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David R. Morantz 
Kansas City, Missouri
Associate
phone (816) 399-5596
(866) 484-8966 (Toll Free)
fax (816) 474-0003
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Since joining the firm in 2005, David has focused his practice on medical negligence, products liability and other tort actions, including cases against daycare providers for injuries and deaths of infants.  David has participated in several jury trials for the firm and practices as an aggressive yet civil litigator.

David joined the firm in 2005 after graduating from the University of Kansas School of Law, where he was an articles editor on the Kansas Law Review and was honored as the top student in the area of intellectual property during his final year of law school.

Prior to law school, David worked as a newspaper reporter for The Associated Press and for the Omaha World-Herald. David focused his reporting on exposing shortcomings in municipal services. He won several awards in recognition of outstanding reporting and writing. While in law school, David helped teach reporting and editing at KU's William Allen White School of Journalism.

David is admitted to practice in Kansas and Missouri.  He is an active member of the Kansas Association for Justice and enjoys his membership in the Earl E. O’Connor American Inn of Court.

Besides journalism stints in South Carolina and Nebraska, David has always called the Kansas City area home. He earned his undergraduate degree in journalism from the University of Kansas.  When not at work, David enjoys spending time with his wife, Carrie, and their children, Lucy, Stanley and Rebecca. David also enjoys soccer, mountain biking, swimming and working in the yard.

Areas of Practice:
Medical Negligence
Products Liability Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Missouri
Kansas
Education:
University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas
Honors: Top Student in Intellectual Property
Honors: Teach Reporting/Editing at KU's William Allen White School of Journalism
Law Review: Kansas Law Review, Articles Editor


University of Kansas
Journalism


Published Works:
How Old is Too Old? Kansas’ Useful Safe Life Statute of Repose, Journal of the Kansas Association for Justice, Vol. XXXIII, No. 2, p.6, November 2009


Beware the Patient Juror, Journal of Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, Vol. XXX, No. 5, p.6, May 2007


"HIPAA's Headaches: A Call for a First Amendment Exception to the Newly Enacted Health Care Privacy Rules,", 53 U. Kan. L. Rev. 479, 2005


Past Employment Positions:
The Associated Press, Newspaper Reporter


Omaha World-Herald, Newspaper Reporter


Student Newspaper, Managing Editor


Contact the Firm

Shamberg, Johnson & Bergman
2600 Grand, Suite 550
Kansas City, Missouri 64108

816-399-5596 in KC
866-484-8966 toll-free

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