Below is a list attorneys who practice bankruptcy law in the State of Missouri. Their education, location of there practice and phone numbers are included.

Mark Benedict* Kansas City, MO Stacey Bowman Kansas City, MO John Cruciani* Kansas City, MO Douglas Evans* Springfield, MO Mark A. Shaiken* Kansas City, MO

Types of Bankruptcy (Business, Consumer and Municipal)

Chapter 7 - Can be filed by individuals, partnerships and corporations. The most common type of bankruptcy filing Chapter 9 - Adjustment of debts of a municipality Chapter 11 - Filed by large and small businesses. Individuals filing Chapter 11, are involved in business in some capacity, either as sole proprietors, or as principals of a corporation or partnership Chapter 12 - Adjustment of debts of a family farmer or fisherman Chapter 13 - Available for individuals only, no corporations or partnerships may file Chapter 15 - Bankruptcy, reorganization and insolvency cases that have assets, debtors, creditors, and other interested parties in multiple countries

Attorney Name - Education, Address and Practice

Name: Mark Benedict* Education: Undergraduate School: Rockhurst College - Kansas City, Missouri Law School: Boston College Law School - Boston, Massachusetts Address: Husch Blackwell Sanders Attorney Mark T. Benedict 4801 Main Street Suite 1000 Kansas City, MO 64112 Telephone: (816) 983-8000 Fax: (816) 983-8080 Practice: Counties of Cass, Clay, Jackson and Platte Bankruptcy Specialist* - Certified in Business Bankruptcy Missouri State Bar - Admitted 1993 Kansas State Bar - Admitted 1994 Name: Stacey Bowman Education: Undergraduate School: University of Iowa - Iowa City, Iowa Law School: University of Iowa College of Law - Iowa City, Iowa Address: Husch Blackwell Sanders Law Firm Stacey Meyer Bowman, Attorney at Law 4801 Main Street, Suite 1000 Kansas City, MO 64112 Telephone: (816) 983-8000 Fax: (816) 983-8080 Practice: Cass, Jackson, Platte and Clay counties Missouri State Bar - Admitted 2008 Kansas State Bar - Admitted 2009 Name: John Cruciani* Education: Undergraduate School: Benedictine College - Atchison, Kansas Law School: University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law - Kansas City, Missouri Address: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP John J. Cruciani , Attorney at Law 4801 Main Street Suite 1000 Kansas City, MO 64112 Telephone: (816) 983-8197 Fax: (816) 983-8080 Practice: Jackson, Clay and Platte and Cass counties Bankruptcy Specialist* - Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Missouri State Bar - Admitted 1994 Kansas State Bar - Admitted 1995 Name: Douglas Evans* Education: Undergraduate School: Unknown Law School: University of Missouri School of Law - Columbia, Missouri Address: Evans & Green Law Firm 1615 S. Ingram Mill Road Building F Springfield, MO 65804 Telephone: (417) 889-0111 Fax: (417) 889-6161 Practice: Greene County Bankruptcy Specialist* - Certified in Creditors Rights Missouri State Bar - Admitted 1970 Name: Mark A. Shaiken* Education: Undergraduate School: Haverford College - Haverford, Pennsylvania Law School: Washburn University School of Law - Topeka, Kansas Address: Stinson Morrison Hecker Law Firm Mark A. Shaiken, Attorney at Law 1201 Walnut Street Suite 2900 Kansas City, MO 64106 Telephone: (816) 691-3204 Fax: (816) 412-8197 Practice: Counties of Jackson, Clay and Platte and Cass Bankruptcy Specialist* - Certified in Business Bankruptcy Kansas State Bar - Admitted 1981 Texas State Bar - Admitted 1984 Pennsylvania State Bar - Admitted 1989 Missouri State Bar - Admitted 1991

Bankruptcy Specialist*

       Attorneys listed with an asterisk* (Mark Benedict, John Cruciani, Douglas Evans and Mark Shaiken) are specialists in certain areas of bankruptcy law and are certified by the American Board of Certification (ABC), located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and sponsored by the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Commercial Law League of America. The three areas of certification include the following; Creditors' Rights, Business Bankruptcy and Consumer Bankruptcy. For more information on this subject, please visit the Bankruptcy Specialist section on the web site.

Content written by Jack Garchar