Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy

What Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy does

Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy is a full-service law firm founded in 1945 and headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, with additional offices in Topeka, Garden City, and Augusta, Kansas, plus a West Palm Beach, Florida location. The firm operates as a private partnership under the trade name Morris Laing and employs 51-100 people, including 30+ attorneys organized across 12 practice areas spanning Banking & Securities, Business Law, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Education Law, Employment Law, Wills/Trusts & Probate, Energy & Utilities, Divorce & Family Law, Real Estate Law, Municipalities, Tax Law, and Agricultural & Equine Law. Its client base includes small and mid-sized businesses, individuals and families, Kansas municipalities and school districts, with select matters reaching the U.S. Supreme Court.

Name

Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy

Legal name

Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy, Chartered

Website

https://morrislaing.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1945

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy is a full-service Kansas-based law firm founded in 1945, serving businesses, individuals, municipalities, and school districts across 12 practice areas from five offices in Kansas and Florida.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Offices of Lawyers (54111)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law (BPAHAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Real Estate & Construction Law (BPAHAAAE), Employment & Labor Law (BPAHAAAD), Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services (BPAHALAG)

Keywords

• Legal services
• Litigation law
• Business law
• Estate planning
• Real estate law

Headquarters

HQ city

Wichita

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services: Traditional law firm billing for legal services including hourly rates, fixed fees for specific matters, and contingency arrangements for certain litigation matters. Services span multiple practice areas including litigation, transactions, estate planning, and regulatory compliance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy is a full-service law firm providing comprehensive legal representation across twelve distinct practice areas, including banking and securities, business law, litigation and dispute resolution, education law, employment law, wills/trusts/probate, energy and utilities, divorce and family law, real estate law, municipal law, tax law, and agricultural and equine law. The firm delivers counsel, transactional support, and courtroom advocacy to businesses, individuals, families, municipalities, and educational institutions throughout Kansas and Florida.

Product overview

Morris Laing is a full-service law firm providing comprehensive legal services across multiple practice areas. The firm operates as a unified legal services practice rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Its core service offerings include Banking & Securities, Business Law, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Education Law, Employment Law, Wills/Trusts & Probate, Energy & Utilities, Divorce & Family Law, Real Estate Law, Municipalities, Tax Law, and Agricultural & Equine Law. The firm serves clients throughout Kansas and Florida with offices in Wichita, Topeka, Garden City, Augusta, and West Palm Beach.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Banking & Securities Legal services covering banking, securities, loan transactions, and trusts for financial institutions, lenders, and corporate clients.
• Business Law

Quantifiable outcome

• Multi-million dollar verdicts obtained for clients
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Polsinelli PC: Polsinelli is an AmLaw 200 full-service firm with a major Kansas City office and significant Kansas presence, practicing across corporate, litigation, healthcare, real estate, securities and tax that overlaps Morris Laing's banking, real estate, M&A and litigation work.
• Lathrop GPM LLP: Lathrop GPM is a Midwest-rooted full-service firm with Kansas City operations and broadly overlapping practice areas including banking, corporate, real estate, energy and litigation that match Morris Laing's geographic corridor.
• Husch Blackwell LLP: Husch Blackwell is a Midwest-anchored full-service firm with strong Kansas City and Overland Park presence covering banking, corporate, real estate, energy, education, and litigation—directly overlapping Morris Laing's energy, banking, education, and litigation practice areas.
• Kutak Rock LLP: Kutak Rock is a national full-service firm with significant Midwest presence covering banking, corporate, securities, public finance, litigation and real estate—directly comparable to Morris Laing's banking & securities, business, and municipal practice areas.
• Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP: Shook Hardy & Bacon is a Kansas City-based AmLaw firm with strong litigation, product liability, insurance and corporate practices that overlap Morris Laing's litigation and insurance dispute work, serving similar regional corporate clients.
• Stinson LLP: Stinson is a Midwest full-service firm headquartered in Kansas City with practices spanning banking, corporate transactions, real estate, litigation and government matters, overlapping with Morris Laing's business, real estate and litigation services.

Direct peers

• Spencer Fane LLP: Spencer Fane is a Kansas City-anchored full-service firm with comparable practice areas in litigation, business, real estate, banking, employment, and tax; it is regionally adjacent and competes for the same Kansas/Missouri corporate client base.
• Triplett Woolf & Garretson LLC: Triplett Woolf & Garretson is a Kansas-based full-service firm with practice areas spanning corporate, banking, real estate, litigation, employment and estate planning—directly comparable to Morris Laing's regional full-service model.
• Foulston Siefkin LLP: Foulston Siefkin is a Wichita-headquartered full-service law firm with comparable Kansas-wide practice breadth spanning litigation, business, banking, healthcare, real estate, and employment law. It is the most directly comparable peer given shared Wichita roots, similar size, and overlapping full-service orientation.
• Hinkle Law Firm LLC: Hinkle Law Firm is a Wichita, Kansas-headquartered full-service firm practicing across litigation, business, real estate, employment, banking, and tax; it is a direct local competitor with overlapping practice areas and customer base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MorrisLaing

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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