mcologna@blmhpc.com

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Areas of Practice:  

      Civil Rights

      Civil Rights Section 1983

      Insurance Defense

      Public Liability

      Municipal Law

      Government Law

Admissions:

      Missouri, 2009

      U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, 2010

      U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, 2012

Education:

University of Missouri – Columbia, B.A., 2002
University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2009
Class rank: 14/154
Student Bar Association President, 2008-2009
The Urban Lawyer, Articles Editor 2008, case digest published Fall 2007
UMKC Law Review, 2007-2008
Moot Court Board, 2008-2009
Delta Theta Phi, Recruitment Chair 2007-2008

Professional and Community Activities:

      Missouri Bar Association

      Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association

Background:

Mr. Cologna served as Judicial Clerk to Judge Nancy Steffen Rahmeyer from 2009-2010, in the Missouri State Court of Appeals for the Southern District.

Mr. Cologna also worked as Law Clerk in the Office of Missouri Attorney General in 2007, and as the Legislative Director for the Office of Missouri State Senator Harry Kennedy from 2004-2006.                                                 During law school he was research assistant to Professor Pat Randolph where he drafted new text for Friedman on Leases.