ATTORNEY

ALLISON G. KORT

allison.kort@kortlawfirm.com
Ph: (816) 226-8438 
Allison is an experienced appellate attorney and advisor. She enjoys researching legal arguments, writing appellate briefs, and presenting oral arguments in state and federal courts of appeal. Allison frequently consults with trial attorneys on preserving the record on appeal, preparing complex trial and post-trial motions, appellate procedure issues, and questions of legal interpretation. She feels lucky to have a career helping others navigate the appellate process after a judgment is issued, and is passionate about using her best skills to achieve the right result for her clients.

Allison received her law degree in 1999 from the University of Texas School of Law, and has spent most of career practicing and teaching appellate litigation. After law school, Allison clerked for the Hon. Judith M. Barzilay on the United States Court of International Trade in New York, and then joined Holland & Knight, LLP’s white collar criminal defense group in the New York office. In 20016, Allison left private law practice and joined the law school faculty at Duke University School of Law. Allison taught lawyering skills, including first-year and upper-level Iegal writing and appellate advocacy at Duke Law School from 2006-2011, at Atlanta's John Marshall School of Law from 2011-2013, and the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law from 2013-2015. Allison returned to private practice in 2016 with the opening of Kort Law Firm.

Allison frequently teaches continuing legal education courses on appellate law and practice throughout the Kansas City area. She is an active member of the Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City, and participates in the AWL Foundation’s Denise Henning Connections mentorship program, which pairs new women attorneys with mentors who have been practicing longer than five years. Allison has written amicus briefs as a volunteer attorney for the ACLU’s affiliate offices in Kansas and Missouri, and represented victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking through the Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence Legal Assistance for Victims Project. Allison lives in vibrant Westwood, Kansas, and enjoys traveling, cooking gourmet meals, and spending time with her family.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Bar Association, Kansas Bar Association, Johnson County Bar Association,

PRACTICE AREAS
Appellate law and procedure
Complex trial court motion practice

EDUCATION
BA University of Wisconsin, Madison 1995
JD University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas 1999

BAR ADMISSIONS
State: Kansas (2015), North Carolina (2006), California (2004) New York (2000)

Federal: United States Court of Appeals for the 10th and 1st Circuits; United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York, and District of Kansas