AREAS OF PRACTICE: Bankruptcy, commercial law, creditor’s rights, foreclosure and litigation.
 

MEMBERSHIPS: Mr. Stover is a member of the Missouri Bar Association, the Kansas Federal Bar, the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association and the Clay County Bar Association.
 

PROFILE: David’s practice is primarily focused on bankruptcy, commercial law, and creditors’ rights. A 1967 graduate of the University of Missouri at Columbia with a degree in Mathematical Statistics, David received his Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri at Columbia in December 1974. Between undergraduate and law schools, David served with the Air Weather Service of the United States Air Force.

Since 1987 David has served as a Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Trustee. David joined Gunn Shank & Stover in 1991. In 1992 David was appointed a Panel Trustee for the Western District of Missouri by the Office of the United States Trustee, a component of the United States Department of Justice.

As a bankruptcy attorney, David represents individuals and businesses, which file Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 bankruptcies. As a creditors’ attorney, David represents a number of lending institutions with respect to protecting their interests in bankruptcy court and in state and federal court litigation.

David is a member of the Missouri Bar Association, the Kansas Federal Bar, the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, the Clay County Bar Association, and the Eastern Jackson County Bar Association. David is also a lecturer and author for Continuing Legal Education programs for the University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law and other sponsoring entities. David and his wife have two grown sons and are residents of Lee’s Summit, Missouri. David is a member of the Lee’s Summit Sunrise Rotary Club, an avid traveler, a photographer and plays French horn in a brass quintet.