Dennis E. Egan |

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Dennis E. Egan received his B.J. degree from the University of Missouri in Columbia in 1973, and his J.D. from the University of Missouri School of Law in 1976. Mr. Egan is a member of the Popham Law Firm, P.C., specializing in trial work with a particular emphasis in employment law. Mr. Egan is a frequent presenter/lecturer at CLE seminars on various topics relating to litigation practice, and the preparation and trial of employment discrimination cases. Through December, 2016, Mr. Egan has been lead or co-lead trial counsel in approximately 145 cases of all types ─ including 109 jury trials. On 12/9/16 a Kansas City, Missouri jury rendered a verdict of $20,450,000 in an Age/Sex discrimination case against American Family Insurance ─ now the largest verdict under the Missouri Human Rights Act. In May 2011, Mr. Egan was lead counsel in a harassment/retaliation case that produced a $10.6 Million verdict ─ then the largest jury verdict returned under the Missouri Human Rights Act. In January, 2014, Mr. Egan was lead counsel in an Age Discrimination case for 4 Supervisory employees fired for sending to each other pornography on company e-mail. The jury found age discrimination motivated their firing and rewarded nearly $1 Million in Back-Pay and Emotional Distress. The case settled confidentially pending motions for future damages, attorneys' fees and costs. The Kansas City Business Journal’s Annual “Best of The Bar” has included Mr. Egan every year since the listing began in 2002. Mr. Egan has several times been named to "Super Lawyers Top 50 in Missouri-Kansas." As founder of the Kansas City Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA), Egan served as President from 1993 until 2007, and will serve as a permanent emeritus member of KC NELA's officers. He served a 12-year turn on the NELA National Board of Directors (1997-2010). Mr. Egan has for years served as Chairman of NELA's Trial Practice Committee. Egan helped launch (and co-chairs) NELA's "Employment Trial Boot Camp."

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