Betsy Lynch

EDUCATION:

• University of Missouri – Kansas City, Juris Doctorate, 2005
• Westminster College, Bachelor of Arts in Business, Finance emphasis, 2002

BAR ADMISSIONS AND COURTS:

• Missouri Bar Association 2005-present
• Western Districts of Missouri 2007 – present
• Eastern District of Missouri 2012 – present
• District of Kansas 2007 – present
• American Bar Association 2012 – 2014
• FINRA Licensed Arbitrator 2016 – present

AWARDS:

• Kansas City Business Journals Best of the Bar, 2012 – 2016
• Super Lawyers Magazine’s Rising Star, 2013 – present
• Rising Star Award by the Independent magazine and NonProfit Connect, 2014

PROFESSIONAL & PHILANTHROPIC AFFILIATIONS:  

• Advisory Council for Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation’s Military Matters program, 2018
• City of Kansas City, Missouri Fairness in City Contracts Board, 2015-2019
• Junior League of Kansas City, Missouri, Board of Directors 2011-2016
• Catholic Charities, Board of Directors, Vice Chairman of the Board 2014-present
• Council Member for District 3 of the Young Lawyer’s Section of the Missouri Bar Association, 2012-2015
• Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City, Board of Directors 2009-2017
• Kansas City Bankruptcy Bar Association, Board of Directors 2011-2013
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Membership Committee 2015
• Founding Member of the Young Professionals Board of Legal Aid of Western Missouri
• Amethyst Place, domestic violence shelter, volunteer
• Westminster College Alumni Association, member
• Happy Bottoms, Kansas City’s diaper bank, volunteer