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Rex A. Sharp
Attorney

Biography

One of the co-founders of Gunderson, Sharp & Walke, LLP, Rex Sharp has over twenty years experience representing individuals and businesses in litigation matters throughout the United States. Rex has been appointed as lead counsel in class action matters representing clients in nationwide class actions as well as actions related to Kansas and Iowa consumers. Rex has substantial experience advising clients in the oil and gas, beef and trucking industries as well.

Rex is the former Assistant City Attorney and City Attorney of Liberal, Kansas.

Honors and Accomplishments

Board Certified Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist, National Board of Trial Advocacy (1997-present)

Martindale Hubbell Rating AV

Phi Beta Sigma

Campbell Moot Court Finalist

S. Anthony Benton Best Brief Awards

Journal of Law Reform, Associate Note Editor

Million Dollar Advocate Forum (1996)

Industries Represented

Oil & Gas

Beef

Trucking

Municipal law

Professional Activities and Affiliations

Member, Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys (1996-present)

Kansas Bar Association

State Bar of Texas

Oklahoma Bar Association

Missouri Bar Association

Colorado Bar Association

American Bar Association

American Association for Justice

Former President, Southwest Kansas Bar Association

Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association

Kansas Bar Foundation - Fellow Silver

Kansas Inn of Court, Master

Selected Recent Published Cases

Kirk v. National Carriers, Inc., 2006 WL 618136 (Kan. 2006)

Merriman v. Crompton Corp., 146 P.3d 162 (Kan. 2006)

Dragon v. Vanguard Industries, 144 P.3d 1279 (Kan. 2006)

Farmland Nat. Beef Packing Co. v. Stone Container Corp., 2006 WL 2356958 (Kan. Dist. Ct. 2006)

Johnson v. Westhoff Sand Co., Inc., 135 P.3d 1127 (Kan. 2006)

Chance v. U.S. Tobacco Co, 2006 WL 1390382 (Kan. Dist. Ct. 2006)

Publications, Presentations and Teaching Appointments

Author Note, "The Admissibility of Prior Silence to Impeach the Testimony of Criminal Defendants, 18 University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform 741-766 (1985)

Sharp, "Paying for the Crimes of Others? Landowner Liability for Crimes on the Premises," 29 South Texas Law Review 11-81 (1987)

Presentations

Kansas Special Committee on the Judiciary, Testimony on Senate Bill 53 (Daubert rule), November 3, 2005

SWKBA Annual Meeting, September 10, 2004, "The Big Case"

"The Ethics of Witness Preparation", Third Annual Ethics Symposium, The Earl E. O'Connor American Inn of Court, May 16, 2002

Professional Responsibility Update, UMKC, June 27, 2001

"Kansas Tort Claims Act", Southwest Kansas Bar Association Garden City CLE (1997), Southwest Kansas Bar Association Annual Meeting (1994)

Kansas Legislative Task Force on Gas Gathering, Testimony (1996)

Kansas Corporate Commission, Testimony on Gas Gathering Regulation (1995)

Municipal Risk Management, Liberal, KS (1995)

Kansas Inn of Court, Various Presentations

Contact Information

Address	5301 West 75th Street Prairie Village, KS 66208
Direct Phone	913.901.0500
Office Phone	913-901.0505
Fax	913.901.0419
Email	rsharp@midwest-law.com
Staff Contact	Vanessa Noah
Staff Phone	913.901.0505
Staff Email	vnoah@midwest-law.com

Education

Stanford University, A.B. (with honors and distinction), 1982

University of Michigan, JD (cum laude), 1985

Admitted To Practice

Kansas

Texas

Oklahoma

Colorado

Missouri

U.S. District Court - District of Kansas

U.S. District Court - Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court - Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court - Western District of Oklahoma

U.S. District Court - Northern District of Oklahoma

U.S. District Court - Western District of Missouri

U.S. District Court - District of Nebraska

U.S. Court of Appeals - 10th Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals - 8th Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

Practice Areas

Agriculture
Antitrust
Civil Appellate Practice
Class Actions
Commercial Litigation
Complex Litigation
Insurance Litigation
Oil & Gas

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