Michael L. "Mike" Matula

Michael L. "Mike" Matula


Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

Recognized since 2013

Kansas City, Missouri

Practice Areas

Litigation - Labor and Employment

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Litigation - Labor and Employment
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Michael Matula is a shareholder in the firm’s Kansas City office. Mike concentrates his practice in the areas of employment litigation and counseling. He has represented employers in a wide variety of employment matters including discrimination, retaliation, harassment and wrongful discharge cases, non-competition/trade secrets disputes, and EEOC administrative proceedings. Mike, who has been given an AV Martindale-Hubbell rating, also has significant experience in commercial, tort, and insurance litigation, and continues to handle select matters in those areas. Mike also represents attorneys in disciplinary proceedings, serves on the firm’s Ethics Committee, and is a co-author of the ABA treatise “Professional Responsibility in Litigation.” He is a member of both the firm’s Restrictive Covenants and Trade Secrets Practice Group and its Records Retention And E-Discovery Practice Group.Chambers USA stated that Mike “has a very accomplished skill set” and “a great reputation for his broad knowledge base.” Mike’s trial experience of more than 10 jury trials includes a case resulting in the fourth most significant defense verdict in Missouri in 2001, and being part of a trial team in one of the most significant defense verdicts in Missouri in 2006, both as reported by The Missouri Lawyers Weekly. He has taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.Mike has authored numerous publications and has been selected to speak on a variety of employment law topics, notably being asked by The Federal Judicial Center to speak on employment law issues at the National U.S. Magistrate Judges’ Workshop.

Contact & Links
Location
  • 700 W. 47th Street, Suite 500
    Kansas City, MO 64112
Education
  • University of Kansas, J.D., graduated 1996
  • Claremont McKenna College, BA, graduated 1993
Bar Admissions
  • Kansas, Kansas Bar Association
  • Missouri, The Missouri Bar
Affiliations
  • Defense Employment Law Institute - Member
  • Defense Research Institute - Employment Law Committee
  • Kansas Bar Association - Member
  • Kansas Law Review - Note and Comment Editor
  • Order of the Coif - Member

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Litigation - Labor and Employment
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment, Kansas City, MO (2023)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
Awards:
  • Chambers USA
  • AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
  • Kansas and Missouri Super Lawyers, (Employment Litigation, 2007-present)

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