Ben Shantz

Related Experience Served as outside counsel to a content creator with over five million subscribers and over seven hundred million views, advising on matters ranging from merchandising deals to agency contracts. Negotiated and drafted general contractor and subcontractor agreements for developers and contractors. Successfully defended owners and general contractors in connection with mechanics lien enforcement and contract actions. Successfully prosecuted and defended lawsuits arising out of residential and commercial lease agreements on behalf of both tenants and landlords. Advised clients in threatened or pending litigation on a wide variety of complex civil litigation matters. Successfully defended businesses against consumer fraud claims brought under the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act. Distinctions Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, 2022-2026 Springfield Business Journal, 40 Under 40, 2022 Memberships Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association, Board Member History Museum on the Square, Board Member State Bar of Missouri Presentations and Publications Opinion: Mechanics Lien Waivers Are a Useful Tool in Uncertain Economic Conditions, Springfield Business Journal, November 2024 Opinion: Missouri Broadens Name, Image and Likeness Law - Heres What It Means, Springfield Business Journal, March 2024 Opinion: Create a Builders Toolkit with Liens, Contracts, Change Orders, Springfield Business Journal, 2023 Determining Ownership and Control of IPv4 Addresses, 94 Wash. U. L. Rev. 739, 2017