Family Law

• Guardianship
  Summa cum laude, with degrees in history and political science. In 1981, he received his juris doctorate degree from U.M.K.C. School of Law. He is a charter member of Monaco, Sanders, Racine, Powell & Reidy L.C. He has been engaged in the private practice of law for over 36 years, and he is a member of the Missouri Bar and Western District of Missouri Federal District Court. His peers in the legal community have recognized his legal ability and ethical standards by bestowing upon him an AV rating, the highest rating given to lawyers. His legal work consists of a far ranging practice from probate administration to estate planning, from civil litigation to personal injury and worker’s compensation practice; from business organizations to corporate dissolutions; from real estate transactions to contract law; from family law to guardianship and juvenile court proceedings; from entertainment law to business management; and from criminal to traffic law defense.

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
• Robbery
  Mr. Monaco is also the author of six non-fiction books: The Strange Story of Col. Swope & Dr. Hyde (Two Trails Publishing, Independence, Mo. 2010), Son of a Bandit, Jesse James & The Leeds Gang (Monaco Publishing, LLC, Independence, Mo. 2012), Blood on the Streets: The Civil War Comes to Jackson County, Missouri, August 1861 (Monaco Publishing, LLC, Independence, Mo. 2012), and Scattered to the Four Winds (Monaco Publishing, LLC and Jackson County Historical Society, Independence, Mo. 2013), Son of a Bandit, Jesse James & The Leeds Gang, Last Hand at Park Manor (Monaco Publishing, LLC and Jackson County Historical Society, Independence, Mo. 2015) and The Bandit Rides Again, Jesse James, Whiskeyhead Ryan & the Glendale Train Robbery (Monaco Publishing, LLC and Jackson County Historical Society, Independence, Mo. 2017). He received the coveted John Newman Edwards Literary Award from the James Farm for his book, Son of a Bandit, Jesse James & The Leeds Gang. His gripping tale of the history of the tragedy surrounding General Order No. 11 and martial law in Jackson County, Missouri during the American Civil War in his book Scattered to the Four Winds was recognized as the 2013 book of the year by the Jackson County Historical Society. His latest work, The Bandit Rides Again, Jesse James, Whiskeyhead Ryan & the Glendale Train Robbery garnered the Don Hale Literary Award.
• Murder
  Mr. Monaco continues to remain very active with historical organizations and portrayals. He has a passion for living history and Civil War reenacting. For over 25 years, he has portrayed Abram Comingo, a 19th Century attorney and Congressman. His other first person performances has included Manuel de Lisa, a Spanish fur trader who helped outfit the Lewis & Clark Expedition, James Slover, Frank James’ defense attorney, Edgar Allan Poe, poet and master of the macabre, George Caleb Bingham, the Missouri 19th Century artist and politician, Col. Thomas H. Swope, Kansas City philanthropist and alleged murder victim, Alexander William Doniphan, Mexican War Veteran, Attorney and Statesman and Jesse E. James, the son of the bandit Jesse James.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
• Construction Litigation
• Real Estate Transactions

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Dan C. Sanders has 30+ years in all facets of civil litigation, with emphasis in personal injury, commercial/contract and real estate law. Mr. Sanders has tried cases, and handled litigation before all courts in the Kansas City metropolitan area, both Kansas and Missouri. He has been lead attorney on appeals pending before the Missouri and Kansas Court of Appeals, and the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Circuit United States Court of Appeals.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
• Wills
• Probate