Robert C. Welch Independence, Missouri
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- Education:
- University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, Missouri,
1965
J.D. - Kansas City Junior College
- University of Missouri at Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri,
1962
B.S.
- Honors and Awards:
- AV Peer Review Rated
- Alumnus of the Year Award, University of Missouri at Kansas City Law School, 1987 - Present
- Lifetime Achievement Award, University of Missouri at Kansas City Law Foundation, 1989
- Emeritus Award, Eastern Jackson County Bar Association, 1994
- Dean of the Trial Bar, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, 1998
- Alumni Practitioner of the Year Award, University of Missouri at Kansas City Law Alumni Association, 1998
- Recipient, Missouri Bar Foundation Spurgeon Smithson Award, 2000
- Best of the Bar Award by the Kansas City Business Journal, 2003
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Presidential Recognition Award, 2003
- Purcell Professionalism Award, Missouri Bar Foundation, 2004
- Listed as 2000 Best Lawyers in America
- 2005 Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation's Liberty and Justice Legacy Award
- The Daily Record's Award, KC Legal Leader of the year, 2005
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, 1991 - 1993
- Member
- Eastern Jackson County Bar Association, 1974 - 1975
- Member
- The Missouri Bar
- Member
- Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1980 - 1981
- President
- American Association for Justice
- Member
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Member
- National Conference of Bar Presidents
- Member
- Missouri Municipal and Associate Circuit Prosecutors' Association
- Member
- University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Foundation, 1986 - 1988
- President
- Sixteenth Circuit Judicial Commission, 1986 - 1992
- Member
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, 1984 - 1985
- President
- The Missouri Bar, Criminal Law Section, 1975 - 1976
- Chairman
- Past Employment Positions:
- Sugar Creek, Missouri, City Prosecuting Attorney, 1967
- Blue Springs, Missouri, 1973
- Sugar Creek, Missouri, City Attorney, 1981 - 2000
- Pro Bono Activities:
- Member, American Judicature Society








