William Perry Brandt

• Antitrust/U.S. Trade
• Class and Derivative Actions
• Commercial Litigation
• General Civil
• Securities Litigation and Enforcement

• White Collar Defense and Investigations

Arkansas

Missouri

Since 1977

Missouri, 1977

United States Courts of Appeals for the Seventh, Eighth and Tenth Circuits

United States District Courts for the District of Kansas and Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri

United States Supreme Court

Partner

Bryan Cave LLP

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Vanderbilt University

J.D.

1977

Vanderbilt University

B.A.

1974

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Activities: Best Lawyers in America (Commercial Litigation category), 1995 - present

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Activities: Best of the Bar, Kansas City Business Journal, 2002 - present

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Activities: Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyer, 2005 - present

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Activities: Missouri "Local Litigation Star," Benchmark Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms’ and Attorneys

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Activities: Appointed in 1990 and 1991 by U.S. Senators John Danforth and Christopher Bond to Merit Selection Commissions recommending candidates for United States District Judge

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Activities: Lawyers Association of Kansas City – President, 1999-2000; Board Member, 1997-2000

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Activities: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association – Board of Directors, 2006 - present; Chair, Securities Law Committee, 2000

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Activities: Fellow, American Bar Foundation

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Activities: American Bar Association

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Activities: Defense Research Institute

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Activities: International Association of Defense Counsel

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Activities: Legal & Compliance Division, Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association

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Activities: U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society – Northern Missouri Chair, 1997-1998

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Activities: The Children's Place – Board of Directors, 2006- present

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Activities: DeLaSalle Education Center – Board of Directors, 2008- present

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Activities: Alumni Board – Vanderbilt Law School, 1998-2001

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Activities: Vanderbilt Law School – Recipient, The Morgan Prize, 1977

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Activities: Vanderbilt Law Review – Executive Editor, 1976-1977

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Activities: Carriage Club – President, 1997-1998; Board of Directors, 1994-1998

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Activities: Coro Foundation – President, 1989-1990; Board of Directors, 1987-1990

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Activities: Kansas City Tomorrow, 1989

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Activities: Commercial Litigation

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Activities: Antitrust/U.S. Trade

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Activities: Class and Derivative Actions

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Activities: Securities Litigation and Enforcement

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Activities: White Collar Defense and Investigations