Joseph W. Hemberger


jhemberger@mvplaw.com
(913) 371-3838
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Admitted to Practice:
  • Kansas, 1988
  • Missouri, 1989
  • U.S. District Court, District of Kansas
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri

Education:
  • J.D. cum laude, Tulane University, 1988
  • B.S. magna cum laude, Creighton University, 1985

Joseph Hemberger represents a wide variety of businesses, holding companies, landlords, tenants, and developers in the sale, purchase, leasing, financing, development, and construction of personal and real property.  His experience includes the purchase, sale, and lease of 33 separate nursing homes in Kansas and Missouri, the purchase of six hotels in Kansas and several multimillion dollar office building transactions.

Mr. Hemberger represents a number of banks in all facets of lending, organization and day-to-day operations, such as entity formation and regulatory approval, stock issuance, documenting loans and loan workouts, and representing secured creditors in bankruptcy court and in complex litigation involving collections.

Mr. Hemberger represents multiple brokers and shippers of goods in the trucking and transportation industry.  He is currently general counsel for Kansas City Peterbilt, Inc. and Utility Trailer Sales of Kansas City, Inc., and he  was Kansas City Peterbilt, Inc.'s general manager from 1998 to 2001, gaining valuable experience in a large business's daily operations and in the transportation industry. 

Mr. Hemberger's experience in commercial litigation is expansive, involving all manners of transactions and business-related torts.  His knowledge of  business transactions enables him to litigate claims, such as breaches of contract, business torts, bankruptcy, and related commercial disputes.

His representative clients include HRPT Properties Trust, Jemsite Development Company, HHC Hotels, L.L.C., Precision Homes, L.L.C., Cunningham Properties, Donaldson Properties, United Government of Kansas City/Wyandotte County, Kansas,  Town & Country Bank, The Security Bank of Kansas City, Valley State Bank, Great Western Bank, Bank of Durango, The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, J&J Driveaway, Global Logistics Solutions, L.L.C., Midland Railway Association, Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, Bishop Miege High School, and Kansas City Kansas Community College.
 
Mr. Hemberger is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell.  He is active in his church and his children's school by serving on both the school council and finance council.


Practice Areas:
Banking and Finance
Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights
Business and Corporate Law
Construction Law
Directors' and Officers' Liability
Education Law
Estate Planning and Probate
Litigation
Not-For-Profit Organizations
Professional Liability
Real Estate Law
Taxation

Accomplishments:
Successfully negotiate and close real estate and asset transfers for large corporations.
General manager of Kansas City Peterbilt, Inc. 1998-2000.


Professional Organizations:
Kansas Bar Association
The Missouri Bar