Thomas C. Capps

Thomas C. Capps is a shareholder and director whose practice focuses on civil litigation, family law, personal injury, commercial litigation, real estate, mediation, and wills. With more than 45 years of legal experience, he represents individuals, businesses, and governmental entities in a wide range of legal matters. His practice includes dissolution of marriage, child custody, support disputes, personal injury claims, and commercial litigation. He also serves as a trained mediator in general civil, domestic relations, and family law matters.

Thomas earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law in 1978 after completing a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at the University of Missouri in 1975. His legal education provided the foundation for a career spanning litigation, municipal law, and family law.

Thomas joined the firm in 1993 after entering private practice, following years of litigation experience in state and federal courts. He has represented local school districts and municipalities for more than 40 years and has resolved over 1,000 family law matters through settlement or trial. He is a former Assistant Clay County Counselor and has served as Municipal Judge for the City of Liberty since 1985. He is admitted to practice in Missouri and is a member of the Missouri Bar Association, the Clay County Bar Association, where he served as president in 1995, the Missouri Municipal and Associate Circuit Judge Association, and the Clay-Platte Municipal Judges Association, serving as its president in 1991.

Thomas C. Capps assists clients with litigation, family law disputes, mediation, and representation of governmental entities through practical and experienced legal counsel. He holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and continues to provide legal services across a broad range of civil and family law matters.

Law Office Affiliations

• Shareholder, Withers, Brant, Igoe & Mullennix, P.C.
• Member, The Missouri Bar
• President, Clay County Bar Association
• President, Clay-Platte Municipal Judges Association

• Member, Missouri Municipal and Associate Circuit Judge Association

Licensed State

• Missouri

Education

• University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Missouri
  B.S. in Business Administration

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