Practice/Organization Description
David M. Kight is a partner with the firm's Labor & Employment Practice Group. Dave exclusively represents employers in a variety of employment matters including non-compete and restrictive covenant issues, traditional labor, civil rights, and employment discrimination.
Dave is the 2006 – 2008 chair of the Missouri Bar's Labor and Employment Law Committee. Dave is a former Editor of the Missouri Bar Courts Bulletin-Labor Law and is a Contributing Editor to the Bureau of National Affairs treatise The Developing Labor Law. He is Co-Author of “Section VII Rights for Non-Union Employees,” Journal of the Missouri Bar, Vol. 60, No. 6 (Nov-Dec, 2004).
Bar Admissions
Kansas, Missouri, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
Education
He was awarded his law degree from the University of Louisville-Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, where he served as Managing Editor of The Brandeis Brief and President of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity. He received his bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, where he was Senior Staff Writer at The 49er Times.
Professional Associations & Memberships
Labor Relations Section of the American Bar Association, Kansas Bar Association, Missouri Bar (Chair, Labor and Employment Committee), Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
