C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
JOHN B. BOYD
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Married to Linda Boyd 1968. Three Children. Four Grandchildren. Residence: 504 NE Promised View Drive, Lee’s Summit, MO 64064 Current Employment (1983 to present)
Shareholder, Trial Attorney
BOYD, KENTER, THOMAS & PARRISH, L.L.C.
(Name change from BOYD & KENTER, P.C. 01/01/2013)
Suite 700, 1150 Grand Boulevard 512 South Ohio
Kansas City, Missouri 64106 Sedalia, Missouri 65301
Phone: (816) 471-4511 (660)829-1118
FAX: (816) 471-8450 (660) 829-1119
Former Employment
Acting Director, Labor & Industrial Relations Commission, State of Missouri, appointed by Governor Robert Holden, (temporary appointment–August, 2004).
Administrative Law Judge (January 1977 through October 31, 1983) Missouri Division of Workers' Compensation
Kansas City Office
Claims Manager and Attorney – (1972-1977) United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company
Kansas City, Missouri
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, 1971
Central Missouri State University (Now, University of Central Missouri) Warrensburg, Missouri
Licensure
Missouri - May, 1975 admitted to practice before all State and Federal Courts within Missouri, as well as the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals
Kansas - 2006
Professional Memberships
Member, National Academy of Social Insurance, 2007 - present www.nasi.org
(NASI is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization whose mission is to promote understanding and informed policy-making on social insurance and related programs through research, public education, training, and the open exchange of ideas. It attempts to improve the debate by giving visibility to the latest research and areas of expert agreement on which informed policy can be based on topics such as Social Security, Medicare, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, and related programs.)
Fellow, College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers, 2007 www.collegeofworkerscompensationlawyers.org/
(The College was established to honor those attorneys who have distinguished themselves in their practice in the field of workers’ compensation. Membership is based upon nomination for the outstanding traits they have developed in their practice of twenty years or longer. To become inducted as a Fellow, he or she must have convinced his or her peers, the bar, bench and public that they possess the highest professional qualifications and ethical standards, character, integrity, professional expertise and leadership.)
Executive Board, College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers, 2009-2012 AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee, 2006 - present
National Football League Players Association, Panel of Workers’ Compensation Attorneys, 2008 - present
Kansas Bar Association Missouri Bar Association Kansas Associates for Justice
(Formerly Kansas Trial Lawyers Association)
Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys 1984 - present
Governor, Board of Governors, 1984 to 1991, 1998 to 2001 Member, Executive Committee, 1988 to 1991
Vice-President, 1990-1991
American Associates for Justice (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America)
Sustaining Member, 1990 to present
Workers' Compensation and Employment Litigation Committee; Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Vice Chairman 1992-1993 Chairman1993-1994
Workers Injury Law & Advocacy Group, (formerly Workplace Injury Litigation Group, Inc.).
Founding Member and Governor, Board of Governors–1995 to present.
Editor, Workplace Injury Litigator, 1995-1999 Executive Committee, 2000 - 2005.
Treasurer, July 2001-2002 President-Elect: 2002-2003 President, July 2003-2004
Missouri Bar Association Workers' Compensation Committee Vice-Chairman, 1988-1990
International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions, Regional and National Delegate 1977-1983
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Sustaining Member, 2003 to present
Workers' Compensation Committee,1980 to present. Vice-Chairman, 1984-1985; 1999-2000;
Chairman, 1985-1986 & 1993-1994 Labor Related:
AFL-CIO Periodic Collaborator on states’ workers’ compensation issues at request of Naomi Walker, and Rachel Huennek, as well as through the Workers’ Voice Conferences Regional State Fed officers.
Currently serve or have served as Legal Counsel to: Missouri AFL-CIO
Greater Kansas City Area Building & Construction Trades Missouri State Council of Fire Fighters
International Association of Fire Fighters (Local 42, and other Locals throughout Missouri)
International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers – Local Lodges 778 and 176.
Plumbers & Gasfitters Local 8
Lead Counsel for 72 Labor Unions and Associations: Missouri Association of Retired Americans, et. al., v. Missouri Department of Labor & Industrial Relations, Division of Workers’ Compensation –Action challenging the constitutionality of 2005 regressive and massive changes to Workers’ Compensation Law. Action pending before Missouri Supreme Court.
Speaker or Moderator in the following:
Numerous Local Labor Organizations Meetings and Conferences–Legal Rights and Responsibilities under local, state and federal laws for over 25 years.
AFL-CIO Community Services Conference, Lake Ozark, MO, June 12, 2007. Panel Discussion Workers’ Compensation, AFL-CIO Workers’ Voice State Legislative Conference, Chicago, IL, August 4, 2007.
Kansas and Missouri Workers’ Compensation issues for Health Care Professionals, Nurses United for Health Care Continuing Education Seminar, Raytown, Missouri, October 13, 2007.
National Labor Summit, Sponsored by WILG, IWJ & MO AFL-CIO, St. Louis, Missouri, April 29 - May 1, 2004.
International Association of Fire Fighters 2 District Caucus, Kansas City,nd MO, July 10, 2004.
Training Workshops for Labor Leaders, “New Missouri Workers’ Compensation Law”, various dates and locations IAFF, IAMAW, TWU, Nurses’ United, St. Louis South County Labor Club, 2005, 2006.
Nebraska State AFL-CIO Biennial Constitutional Convention, September 27, 2003
“National and State Developments in Workers’ Compensation”, Missouri AFL-CIO Community Services Conference, Lake of the Ozarks, MO, August 11, 2003.
AFL-CIO Workers' Voice State Legislative Issues Conference San Francisco, California, July 19, 2003
Conference, AFL-CIO and Workplace Injury Litigation Group, George Meany Institute for Labor Studies, Silver Springs, Maryland, 1995, 2000
“Fraud in Workers’ Compensation”,Annual Meeting, Labor Management Conference, TanTarA, June, 2001.
“Injured Workers Unions”, Missouri AFL-CIO Biennial Convention, Kansas City, September, 2001.
“Rights under Missouri Workers’ Compensation Law,” IAMAW & PACE Unions, Harley Davidson Plant, Kansas City, Missouri, June 5, 2002, 2004, 2006.
I.A.M.A.W. Local 1650, Labor Training Conference, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007.
Honors:*
*Rated “AV” by Martindale-Hubbell
*Top 2 Lawyers to Call If Hurt At Work – Missouri Lawyers’ Weekly–2008 Top 100 Attorneys in Missouri and Kansas–2007-present
Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers – 2005-present Lifetime Achievement Award - WILG, October 2010. *(All Peer Reviewed, as Voted by Attorneys and Judges)
Published Writings
Boyd, John B.; "Enhancing Your Client's Veracity Through Medical Testimony", The Trial Lawyer, M.A.T.A., May 1989.
Boyd, John B, DiMuro, Bernard J. and Lieberman, Michael; "Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: An Emerging Area of Law"; Trial Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 7, July, 1995; Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Washington, D.C. Boyd, John B.; “Cross Examining the Vocational Expert”, Workplace Injury Studies Institute, Lawyers’ Co-op, 2004, article abstracted and printed in
Workers’ First Watch, Workplace Injury Litigation Group, Winter, 2002; Reprinted by Lawyers for Working Oklahomans, LWO News, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2002.
Gelman, Jon and Boyd, John B.; “Should Workers’ Compensation Be Vaccinated Against Bioterrorism?”, New Jersey Law Journal, Vol. CLXVI-NO. 14, Index 1173, December 31, 2001.
Boyd, John B.; “Top Heavy: Exorbitant Insurance Executive Salaries”,
Workers’ First Watch, Workplace Injury Litigation Group, Fall, 2001.
Boyd, John B. and Gelman, Jon; “The Tragedy of September 11 Revealsth
Failings in Workers’ Compensation Systems”, Workers’ First Watch, Workplace Injury Litigation Group, Winter, 2002.
Workers’ First Watch, WILG, 2003.
Boyd, John B.; “After Eight Decades, are the Original Purposes of Workers’ Compensation Insurance Still Served?”, presented to the International Work Congress VI, Rome, Italy, December, 2003. (Reprinted by WILG, Workers First Watch, January, 2005 and 2006-2007 Special Issue)
Boyd, John B.; “Reflections on the History of WILG”, Workers First Watch, WILG, April, 2005.
Professional Activities
Contributing Reviewer, Missouri Bar Workers' Compensation Law Handbook, 1981, 1994
Speaker, U.M.K.C. School of Law Public Benefits Seminar, 1982
Speaker, Associated Industries of Missouri Technical Changes Seminar, 1982 Speaker, U.M.K.C.-K.C.M.B.A. Workers' Compensation Seminar on Technical Changes, 1982
Speaker, U.M.K.C. School of Law, Basic Workers' Compensation Practice, 1983
Speaker, U.M.K.C. Workshop of Affirmative Action for the Handicapped, 1983
Speaker, U.M.K.C. Travelers Insurance Company, Workers' Compensation and Vocational Rehabilitation Seminar, 1983
Speaker, Carroll P. Hungate Post Graduate Seminar on Occupational Health, Great Plains Occupational Medical Association, 1983
Speaker, U.M.K.C.-K.C.M.B.A. Workers' Compensation Seminar; Topic of Missouri Second Injury Fund, 1984
Workshop Speaker, M.A.T.A./K.T.L.A. Annual Meeting; Topic of Workers' Compensation, 1984
Speaker, University of Kansas College of Health Sciences, School of Nursing/Division of Continuing Nursing Education, Topic of Worker's Compensation and Legal Guidelines for Occupational Health Nursing, 1984 Speaker, Occupational Health Services, Inc., Workers' Compensation Laws and Regulations Seminar, 1985
Speaker, MO Bar Assn CLE on Workers' Compensation, 1986
Moderator, First Annual Workers' Compensation Seminar, sponsored by Missouri Division of Workers' Compensation, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, and the University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law, 1986
Speaker, Missouri Bar Association, CLE program on Workers' Compensation, 1986
Speaker, M.A.T.A. Annual Convention, "Preparing Client for Medical Examination", June 26, 1988
Speaker, Missouri Bar Association Workers' Compensation CLE, October 1988
Speaker, M.A.T.A., "Vocational Experts in Workers' Compensation", November 3, 1988
Moderator, The New Workers' Compensation Law, M.A.T.A., September 14, 1990
Moderator, Workers' Compensation Basic Trial Series, M.A.T.A., March 1, 1991
Speaker, Annual Workers' Compensation Seminar, sponsored by Missouri Division of Workers' Compensation, K.C.M.B.A. and U.M.K.C. School of Law, November 7, 1990
Speaker, Annual Workers' Compensation Institute; "Cross Examination of Medical Expert Witness"; Sponsor, Missouri Bar Association; August 22, 1991
Speaker, 1991 Workers' Compensation; "Impairment and Disability in Missouri PPD Cases"; Missouri Division of Workers' Compensation, K.C.M.B.A. and U.M.K.C. School of Law; October 30, 1991
Speaker, Missouri Workers' Compensation Law; "Recent Statutory Changes under S.B. 251"; Professional Education Systems, Inc.; May 20, 1993 Speaker and Moderator, Missouri Workers' Compensation Law: "Practice tips for the Claimant's attorney after SB 251"; Missouri Bar Association; October 27, 1993
Speaker, Practical Skills Course; "Workers' Compensation"; sponsored by the Missouri Bar Association; November 13, 1993
Speaker, 1993 Workers' Compensation Seminar; "1993 Missouri Legislative Changes"; co-presented with Steven J. Borel, Esq.; sponsored by the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
Speaker, Workers' Compensation Bread & Butter Seminar; Eastern Jackson County Bar Association; May 13, 1994
Moderator, A.T.L.A. Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, Workers' Compensation and Workplace Injury Section Seminar, July 26, 1994.
Speaker, Missouri Workers’ Compensation Seminar, “Reform of Missouri Workers’ Compensation Law,” sponsored by U.M.K.C. School of Law, October 27, 1995.
Speaker, Missouri Division of Workers’ Compensation,”Medical Privacy”, 1999
Speaker, U.M.K.C. - K.C.M.B.A. Workers’ Compensation Seminar, “Medical Privacy”, 1999
Frequent Guest Speaker on Workers’ Compensation issues, Radio Talk Shows, Institute for Labor Studies, Kansas City, Missouri
Speaker, Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, Annual Update of Workers’ Compensation Law, June, 2000; June, 2001
Speaker, Lawyers for Working Oklahomans, Legislative Trends in Workers’ Compensation, June, 2001
Lecturer, 2003 Legislative Changes, The Missouri Bar Association, Workers’ Compensation Update, May 30, 2003.
Speaker, “Proving Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Claims”, Workers Compensation and Employment Litigation Section, ATLA, San Francisco, CA, July 20, 2003.
Participant, National Conference on Workers’ Compensation, Workplace Injury Litigation Group, Boston, MA, September 5-6, 2003
Speaker, Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, Workers Compensation Seminar, Topeka, KS, January 30, 2004.
Speaker, Missouri Division of Workers’ Compensation Seminar, Lake Ozark, MO, June, 2006.
Moderator, Worker Justice Summit Conference, Sponsored by WILG and Interfaith Worker Justice, Kansas City, MO, September 30 - October 2, 2006. Speaker, Annual Update on the Law, Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys Annual Convention, Lake Ozark, MO, June 20, 2008.
Speaker, “Update on Mara v. DOLIR and subsequent litigation”, Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, St. Louis, MO, 2009.
Speaker, “Status of Missouri Second Injury Fund,” Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, Kansas City, MO February, 2010.
Speaker, “Workers' Compensation Update,” Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, Lake Ozark, MO July, 2010.
Speaker, “Going to Circuit Court–How does a Traditional Workers’ Compensation Case Get There?”, Missouri Bar Association, April, 2012 Speaker, “Prevailing Factor Standards”, Kansas Association for Justice, May, 2012.
Speaker, “Exclusivity in the New Era”, Kansas Division of Workers’ Compensation, October, 2012.
Speaker, “Civil Claims under the New Act”, Kansas Association for Justice, May, 2014.
Non-Legal Memberships, Activities and Affiliations: Kids’ Chance of Missouri – Member and contributor.
Brain Injury Association of Missouri, Inc., (formerly Brain Injury Foundation) Jobs With Justice (Missouri and Kansas City Chapters)
Greater Kansas City Labor Day Parade Committee, Inc.– Counsel and member
Boy Scouts of America – Formerly Assistant Scoutmaster and Committee Chariman of Troop 603 and Troop 332, Blue Springs, Missouri, combined service fourteen years. Honorary Warrior, Tribe of Mic-O-Say
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation – Cosponsor of annual golf tournament 2009 -present. Proceeds provide college scholarships to children of United States Marines and Navy medics who are killed in action.
