About Me

Harold Mitts

Licensed Attorney and Expert in Business & Construction Law

 
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I am a very motivated professional with a track record of exceeding goals, focusing on supporting others around me to be their best, and leading with integrity & entrepreneurial spirit.

Business Experience

I spent nearly 18 years with MMC Corp, a national commercial construction services company based in Overland Park, KS.

During my time with MMC, I served as:

  • General Counsel for 5 years, seeing revenue and profits increase four-fold under my leadership

  • CEO for an MMC subsidiary for 7 years, growing the company from $17 million to over $74 million in annual revenue

  • Vice President for 6 years, during which time the company grew to almost a billion dollars in revenue

I am also a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel and have held board membership positions in various non-profits, trade organizations, and other companies.

Legal Experience

A Kansas City, Missouri native, I graduated from two Kansas City educational institutions: Rockhurst High School and Rockhurst University. I graduated with a B.S.B.A. in Business Administration, with an emphasis in Economics. I went on to attend Washburn University School of Law, graduating in 1983.

During the first seventeen years of my legal career, I enjoyed private practice, concentrating heavily in construction related litigation and defense work in federal and state courts for Missouri and Kansas, the United States Claims Court, Federal Board of Contract Appeals, as well as the courts of Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Nevada and California.

I attended the University of Missouri School of Law, Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution, receiving Missouri Supreme Court training for Mediation Training for Civil Cases in January, 2015.

Currently:

  • I am licensed to practice law in fourteen states

  • I am a member of the Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, Arkansas, Massachusetts, Indiana, Iowa, and Texas Bars

  • I have been admitted to the practice of law in the U.S. District Courts for Kansas and Missouri and the United States Court of Federal Claims

  • I am a member of the Kansas City Metropolitan, Kansas, Texas, Nebraska, and Missouri Bar Associations and am involved in the construction sections of many of those associations

Construction Experience

I hold qualifying master construction licenses in multiple construction disciplines through the state of Nevada including:

  • General contracting A & B

  • Plumbing

  • Electrical

  • HVAC

I also grew up working with my family’s business in the Kansas City area, which was involved in the local construction industry for three generations.