Practices

Daniel D. Crabtree

Partner

DIRECT CONTACT
816.691.2330
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KANSAS CITY OFFICE
1201 Walnut, Suite 2900
Kansas City, MO 64106

Dan Crabtree is a trial lawyer who represents businesses, governmental entities and individuals in federal and state courts.

Representative Experience

Lead trial and appellate counsel defending public utility in two class actions arising from leak of 140 million cubic feet of natural gas (defense verdict in Kansas state court)
Lead counsel defending energy company against claim that it had conspired with competitors to preclude refiner's use of natural gas liquids assets (Kansas federal court)
Lead counsel defending two class actions and a separate collective action filed by Kansas Attorney General accusing agricultural processor of deceptive business practices (Kansas state court)
Lead counsel defending class action asserting that public utility's transmission lines trespassed on 43-mile corridor of abandoned railroad property (Kansas state court)
Lead trial and appellate counsel representing municipal government seeking to nullify citizens' petition seeking to impanel grand jury (Kansas state court)
Counsel in MDL defending alleged participant against claims of participation in conspiracies to monopolize and monopsonize milk procurement and milk bottling (MDL assigned to Tennessee federal court and separate action in Mississippi federal court)
Lead counsel representing owner of mined land against putative classes seeking to recover for alleged diminution of property values (Kansas federal court denied class certification)
Lead counsel representing Kansas City Royals baseball club in Sen. George Mitchell’s investigation of performance enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball
Appointed Special Assistant Attorney General and represented State of Kansas as trial counsel in litigation contesting ownership of $48 million in proceeds from sale of Kansas hospital (Kansas state court)
Lead counsel defending claim that State of Indiana had illegally segregated the Fort Wayne Public School District (Indiana federal court)
Lead trial counsel representing University of Kansas athletic department in commercial dispute over sale of sports apparel (Kansas state court)
Lead counsel for regional bank in putative class action alleging violations of Expedited Funds Availability Act (summary judgment granted in bank's favor by Kansas state court)

Education

University of Kansas, J.D., 1981

Ottawa University, B.A., 1978

Community Involvement

Member, Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Providence Medical Center and St. John Hospital
Member, Board of Directors, Greater Kansas City Sports Commission

Bar Admissions

Missouri, 1981
Kansas, 1982
United States District Court for the District of Kansas
United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Professional Affiliations

Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Member, American Bar Association, Kansas Bar Association, Wyandotte County (Kansas) Bar Association, and Johnson County (Kansas) Bar Association