Lawyer Profile

Vaughn Burkholder

Foulston Siefkin LLP

Recognized Since:

1995
Recognized in:

Employment Law - Management

Litigation - Labor and Employment...
Website:

http://www.foulston.com
Firm's Phone Number:

(913) 498.2100
Location:

32 Corporate Woods, Suite 600

9225 Indian Creek Parkway

Overland Park, KS 66210-2000

"Vaughn Burkholder is an asset to our company. He handles each and every matter as quickly as possible and keeps us informed of what is going on every step of the way. I trust his judgment in all aspects of every issue I bring to him. He is truly professional, honest, and efficient. "

-Aletia Vaughn (Dobski & Associates, Inc), Lawrence

Lawyer Bio

Mr. Burkholder represents employers involving ADA, FMLA, harassment, discrimination, wrongful termination, retaliation and other employment issues. He has been the lead defense counsel in numerous successful cases before the EEOC, KHRC and other administrative agencies, and has been the lead attorney for negotiations, settlement, and litigation of employee rights lawsuits. Mr. Burkholder also assists employers with employment policies and procedures, reductions-in-force, investigations, discipline, terminations, and all other workplace issues. A nationally recognized authority on employment law issues, Mr. Burkholder has been quoted in HR Magazine and in the Kansas City Business Journal. Mr. Burkholder enjoys Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory’s highest "AV" rating for lawyers. He has been selected by his peers for inclusion The Best Lawyers in America® for more than 10 years, and since 2008, the Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers® list. For 2013, he was named the Kansas City-KS Employment Law -Management Lawyer of the Year by The Best Lawyers in America®. His peer memberships include the Kansas Association of Defense Counsel, on whose Board of Directors he has served, and the Defense Research Institute. Mr. Burkholder has also served on the Kansas Bar Foundation Board of Trustees.

Bar Admissions:

Kansas, Kansas Bar Association

Affiliations:

American Bar Association - Member
Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers - Member
Boys & Girls Club of South Central Kansas, Inc. - Past Board Member
Defense Research Institute - Member
Kansas Association of Defense Counsel - Former Director
Kansas Bar Association - Member
Kansas Bar Foundation - Former Trustee
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association - Member
Wichita Bar Association - Member

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

Employment Law - Management, Kansas City, KS (2013)
Workers' Compensation Law, Kansas City, KS (2010)

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

Employment Law - Management
Litigation - Labor and Employment
Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Awards:

Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory’s highest "AV" rating for lawyers
Selected for inclusion in Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers® List, 2008-2014 (a Thomson Reuters business)