David F. Menghini
David Menghini is a shareholder out of the firm’s Kansas City, Kansas, office. He handles workers’ compensation matters in the education, government, and manufacturing sectors. His expertise is evaluating claims and developing defense strategies to minimize exposure, as well as dealing with labor and employment related issues. David works closely with employers to help them develop return-to-work programs for injured workers with temporary restrictions. His understanding of workers’ compensation claims requiring Medicare set-aside compliance allows him to address Medicare issues during litigation, as well as in workers’ compensation settlements.His experience includes workers’ compensation claims resulting from assaults, violent acts, back injuries, fatalities, head injuries, heart attacks, infectious diseases, psychological and mental disorders, muscular skeletal disorders, neck injuries, paraplegia and quadriplegia, permanent disability, pulmonary disorders and respiratory conditions. He frequently argues before the Missouri Labor & Industrial Relations Commission and the Kansas Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. He has also successfully defended employers before the Kansas Court of Appeals.
David is a shareholder at McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips and has served on the firm’s Board of Directors. Prior to working with the firm, he was a property manager for Hill Partners, Inc. and served in the Volunteers in Service to America. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus and is active at Sacred Heart Church. He and his wife, Beth, have four daughters and one son, who account for most of his free time.
