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Dysart Taylor understands the wide range of issues that retailers face. From employment issues to product liability claims, data security and privacy breaches, real estate contract negotiations, commercial litigation and more, we help retailers keep their businesses moving forward.
Construction
- Dysart Taylor’s construction attorneys provide legal counsel to retail property owners, architects, engineers, general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and insurers. They handle a broad range of legal matters arising from private and public commercial and residential construction projects.
Corporate
- Dysart Taylor’s attorneys advise retail businesses in every aspect of corporate business practice. Our experienced attorneys counsel clients in mergers & acquisitions, succession plans and the purchase or sale of business interests to third parties. In addition, our team is fully equipped to advise retailers on corporate management and operations matters, including negotiating and preparing all forms of business agreements, partnership agreements, licensing agreements, operating agreements, shareholder agreements and other types of business contracts.
Litigation and Dispute Resolution
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Our experienced litigators represent retailers in federal and state regulatory matters, insurance coverage and litigation, personal injury, products liability matters, labor and employment matters, premises liability, business and commercial litigation, class actions and more.
Employment Law
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Dysart Taylor’s employment attorneys help retailers navigate workplace laws and regulations. Our employment law services include employment litigation of discrimination and wage-and-hour claims, employment advice and training, employment-related agreements and third-party investigations and audits.
Premises Liability
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Dysart Taylor’s premises liability attorneys defend retail property owners, government and commercial entities and private businesses of all sizes in a wide range of premises-related claims, including construction, industrial or workplace site injuries, and incidents causing injury at retail stores, restaurants and hotels. Our team thoroughly investigates every case and has a proven track record of providing successful defense.
Real Estate
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Dysart Taylor’s real estate group has extensive experience in real estate law for retailers, including site development arrangements with governmental agencies, environmental compliance, public and conventional financing, zoning, development and boundary disputes. Our attorneys are seasoned litigators who have brought and defended multiple real estate disputes through litigation and arbitration.
RETAIL NEWS
Ketchum leads Women’s Month initiatives for the USLAW NETWORK Women’s Connection’s 20th Anniversary
March 20, 2026 As Chair of the USLAW NETWORK Women’s Connection, Dysart Taylor shareholder/director Amanda Pennington Ketchum is leading initiatives for the celebration of the group’s 20th anniversary. With activities planned for the entire month of March, Ketchum has...
Bob Cotter receives Dean of the Trial Bar Award from the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
March 11, 2026 Former Dysart Taylor president Bob Cotter has been selected to receive the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association’s (KCMBA) Dean of the Trial Bar Award at the upcoming Annual Bench-Bar and Boardroom Conference. The Dean of the Trial Bar Award is...
Judy and Wilcox attend the USLAW NETWORK Transportation Winter Roundtable
March 9, 2026 Dysart Taylor managing director Michael Judy and president John Wilcox recently attended the USLAW NETWORK Transportation Winter Roundtable in Las Vegas. The multiday event brings together leaders and decision-makers from midsized for-hire and private...


