Attorney Profile

Jose M. Bautista

Jose Bautista

Sullivan Bautista Morgan Allen & Chronic, LLC
1600 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 200
Kansas City, MO 64108
Contact Contact Jose M. Bautista
T: 816-221-9922
F: 816-817-1962

Visit: www.sbmaclaw.com
Practice areas: Transportation/Maritime (50%), Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products (50%)
Industry Groups: Products Liability, Railroad
Languages Spoken: English, Tagalog

Profile

Jose M. Bautista is a partner and shareholder with Sullivan, Bautista, Morgan, Allen & Chronic LLC in Kansas City.  His practice consists of civil litigation with an emphasis on railroad and transportation-related matters.  Mr. Bautista is licensed to practice in Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, the U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.  He is a member of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association and was recently elected as the Chair of the American Association of Justice, Railroad Law Section.  He received his law degree from St. Louis University and is married to fellow attorney, Julie F. Oswald.

Selected to:

Missouri & Kansas Rising Stars 2009

About Jose Bautista

Admitted: 2001, Missouri

Professional Webpage: www.sbmaclaw.com

Honors and Awards: Elected to chair railroad law section for premier national plaintiffs' bar association, American Association of Justice (AAJ), 2009
Special Licenses/Certifications: Admitted to Practice in Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, the U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Bar/Professional Activity: Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (MATA); American Association of Justice (AAJ); Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (KCMBA); Asian American Bar Association of Kansas City (AABAKC)
Scholarly Lectures and Writings: Author, A Railroad Practitioner's Guide to On-Board Locomotive Videocameras, American Association of Justice, Mid-Summer Conference, 2009, Author, Kemp v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.: A Borrowing Statute in Operation, American Association of Justice, Railroad Law Section, 2009
Verdicts and Settlements: Schmidt v. Norfolk Southern Railroad, wrongful death settlement (confidential amount) for family of teenage driver who was killed in a car-train collision in central Missouri, 2005, Teat v. Norfolk Southern Railroad, $3M settlement achieved for construction worker who suffered a traumatic brain injury from a car-train collision at an unprotected private grade crossing in north Kansas City, Missouri., 2003
Representative Clients: Individuals or families who are harmed or killed as the result of railroad negligence, trucking negligence, or unsafe products
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