trust administration, breach of fiduciary duty, and the title to transferred property.
Before joining Kembell Woods & Martinsen LLP in 2017, Aaron was an attorney at Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP where he defended companies in individual and complex litigation throughout the United States.