About Richard C
Richard C Simons constructed a legal identity that combines courtroom work with realistic, enterprise-minded roles. He studied psychology as an undergraduate and later earned a Juris Doctor. Those two strands — an interest in human behavior and formal legal training — display up within the arc of his career.
Simons attended William Jewell College, where he finished a Bachelor of Arts in psychology. He went directly to the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law, earning a J.D. The law school training organized him for both advocacy and the operational challenges of operating legal enterprises.
Early in his expert lifestyles Simons moved into a company position. In 2010 he served as Chief Legal Officer at Northland Sonic Drive-Ins. That role placed him in-house and exposed him to business operations, compliance and employment issues. Five years later he launched Speedingticketkc.com as a proudly owning companion. That venture signaled a go back to client-dealing with practice and to things tied to traffic enforcement and local courts. In 2018 he have become a senior companion at KC Defense Counsel, a step that formalized his work in felony and defensive litigation.
Simons is admitted to practice in Missouri and Oklahoma. He belongs to numerous professional organizations that mirror his practice interests. He has been a member of the National Academy of Criminal Defense Lawyers since 2017 and joined each the National Trial Lawyers and Lawyers of Distinction in 2018. The Order of the Barristers lists him amongst its members from 2008 onward. Those affiliations sit alongside work in personal practice and earlier in-residence knowledge.
Technical certifications are a part of Simons’s profile as nicely. He holds Cisco Networking and Windows Network certifications through ITU. Those credentials have knowledgeable work on technical and procedural problems that may arise in modern litigation, similar to evidence dealing with and case management structures.
Colleagues describe Simons as a person who balances trial experience with awareness to the business and logistical side of practice. He has moved between roles that require different abilities: in-house counsel, entrepreneur and litigator. That range has shaped how he prepares instances, staffs matters and advises clients approximately realistic results.
He continues to work from Kansas City-region practices tied to KC Defense Counsel and Speedingticketkc.com. He represents clients in felony and visitors-associated things in the jurisdictions where he is licensed and manages the operational aspect of his practices.
He presently concentrates his practice on criminal protection and traffic-related representations in Missouri and Oklahoma.
