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Mara H. Cohara - Kansas City, MO
2345 Grand BoulevardSuite 2200 Kansas City, MO 64108
Lathrop & Gage LLP
Kansas City Charitable Organizations Lawyer
Overview
Ms. Cohara leads the toxic and mass tort department at Lathrop & Gage. She focuses her practice on litigation matters involving toxic tort, nuisance, product liability, premises liability, breach of warranty and other commercial issues. She has significant experience coordinating large-scale “bet the company” matters and defending high-profile lawsuits that involve media and community attention.
Ms. Cohara defends companies in jury trials, mediations and arbitrations...
Ms. Cohara leads the toxic and mass tort department at Lathrop & Gage. She focuses her practice on litigation matters involving toxic tort, nuisance, product liability, premises liability, breach of warranty and other commercial issues. She has significant experience coordinating large-scale “bet the company” matters and defending high-profile lawsuits that involve media and community attention.
Ms. Cohara defends companies in jury trials, mediations and arbitrations...
Ms. Cohara leads the toxic and mass tort department at Lathrop & Gage. She focuses her practice on litigation matters involving toxic tort, nuisance, product liability, premises liability, breach of warranty and other commercial issues. She has significant experience coordinating large-scale “bet the company” matters and defending high-profile lawsuits that involve media and community attention.
Ms. Cohara defends companies in jury trials, mediations and arbitrations. Her track record spans state and federal courts in several states and includes multiple defense verdicts in notoriously “plaintiff-friendly” venues like Jackson County, Missouri and the City of St. Louis. She advises clients in a wide variety of industries, including agribusiness, hospitality, manufacturing and religious organizations. Ms. Cohara is well-versed in managing litigation teams under alternative fee arrangements, including phased fees and flat fees, and has spoken on the issue to the Association of Corporate Counsel and others.
She is active throughout the civic and legal communities, holding leadership positions with the Heartland Women’s Leadership Council, Lawyers Encouraging Academic Performance and more.
About Mara H. Cohara
Current Employment Position(s)
- Partner
Practice Areas
- Charitable Organizations
- Tort Litigation
- Personal Injury/Products Liability
- Toxic Tort Litigation
- Business Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Analysis and Recovery for Policyholders
- Environmental
- Insurance Analysis & Recovery for Policyholders
- Toxic and Mass Tort
- Toxic Tort
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Kansas, 2002
- Missouri, 2001
Other Affiliations
- Platte County Bar Association 2010-2012
- Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City 2010-2011
- Tiger Scholarship Fund Member
- Heartland Women's Leadership Counsel (HWLC) - Board Member 2011-2012
- 2010 Greater Missouri Leadership Challenge
- UMKC Law Alumni Association; Board of Directors, 2004-2005; Director of Membership, 2006-2008; Secretary/Treasurer 2010-2011, VP/President Elect, 2011-2012
- Lawyers Association of Kansas City, President, 2008-2009; President-Elect, 2007; YLS-Board Member, 2003-2005
- Lawyers Encouraging Academic Performance (LEAP), Board Member, 2008-2011
- Northland Regional Chamber of Commerce, 2007-2008
- Kansas City Tomorrow 2005-2006
- Kansas City Tomorrow Alumni Board Member 2006-2008
- The Missouri Bar, Young Lawyers Section
- Inns of UMKC-Coordinating Master, 2004-2005, Inn Master 2007-2008
- Heartland Health Advocates, Inc., Board Member 2007-2008
- The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- American Bar Association, Tort Litigation Section
- Women's Foundation - 360 Degrees of Giving
- Kansas City Association for Women Lawyers
- Inn of Court
- President, UMKC Student Bar Association, 2000-2001
Education
- University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, Missouri, 2001
J.D.
Honors: With Distinction - University of Missouri-Columbia, 1998
B.S.
Honors: summa cum laude
Articles
Published Works
- Lathrop & Gage Promotes Six Attorneys to Partner Status, 2009
- Lathrop & Gage Hosts Santa Snow Ball for LAKC, 2008
- Lathrop & Gage Wins High-Stakes Jury Trial for Agriculture Industry, 2007
Office Information
Address
2345 Grand BoulevardSuite 2200 Kansas City, MO 64108
Phone
Fax
- (816) 292-2001
Websites
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Mara H. Cohara
Included on the 2022 Missouri & Kansas list
Past Lists
- 2021 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers list
- 2009 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers list
Honors
- Selected for Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers "Rising Stars" - 2009
- UMKC Honor Society, Order of the Bench and Robe Award, 2001
- Note and Comment Editor, UMKC Law Review
- Special President's Award, UMKC Law Alumni Association
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