Background
Weems, Douglas M. was born on July 24, 1965 in Ainsworth, Nebraska, United States.
Weems, Douglas M. was born on July 24, 1965 in Ainsworth, Nebraska, United States.
University of Nebraska (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1987). University of Virginia (Juris Doctor, 1990).
Worked at Spencer Fane Britt & Browne Limited Liability Partnership (Kansas City, Missouri) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice. Banking, Business and Finance, Business Litigation, Communications and Media, Creditors" and Debtors" Remedies, Employee Benefits, Environmental, Estate Planning and Trusts, Health Care, Intellectual Property and Technology, International, Labor and Employment, Public Utilities and Energy, Real Estate, Tax Transactions and Planning, Tort and Insurance, Trade Regulations, White Collar Defense. Admitted to the bar, 1990, Missouri and United States.
District Court, Western District of Missouri.
1991, Kansas and United States. District Court, District of Kansas.
Phi Beta Kappa. Author: "Motor Carrier Bankruptcies and Freight Undercharge Litigation," J. Missouri
Bar, Volume 51, Number. 3 (May-June 1995). "Covenants not to Compete: Recent Missouri Decisions," J. Missouri
Bar, Volume 50, Number. 3 (May-June 1994). When Environmental Claims Arise for Purposes of Bankruptcy," Toxics L. Republican
(BNA), Volume 7, Number. 31 (January 6, 1993), reprinted in Bankr.
L. Republican (BNA), Volume 5, Number. 2 (January 14, 1993). Company-author: "Protection of Customer Goodwill and Confidential Information Through Non-Competition and Non-Disclosure Agreements," The Corporate Analyst, Volume 4, Number.
3 (May 1992), reprinted in The Corporate Counsel"s Guide to Employment Contracts (1992).
Reprinted in The Corporate Analyst, Volume 8, Number. 1 (November 1995); "The Basics of Condemnation," Missouri Basic Real Estate Practice, 1992.
Lecturer: Covenants Not to Compete, Lorman Business Center, Incorporated. (November 7, 1996) and (November 16, 1995).
1995 Employee Benefits Seminar: Dodging the Litigation Bullet (November 7, 1995).
Procedural Aspects of Employee Retirement Income Security Act Litigation: Pre-emption and Removal, United Microelectronics Corporation/LAKC-YLS Fourth Annual Symposium on Federal Practice and Procedure (May 25, 1995). Bankruptcy Reform Acting of 1994 National Association of Credit Management (January 17, 1995) and Spencer Fane Britt & Browne (November 30, 1994). Spencer Fane Britt & Browne Limited Liability Partnership has gained prominence over the years through its general business practice and that practice continues in all respects today.
The firm"s general business practice includes all areas of trial and appellate work in state and federal courts throughout the country, as well as matters involving corporate transactions, employee benefits, employment law and environmental concerns.
The firm"s clients conduct their business in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Arkansas, Oklahoma and the rest of the country, as well as throughout the world.