If Greta could custom-order her cases, she would always choose the ones that involve the utmost levels of complexity.

“Because I like a high degree of intellectual stimulation, I find any litigation practice that involves complex legal issues rewarding,” said Greta, who has been a litigator for more than a decade. “Surety and fidelity litigation does not disappoint.”

The Kansas City, Mo., native joined Levy Craig in 2010 after working previously at two of Kansas City’s largest law firms. She has developed particular expertise in surety and fidelity litigation, commercial litigation and commercial bankruptcy litigation, and says that clients can expect to receive “big-firm experience at a small-firm price” when they work with her.

Greta is known for her detailed and thorough factual investigation and legal research. She’s a stickler for efficiency, both personally and professionally, a skill that benefits clients as she works their cases. Her penchant for avoiding waste in time and resources also aids Greta in advising clients about the best legal actions in their particular situations, whether that means settling or trying a case.

“No client victory is any greater than another,” she said. “Each time I obtain a favorable result for a client, I am satisfied.”

CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS
> Successfully prosecuted case against judgment creditor alleging
   fraudulent transfer of assets to wife to evade collection.
> Won summary judgment and established precedent in the District of
   Kansas for director and officer insurance provider based on
   collusion provision in insurance contract.
> Successfully defended against claim that Kansas Unauthorized
   Insurers Process Act, which requires unauthorized insurers to
   make a cash deposit sufficient to secure payment of any final
   judgment before filing a pleading in action against it, applied to
   British insurance company.
> Successfully prosecuted multiple loan and deed of trust enforcement
   cases through summary judgment proceedings and/or trial.
> Obtained several successful collection actions via writ of attachment
   and foreclosure.
> Successfully defended multiple preference and fraudulent transfer
   cases on behalf of creditors.

ACTIVITIES
> Advisory Board, Fulfilling Life’s Mission, Inc., 2008
> Member, American Bar Association, since 1999
> Member, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, since 1999
> Member, Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers, since 2007

PUBLISHED WORKS/PRESENTATIONS
> Co-Author, “Importing Products: Legal Risks and Defense Strategies,”
   IADC Defense Counsel Journal, July 2008
> “Critical Race Theory, Cognitive Psychology & the Social Meaning of
   Race: Why Individualism Will Not Solve Racism,” UMKC Law
   Review, 1999
> Presenter, “Federal Preemption in Medical Device and
   Pharmaceutical Cases,” Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP,
   In-House CLE, October, 2008
> Presenter, “Too Hot to Handle: Hot Topics Under BAPCPA New
   Published and Unpublished Decisions,” Kansas City Bankruptcy
   Bar Association, February 2007
> Presenter, “Too Hot to Handle: Hot Topics Under BAPCPA New
   Published and Unpublished Decisions,” American Bankruptcy
   Institute Annual Rocky Mountain Conference, January 2007
> Presenter, “Notable Changes of the Law Under the Bankruptcy Abuse
   Prevention and Consumer Protection Act,” Stinson Morrison Hecker
   LLP, Annual Business Law Update, February 2006

EDUCATION
> B.A., Psychology, with distinction, University of Missouri-Kansas City,
   Kansas City, Mo., 1996
     > Psi Chi® - The International Honor Society in Psychology
> J.D., with distinction, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City,
   Mo., 1999
     > UMKC Law Review
     > Order of the Bench and Robe
     > Order of Barristers
     > Clark Boardman Callaghan Award for Exemplary
   Third-Year Student
     > Chandler S. Rogers Legal Writing Award
     > Tiara Farrow Outstanding Woman Law Student Award
     > National Moot Court Team
     > National Negotiating Team
     > Dean’s List
     > Research and Writing Teaching Assistant

BAR ADMISSIONS
> Missouri, 1999
> Kansas, 2000
> United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, 1999
> United States District Court for the District of Kansas, 1999
> United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth and Tenth
   Circuits, 2000