Gregory P. Goheen
Gregory Goheen’s practice focuses on representing educational and other public entities in a variety of capacities. Greg serves as outside general counsel for a variety of for-profit and not-for-profit business entities, governmental agencies and homes associations. As general counsel, he is involved in a wide array of contractual and transactional matters, as well as representing those entities before various administrative bodies, including taxing authorities. As special counsel, he has worked with numerous universities, colleges, community colleges, school districts and other educational institutions on matters ranging from U.S. Department of Education student loan default rates to student 1st Amendment issues to employee performance issues. As a part of his practice, he writes and gives seminar presentations on education, employment, ethics, and real estate law, and he has even taught as an adjunct community college instructor on employee benefits.
Greg has been involved in complex civil litigation at both the appellate and trial level in state and federal court (including multi-district litigation), arbitration and administrative proceedings. A recipient in law school of the Wilson W. Herdon Memorial Award in Antitrust, Greg represents clients in virtually all types of commercial and business litigation, including employment, construction and real estate law. He is well-versed in education, civil rights, and constitutional law and serves as due process hearing officer for the Kansas Department of Education. Greg has represented clients in class action litigation involving many diverse subjects, such as antitrust, asbestos product liability, civil rights, consumer protection, employment discrimination, environment, and wage and hour matters. He also has experience litigating trade secrets, professional liability, directors’ and officers’ liability, business torts, housing discrimination and consumer fraud. Greg was recently recognized Best Lawyer’s in America as “Lawyer of the Year” in the practice area of Labor Law-Management in Kansas City, Kansas.
A shareholder at MVP since 1998, Greg is active in many professional and community organizations, and had formerly served as the President of the KCMBA’s Federal Advocates Section and as Vice-President of KASA. He has also been a member of the KBA’s Board of Governors and a member of the KBF’s Board of Trustees. Greg participated in the KBA Bar Leadership Summit. He is a graduate of Class VIII of Leadership 2000 sponsored by the Kansas City, Kansas Chamber of Commerce, and has been honored as a member of the KCK Public Schools’ Reasons to Believe Alumni Honor Roll, Ingram’s Magazine’s 40 Under Forty and The Best Lawyers in America® in the practice area of Education Law. He currently serves on the United Way of Greater Kansas City’s Community Investment Review Team and has served as a tutor for economically disadvantaged students through the Kauffman Foundation’s Project Choice, as a mentor through the Overcoming Diversity Mentor Program sponsored by the City of Kansas City, Kansas African American History Steering Committee and as a Board member for the KCK YMCA.
