Joanne B. Stutz, Junior Partner

Practice Areas:

• Bankruptcy law
• Business law
• Commercial law
• Litigation
• Collections
• Family law

Experience:

Ms. Stutz started her career as a bankruptcy attorney in 1982, when she clerked for the Hon. Joel Pelofsky, then sitting as a bankruptcy judge for the Western District of Missouri. Upon completion of her clerkship, Ms. Stutz joined Evans & Mullinix in 1983. While her practice focuses on financial reorganization and representation of debtors in Chapter 7, 13 and 11 bankruptcies, Ms. Stutz also represents creditors and is able to see the effect of bankruptcy and business closures from all sides. She recently represented the Eldridge House in Lawrence, Kan., Steve’s Shoes in Kansas City, Mo. and creditors in the Interstate Bakeries Chapter 11, which was filed in Kansas City, Mo.

Education:

• Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1980
• Michigan State University, B.A., 1977;
• Rockhurst College, M.B.A., 1989

Admissions:

• 1980, Missouri
• 1985, Kansas
• 1985, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri and District of Kansas

Memberships & Professional Organizations:

• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
• Johnson County Bar Association
• Kansas Bar Association (Member, Bankruptcy Section)
• The Missouri Bar
• The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
• The Kansas City Bankruptcy Bar Association

Honors:

• Martindale-Hubbell AV® Peer Review Rating
• Phi Kappa Phi
• Law Clerk to the Honorable Joel Pelofsky, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, 1982-1983
• Law Clerk to the Honorable Gene Martin, Circuit Judge, Jackson County, Missouri, Feb. 1982 - July 1982

Articles & Presentations:

• Presenter at the National Bankruptcy Institute on bankruptcy landlord and tenant issues
• Presenter at the Kansas City Bankruptcy Bar Association on bankruptcy issues