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Matthew E. Birch 
Kansas City, Missouri
Partner, since 2007
phone (816) 399-5596
(866) 484-8966 (Toll Free)
fax (816) 474-0003
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In my career, I have been blessed to represent many amazing people and their families. My greatest reward is the knowledge that my team's hard work and sacrifice has made a positive difference in the lives of many of our clients.

I joined the firm in the summer of 2000. In June of 2001, I left the firm to serve as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Dean Whipple, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Upon completion of my clerkship in the summer of 2003, I returned to the firm. I have represented individuals and families injured by defective products, medical negligence or simply the careless acts of others. To my clients, cases are not about money; rather, cases are about changing corporate policy for the better; cases are about improving medical care in their community; or they are about honoring the memory of a loved-one by holding a wrong-doer responsible for his or her conduct. Regardless of my client's motivation, their battles become my battles and together we have affected much positive change.

I was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and I have lived in the area my entire life. Outside of the practice of law I try to spend as much time as I can with the five most beautiful women in the world: my wife Liz, and my four daughters, Reese, Paige, Laine and Grace.

Year Joined Organization:
2000
Areas of Practice:
General Tort
Medical Negligence
Class Action Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Missouri
Kansas
U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri
U.S. District Court District of Kansas
U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
Education:
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, Missouri
Honors: With Distinction
Honors: Dean's Academic Achievement Awards for Highest Grades
Honors: Selected to the Dean's List Every Semester
Honors: Staff Member, Urban Lawyer
Honors: Teaching Assistant, Legal Writing Program
Law Review: U.M.K.C. Law Review, Managing Editor


Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas, 1997
Honors: Captain of the Tennis Team
Honors: Member, Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity


Published Works:
Casey Tourtillott & Matthew E. Birch, "The Right to Bring A Wrongful Death Claim in Kansas: Does the Statute of Limitations Begin to Run at Death", 70 U.M.K.C. L. Rev. 103, 2001


Matthew E. Birch, "The Imposition of Punitive Damages for the Tortious Acts of Employees in Kansas", J.K.T.L.A. No. 3, 16 , 2001


Honors and Awards:
"Rising Star" by Super Lawyers, 2008 - 2011


Selection to Missouri Lawyers Weekly 2010 Up & Coming Lawyers


Kansas City Business Journal Best of the Bar, 2011


Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Association for Justice
Member


Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
Member


Kansas Association for Justice
Member


Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
Member


Past Employment Positions:
Hon. Dean Whipple, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, Judicial Law Clerk, 2001


Fraternities/Sororities:
Sigma Phi Epsilon
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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