Susan Amato honored as Missouri and Kansas “Super Lawyer”

Susan Amato has been selected to the 2023 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list, an honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. Only 5% of attorneys in Missouri and Kansas receive this distinction. A note about the Super Lawyers distinction: in April 2013, the Super Lawyers selection process received a patent (U.S. Pat. No. 8,412,564) from the …

Susan Amato serves as Mediator Ethics and Standards of Practice Panelist

On May 24, 2023, Susan served as a panelist, along with Hon. Douglas Beach, Kim Bettisworth, and James Reeves in a training webinar discussing Mediator Ethics and Standards of Practice held by the Association of Missouri Mediators, where she previously served on the board.  The Association of Missouri Mediators was formed in 1998 as an educational and networking organization to …

Susan Amato presents to The Missouri chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts

Topic: Whose Records Are They – ​And What Are the Ethics? Susan enjoyed speaking on Friday to the members of the Missouri Chapter of AFCC (Association of Family and Conciliation Courts) on an interdisciplinary panel including lawyers, a judge and a mental health professional, about access to mental health records in custody cases, and the balance between protecting the confidentiality …

What’s Up at the Courthouse

We’re months into the pandemic and there’s still no clear end in sight.  You may be wondering if it’s possible to move forward in a divorce or modification before we’re back to “normal”.   The short answer is yes. Physical access to the courthouse is still limited and varies week to week, and county by county as the local situation …