Richard Henry Spencer

Background

Spencer, Richard Henry was born on November 29, 1926 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Byron Spencer and Helen Elizabeth (McCune) Hockaday.

Education

Princeton University (Bachelor of Science in Engineering, 1949). University of Missouri (Bachelor of Laws, 1952).

Career

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, 1952, Missouri.

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.

Achievements

• Richard Henry Spencer has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Secretary, board directors Metropolitan Performing Arts Fund, Kansas City, since 1984. Trustee Barstow School, Kansas City, since 2002. Director Kansas City Symphony, since 2004.

Member American Bar Association, Missouri Bar Association, Kansas City Club (president 1974), Kansas City Country Club (president 1986).

Interests

• Hunting, golf, travel.

Connections

Married Barbara G. Rau, August 2, 1952 (divorced 1955). 1 chlid, Christina G. Cuevas. Married Katherine Graham, December 28, 1957.

Children: Elisabeth M., Katherine S. Rivard.

Father:

Byron Spencer Hockaday

Mother:

Helen Elizabeth (McCune) Hockaday

Spouse:

Katherine Graham

Spouse:

Barbara G. Rau

child:

Elisabeth M. Spencer

child:

Katherine S. Rivard Spencer