Ed Spalty

• BTI Client Service All-Star Team (2006, 2008-2009), The BTI Consulting Group
• The Best Lawyers in America (listed 10+ consecutive years, including the most recent edition) for Franchise Law
• Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (Franchising - National Level, multiple years)
• Lex Mundi, Chair-elect (Litigation, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution)
• Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers® (multiple years)
• KC Magazine, Top 100 Attorneys in Missouri & Kansas (multiple years)
• Named "Best of the Bar," by the Kansas City Business Journal (2003)
• Numerous Who's Who's
• AV® Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

• Columbia Law School (J.D., 1973)
       Executive Editor and Member, Board of Editors of the Columbia Human
       Rights Law Review
• Emory University (B.A., 1968)

Co-author, “Awuah v. Coverall North America: Is the franchising model at risk,” Association of Corporate Counsel Lexology (June 2010)

Co-Editor, "A Guide to North American Arbitrators and Mediators," Lex Mundi (2009)

Author, "Real Estate Professionals," Chapter 5, Missouri Professional Liability, The Missouri Bar CLE (2005)

Moderator, "E-Discovery: A Comprehensive Overview," Lex Mundi North America Conference (February 2008)

Moderator, "European Trends in Dispute Resolution," Lex Mundi Dispute Resolution Conference (November 2007)

• The Missouri Bar
• American Bar Association
• Platte County Bar Association
• Lawyers Association of Kansas City
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Chairman, Antitrust, Business Tort and Franchise Law, and Business Litigation Committees)
• Easter Seals, Inc. (Past Board Member, Officer and Executive Committee, Outside General Counsel)
• UCP Easter Seals Missouri (Past Board Member, Executive Committee, and Past State Chairman)
• Columbia University Club of Kansas City (Founding Director)
• The National Golf Club of Kansas City (Founding member)
• German-American Chamber of Commerce (Vice-President, Kansas City Chapter)
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Court of Federal Claims
• United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
• United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
• United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
• Eastern District of Wisconsin Federal Court
• Colorado Federal Court
• Nebraska Federal Court
• Kansas Federal Court
• Missouri State and Federal Court