[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 54 (Thursday, April 28, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E822]
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              TRIBUTE TO JAMES BORTHWICK AND EDWARD BOYLE

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                           HON. DENNIS MOORE

                               of kansas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 28, 2005

  Mr. MOORE of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join with the 
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association in paying tribute to two of 
the Kansas City metropolitan area attorneys of distinction, James 
Borthwick and Edward Boyle. Today the Bar Association is presenting 
them with its Deans of the Trial Bar Award at their Bench-Bar & 
Boardroom Conference at the Lake of the Ozarks. Both of these gentlemen 
are longtime leaders of both the Kansas City metropolitan area's bar 
and of their home communities.
  James (Jim) Borthwick is a partner with the firm of Blackwell Sanders 
Peper Martin LLP, of Kansas City, Missouri. A magna cum laude graduate 
of Central College with a J.D. from the University of Michigan, he 
joined the Blackwell firm as an associate in 1964. With a practice 
focused on litigation in the areas of business and commercial activity, 
insurance and intellectual property, Jim defended accounting firms 
against claims of professional liability and manufacturers against 
products liability claims. He has handled more than 75 accountant and 
lawyer malpractice cases to conclusion over the last 20 years and was 
lead trial counsel in defense of a suit by the Resolution Trust 
Corporation/Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation against the former 
directors of Franklin Savings Association; the jury verdict for the 
defendant was described as one of the biggest defense wins of 1996 by 
the National Law Journal.
  Just as importantly, Jim Borthwick has been active in a wide variety 
of community and charitable organizations, including: the Greater 
Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, the Friends of Art, the Friends of the 
Zoo, the Johnson County Democratic Party, the State Committee of the 
Kansas Democratic Party, Kansas City Consensus, United Community 
Services of Johnson County, and the Village Presbyterian Church. 
Professionally, he is affiliated with: the American Bar Association and 
its Tort and Insurance Practice Section, the Defense Research 
Institute, the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, the Missouri 
Bar Association, and the Lawyers Association of Kansas City, where he 
has served on the Board of Directors and as President.
  Edward Boyle is of counsel with the firm of McCormick, Adam & Long, 
of Overland Park, Kansas. A magna cum laude graduate of the University 
of Notre Dame and an Order of the Coif graduate of the University of 
Kansas School of Law, where he was editor in chief of the University of 
Kansas Law Review, Edward Boyle also served as LTJG in the United 
States Navy from 1960-62. His practice areas include: complex 
litigation, land use and zoning, medical malpractice, medical products 
and devices, wrongful death and motor vehicle accidents. Prior to 
entering private practice, he served as Special Assistant Attorney 
General of Kansas for Antitrust from 1971-74.
  Edward Boyle also has been actively involved in professional 
activities, serving as secretary of the Kansas State Board of 
Discipline for Attorneys from 1978-80, member of the Johnson County, 
Kansas and American Bar Associations (including as secretary of the 
Johnson County Bar in 1967), the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association and 
the Kansas Inns of Court.
  Mr. Speaker, both of these distinguished gentlemen reflect creditably 
upon their profession and their communities. I am pleased to take note 
of the honors they are being awarded by the Kansas City Metropolitan 
Bar Association and I commend them to you and to our colleagues in the 
House of Representatives.

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