A Lee’s Summit, Mo., lawyer has established an office in Sedan.
G. Thomas Harris, 65, opened his law office in Sedan on March 16 in the Chautauqua Hills Abstract & Title Company building at 111 East Cherokee across the street from the Sedan courthouse.
Harris graduated from law school in 1969, and is licensed in both Kansas and Missouri. He is a general practitioner with experience in family law, including divorce, modification of child custody, visitation and support, name changes, wills, trusts and estate planning, probate, collections, real estate law, guardianship and conservatorship matters, business and contract law, traffic law, criminal law, administrative law and personal injury work.
Harris has been a general practitioner with offices in both Richmond, and Bethany, Mo. He has previously served as the municipal prosecutor for the City of Gilman City, Mo., and Orrick, Mo., and as the city attorney for the cities of Ridgeway, New Hampton, Mt. Moriah and Gilman City. He sold his Richmond office building to the Chamber of Commerce and intends to establish a general practice in Sedan.
Prior to practicing law in Missouri, Harris was a real estate broker, specializing in tax deferred exchanges of commercial and investment properties and the sale of businesses. He earned the designation of C.C.I.M. (Certified Commercial Investment Member) with the National Association of Realtors in Chicago – similar to a CPA or CLU designation, but for one who is considered an expert in commercial/investment real estate. He is the only attorney in Missouri who holds such a designation. He also spent several years as general counsel for Property Tax Representatives, Inc., representing clients to reduce the property tax on commercial and investment properties located in both Kansas and Missouri.
He and his wife, Lee, are the parents of three children, twin sons, Marc and Todd, and a daughter, Brita. He has six grandchildren.
Harris can be reached at 111 East Cherokee Street, Sedan, KS 67361 (phone: 620-725-3344). His website is www.816harrislawoffice.com.
