MONTE VINES
E-Mail
mvines@adamsjones.com
Practice Areas
Business and
Real Estate Litigation,
Estate and Trust Disputes, and Legal
Professional Liability; Listed, Best Lawyers in America (Real Estate);
Chambers USA (General Commercial Litigation); and SuperLawyers
(Business Litigation).
Education
Newman University (B.A., History, 1978)
University of Kansas (J.D. 1981)
National Institute for Trial Advocacy (at Northwestern University, Chicago,
1986)
Legal Experience
Monte Vines has focused his law practice on the resolution of disputes. These
disputes are often in the context of court litigation. But disputes can often be
resolved without the need for lawsuits and trials, by analysis of the problem
and negotiation with the other parties involved to reach beneficial settlements.
His practice primarily involves disputes over commercial transactions, business
entities, real estate, estates and trusts, and legal professional services. He has also
worked with clients and their adversaries to resolve a wide variety of other
civil disputes.
Examples of disputes he has handled involving commercial transactions,
business entities and real estate include: breach of contract, ownership disputes, dissolution of business entity
issues, lender liability, personal guaranties, enforcement of security
instruments, and business torts, such as fraud and
misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, interference with contract, and
fraudulent transfers of assets.
Estate and trust disputes he has dealt with include: will contest issues, undue
influence in pre-death transactions, fiduciary fee disputes, and claims of
executor and trustee wrongdoing.
His work in the defense of legal professional liability claims include: claims
of legal malpractice arising in personal injury litigation, collection work, estate
planning and probate, real estate and conservatorship, and claims by third
parties such as malicious prosecution and abuse of process. He also assists
clients in matters involving legal ethics.
Seminar Presentations
Summary Judgment (Wichita Bar Association)
Pretrial Motion Practice (Wichita Bar Association)
Pleadings (Wichita Bar Association)
Professional Liability of Attorneys (Wichita Bar Association)
Legal Ethics (Wichita Women Attorneys Association)
Publications
"Legal Malpractice in Kansas: Principles and
Examples", Journal, Kansas Bar Association, Nov/Dec 2003.
"Litigation-What
Is The Goal?", Adams Jones Law Firm Newsletter, April 2009.
"Litigation-Two
Paradigms", Adams Jones Law Firm Newsletter, September 2009.
"Anatomy of a
Lawsuit--Part 1--The Pleadings", Adams Jones Law Firm Newsletter,
February 2010.
Organizations
Wichita Bar Association: Civil Practice Committee (Past Chairman)
Wesley E. Brown Inn
of Court (Master)
Kansas Bar Association
Leadership Wichita
Leadership Wichita Trustees (Past Chairman)
Leadership Kansas
The Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club, Downtown Wichita
Music Theatre of Wichita (Past President)
Eastminster Presbyterian Church (Elder)
