Amanda P. Ketchum

  • Undergrad School: William Jewell College; International Relations and Philosophy
  • Law School: University of Missouri
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Firm: Dysart Taylor
700 West 47th Street
Suite 410
Kansas City MO 64112
United States

Mandy Ketchum’s practice at Dysart Taylor focuses on personal injury defense, professional liability, and transportation matters. She received her J.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia and her undergraduate degree from William Jewell College where she played basketball and ran track. She sits on the Missouri Bar Board of Governors and was appointed by the Bar’s President to serve on the Special Committee on Lawyers of Color. Mandy serves as a Disciplinary Hearing Officer via an appointment from the Missouri Supreme Court. She is a past president of the Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City and serves as the secretary of the Association for Women Lawyers Foundation. She is the vice president of Lawyers Encouraging Academic Performance, which benefits Operation Breakthrough, and is a founding member of the Visitation Racial Justice Committee, serving as its chair of Communications. Mandy has been named to Best of the Bar by the Kansas City Business Journal each year since 2009, and is a Top 100 Super Lawyer in Missouri and Kansas.

USLAW Practice Group Affiliations

  • Insurance Law: Alternate 1
  • Labor and Employment: Primary
  • Professional Liability: Primary
  • Retail and Hospitality Law: Primary
  • Women's Connection: Secretary
  • Workers’ Compensation: Primary

Resources & Articles

USLAW expands Diversity Council

USLAW expands Diversity Council

Posted November 15, 2022

As part of USLAW NETWORK’s ongoing commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, USLAW expands the membership of the USLAW NETWORK Diversity Council to include more than a dozen USLAW member attorneys and legal decision-makers from across an array of industries. “We are excited to expand the diversity council by adding… Continue Reading

2022-2023 USLAW NETWORK Board of Directors announced

2022-2023 USLAW NETWORK Board of Directors announced

Posted September 27, 2022

USLAW NETWORK membership elected the 2022-23 Board of Directors during the recent USLAW NETWORK’s fall member meeting in Austin, Texas. New leadership includes Amanda Pennington Ketchum of Dysart Taylor in Kansas City, Missouri as chair, Oscar J. Cabanas of Wicker Smith in Miami as vice chair, and Kenneth B. Wingate… Continue Reading

Ketchum named Chair of USLAW NETWORK

Ketchum named Chair of USLAW NETWORK

Posted September 16, 2022

Amanda P. Ketchum of Dysart Taylor in Kansas City, Missouri, has been named Chair of USLAW NETWORK for 2022-23. Ketchum succeeds Rodney L. Umberger of Williams Kastner in Seattle, Washington. The leadership change occurred at USLAW NETWORK’s fall member meeting in Austin, Texas. “I am thrilled to begin serving as… Continue Reading

Defining Corporate Social Responsibility and the Role That Chief Legal Officers and In-House Counsel Play In Protecting Your Company’s Reputation and Its Future

Defining Corporate Social Responsibility and the Role That Chief Legal Officers and In-House Counsel Play In Protecting Your Company’s Reputation and Its Future

Posted November 4, 2021

Featuring Matthew W. Bauer, Connell Foley LLP (Newark, NJ); Amanda P. Ketchum, Dysart Taylor Cotter McMonigle& Brumitt, P.C. (Kansas City, MO); Thomas L. Oliver, II, Carr Allison (Birmingham, AL) About this program Society is demanding more and more from corporate America, especially after the events of 2020. Often the strategies… Continue Reading

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