Andrea Welch is the President of the Eastern Jackson County Bar Association (board member since 2001, member since 1999). She is also the President of the Missouri Municipal Prosecutors Association (member since 2000). Andrea has been a member of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Municipal Court Committee since 1999 and a member of the Missouri Criminal Defense Attorneys since 2001. She has been a Sugar Creek Optimist Club member since 2007 and on the Sugar Creek Parks and Recreation Committee since 2005.

I am married with three children. I am a native St. Louisan who enjoys watching sports, playing golf, and hunting. My family and I are members of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Catholic Church.

Charlie focuses his legal practice in the areas of workers’ compensation, personal injury, social security disability, medical malpractice, wrongful death, general civil litigation, and employment law. Charlie served as Prosecuting Attorney for the City of Crystal City from 2004-2007. Charlie has been a guest speaker and lecturer for various civil organizations and educational programs, serving as an Adjunct Professor at St. Louis Community College and guest lecturer at Jefferson College and currently serves as Adjunct Professor at Jefferson College.

-Practiced Personal Injury law in Kansas City for over 20 years -Successfully handled many Disability Claims – Social Security and Veteran’s Disability -VETERANS DISABILITY CLAIMS – LAST 18 YEARS -Faculty member at University of Missouri- Kansas City, Law and related subjects -Director of Research Program at University -Served as City Prosecutor and Elected County Prosecuting Attorney -Offered appointment as Associate Circuit Judge -Certified as a Mediator/Arbitrator and Advanced Guardian ad Litem -Member American Association for Justice and other advocacy organizations -Public Policy activist for equal access to justice, better neighborhoods, resources for low income citizens -Civil Air Patrol, Former Legal Officer, rank Captain. Certified in Emergency Services and Search & Rescue -Dedicated in recent years exclusively to Veteran’s issues -Sustaining member of NOVA, National Organization of Veteran’s Advocates -Department of Veteran’s Affairs Accredited Claimant’s Attorney

Richard Vandever has been practicing law since 1980. His law firm: Law Offices of Richard D. Vandever LLC, is located in Kansas City. The firm represents individuals seeking compensation for injuries and entitlement to various benefits wrongfully denied them. He has represented thousands of individuals in a wide variety of cases with recoveries totaling in millions of dollars. Individuals pursuing these claims find themselves opposed by giant entities: insurance companies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, governmental bureaucracies, and multi-national corporations. It has been a privilege to represent these individuals and help balance the scales in what is almost always a David versus Goliath contest.