Top Rated Business Litigation Attorney in Overland Park, KS

Focusing his practice primarily on complex business litigation, Benjamin R. Prell is a co-founder and member of Geiger Prell. Located in Overland Park, Kansas, his firm provides representation to individual and company clients in the Kansas City metropolitan area, Kansas and Missouri. Mr. Prell has handled matters that include business ownership and control disputes, noncompetition agreements, contract breaches, employment disputes, securities fraud, misappropriation of trade secrets, and intellectual property infringement. Mr. Prell also provides advice and counsel to businesses regarding litigation and regulatory risk management, compliance with federal regulations, and contract negotiation, revisions and updates.   He has also advised professionals and firms in the securities industry on regulatory issues, and has defended them in actions brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), state securities agencies, and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA).

As an undergraduate, Mr. Prell attended Northwest Missouri State University, where he majored in government and received a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in 1999. He obtained his Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 2002 from the American University Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C. While in law school, he obtained a security clearance and worked with the Public Corruption and Government Fraud section of United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. In that capacity, he assisted federal prosecutors on sensitive investigations and complex prosecutions involving public officials and government employees.

Mr. Prell began his career with a well-known national law firm based in St. Louis, where he was a member of its business services group. He co-founded his current firm in December 2012. Admitted to practice before all Kansas, Missouri and Virginia state courts, Mr. Prell is an active participant in the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, recently editing the Business Litigation Committee's updated Business Litigation Handbook and drafting a chapter on oral and implied partnerships. He has also served as a past chair and co-chair of the Securities Law Committee. Highly regarded by his fellow attorneys, he has received a "Superb" peer review rating through Avvo.