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Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC
Ready for Anything
Our Priority
Our Clients Come First
At JHC in Lawrence, we always focus on clients first. That means we listen to you with genuine interest so we can craft custom solutions to fit your needs. We maintain regular communication—welcoming your input, offering timely and relevant advice, and keeping you informed about the progress of your case. And we do everything in our power to ensure you receive the highest level of legal services.
Known As
Leaders in Law
The JHC attorneys who serve our Lawrence, Kansas, clients are recognized leaders in the Kansas legal industry. Our client commendations and peer review rankings from Martindale Hubbell® Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Best Lawyers®, and Super Lawyers® reflect our track record of providing exceptional representation. Meanwhile, our history of special appointments and board and committee service demonstrates our devotion to the profession as well as the trust we have earned from our colleagues on the bench and the bar. Both inside and outside of the courtroom, JHC is committed to excellence.
We Are Helpers
How Can We Help You?
Across our civil, criminal, and family law practices, JHC clients share one commonality: they need help. Some of our clients need help with their career or business, some need help for their family, and some are facing profound adversity. But everyone needs help. And JHC’s Lawrence attorneys are ready to provide it. Whether your legal matter presents a challenge or an opportunity, we will help you address it with confidence.
Ready for Anything
Living by the firm’s maxim, JHC Lawrence is Ready for Anything our clients need. Outstanding criminal defense. Top quality family law representation. Exceptional defense for licensed professionals and entities. Peerless civil asset forfeiture counsel. Highly skilled personal injury and wrongful death representation. First-class health care and hospital law guidance. When you need it, we are ready.
Lawrence Family Law Attorneys
JHC’s Lawrence, Kansas, family law attorneys provide personal attention and personalized service. Our family law team offers compassionate counsel and adept advocacy by approaching every case with a focus on collaboration and understanding. We want to learn about you and your family, so we can deliver exactly what you need.
Lawrence Civil Attorneys
JHC’s Lawrence, Kansas, area civil practitioners provide impeccable service and undeniable results in:
Personal Injury Litigation
Professional Licensure Defense
Asset Seizure and Forfeiture
Health and Hospital Law
Lawrence Criminal Defense Lawyers
When your freedom, reputation, and future are at stake, you need a criminal defense lawyer who knows how to prepare your case for success. You need someone who will mount an independent investigation, consider creative defense strategies, and vigorously pursue a just result. You need JHC’s Lawrence, Kansas, criminal defense attorneys.
Joseph, Hollander & Craft - Lawrence
A trusted Kansas law firm with a history of providing exceptional representation, Joseph, Hollander & Craft is proud to serve clients in Lawrence, Kansas, and the surrounding areas. JHC’s Lawrence attorneys offer considered counsel and passionate advocacy in civil, criminal, and family law matters.
JHC’s Lawrence family law attorneys assist clients navigating divorce, annulment, paternity, child custody, and child support with the perfect combination of sensitivity and skill. We provide the same level of compassionate counsel in matters involving guardianships, adoptions, and grandparent rights. In every family law matter, our Lawrence attorneys are dedicated to providing a personalized experience tailored to meet your needs.
The criminal defense attorneys in JHC’s Lawrence office maintain a robust practice in the federal courthouses in Topeka and Kansas City, defending everything from fraud and embezzlement cases to complex drug conspiracies and firearms offenses. We serve clients facing state charges from Clay County to Douglas County—offering superior defense to white-collar criminal charges, drug charges, sex crime charges, and DUIs.
Lawrence is home to JHC’s civil asset forfeiture practice group. With years of experience litigating asset seizure and forfeiture cases, JHC’s attorneys are recognized leaders in this niche area of the law. From Lawrence, we help individuals and businesses combat the forfeiture of property in federal and state courts throughout Kansas. We are also actively involved in efforts to expose civil asset forfeiture abuse and reform laws that facilitate exploitative policing.
JHC’s health and hospital lawyers represent healthcare professionals and organizations in Lawrence, Kansas, and beyond, providing medical malpractice defense; administrative and regulatory defense; and medical staff relations, peer review, risk management, and compliance guidance. With direct experience in hospital administration, we offer valuable perspective in litigation, negotiations, and general counsel.
JHC’s professional licensure attorneys assist Lawrence professionals and businesses in the healthcare, legal, insurance, accounting, and real estate industries with all legal matters pertaining to license applications and denials, investigations undertaken by regulatory boards, and formal disciplinary actions against their licenses.
And our Lawrence personal injury lawyers help individuals who have been harmed by the intentional, negligent, or reckless acts of others recover financial compensation necessary to address their medical expenses, lost wages, and pain and suffering. We also represent families and family representatives in wrongful death lawsuits collect the financial damages they are owed.
A Lawrence law firm with an expansive reach throughout the state, JHC offers clients a unique combination of strong local roots and statewide connections. With more than 20 attorneys practicing criminal, civil, and family law, our clients get a team of professionals on their side. We are Ready for Anything our Lawrence clients need.
Our Values
Quality
We are committed to quality in everything we do. Our work is thoroughly researched, well-reasoned, and presented clearly and effectively.
Integrity
We are honest, ethical, and respectful in our interactions with clients, opposing counsel, and the court. We stand by our words and expect to be held accountable for our actions.
Progress
In all things, we seek forward momentum. We advance our clients’ interests, we value our own professional development, and we seek to be forces of positive change in the legal community.
Why JHC?
When you need help with a legal matter affecting your future, your family, or your finances, it is personal. We get it. That is why we offer personalized service. From our top-rated attorneys to our top-tier professional staff, everyone at JHC aims to deliver a first-class experience with a personal touch.
It often begins with a referral. Our former clients and fellow attorneys trust us to do right by anyone who comes our way, and we do not disappoint. From your initial interaction with the firm to the resolution of your case, you can expect capable service attentively delivered.
When you call us, you’ll speak with an in-house receptionist—someone who knows the firm and what each of our attorneys can do to help you. Unlike other law firms, JHC will never forward you to a call center.
When you meet with a JHC attorney, you will notice that we listen. We want to hear what you want and what you need so we can ensure our advice and counsel is tailored to your specific situation.
You can check out our accolades and news reports of successful outcomes for clients. But we do not rest on what we have accomplished in the past. Focused on the present, our chief concern is what we can do for you now.
For a Lawrence, Kansas law firm that will put you first, choose JHC.
Testimonials
We had several conversations while interviewing lawyers but none as professional as the one we had with Joseph, Hollander & Craft. If you are reading this, you are most likely trying to find someone who knows their stuff, so look no further. We were fortunate to have found this firm and can honestly say that they are very knowledgeable, trustworthy, and know their stuff. We were very pleased working with everyone at this law firm. I can guarantee it is worth a call if you need expert advice, help, and a solid lawyer! Thank you again for your expertise and helping us through a difficult situation.
Deborah GlasgowThe Legal Ethics & Malpractice Reporter
Joseph, Hollander & Craft’s legal ethics and malpractice group is pleased to offer resources on this subject to their friends and colleagues in the bar.
Currently, JHC offers two resources of significant value to the legal community in Kansas, Missouri, and across the US: our monthly Legal Ethics & Malpractice Reporter (LEMR) publication, and free, quarterly continuing legal education (CLE) seminars.
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Legal Ethics & Malpractice Reporter, Vol. 5, No. 10
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Legal Ethics & Malpractice Reporter, Vol. 5, No. 10
EDITED BY: Professor Michael H. Hoeflich, PhD, Editor-in-Chief Carrie E. Parker, Legal Editor Matthew T. Stephens, Design & Publishing Editor PUBLISHED BY: Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC PUBLICATION DATE: October 31, 2024 READ & DOWNLOAD FULL-TEXT PDF OF LEMR Vol. 5, No. 10 FEATURE ARTICLE: ABA Formal Opinion 513: The Lawyer’s Duty of Investigation On […]
ABA Formal Opinion 513: The Lawyer’s Duty of Investigation
FEATURE ARTICLE: ABA Formal Opinion 513: The Lawyer’s Duty of Investigation Author: Professor Michael H. Hoeflich, PhD, Editor-in-Chief Legal Editor: Carrie E. Parker; Design & Publishing Editor: Matthew T. Stephens This article is featured in Volume 5, Number 10 of the Legal Ethics and Malpractice Reporter, published October 31, 2024. Introduction On August 24, 2024, the ABA Committee […]
KSCLE Presents Joseph, Hollander & Craft with the 2024 Robert L. Gernon Award
Joseph, Hollander & Craft receives 2024 Robert L. Gernon Award for Outstanding Service to Continuing Legal Education in Kansas. Written and edited by Matt Stephens, Luzianne Stafford, and Carrie Parker. SEPTEMBER 13, 2024, OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Joseph, Hollander & Craft (JHC) is thrilled to announce that it has been selected as one of two […]
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