Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death
  Our attorneys have successfully defended various mechanical and electronic product manufacturers, component manufacturers and many other manufacturing, distributing, and retail sales businesses in property damage, personal injury and wrongful death claims.
• Fraud

Business and Corporate Law

• Business Disputes
  Cooling & Herbers has a proud history. For over forty years, Cooling & Herbers has been a preeminent leader and pioneer in the aviation legal field. Founding partners James Cooling and Paul Herbers, both of whom have been honored as Super Lawyers 2005-2021, have assembled a sophisticated team of seasoned attorneys with extraordinary legal skills and work ethic specializing in aviation transactions and litigation, business law, civil litigation, environmental law, insurance law and municipal law, zoning, finance and real estate development.
• Business Transactions
  Our attorneys are knowledgeable and experienced in domestic and international business transactions, including aviation transactions. Learn More
• Limited Liability Companies
  We have extensive experience in the formation and operations of various types of business organizations, whether they include corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships or joint ventures. We assist in initial tax compliance and ongoing operations, negotiation of contracts including employee and sales representative contracts, and merger and acquisition of new businesses.
• Trade Secrets

Employment Law

• Employment Contract
• Employment Litigation
  Cooling & Herbers selectively represents individuals and families that suffer catastrophic injuries or death from accidents. Attorney James Glover also accepts selected claims for workers’ compensation benefits and unfair employment practices.
• Sexual Harassment
  Representing insurers and their insureds’ interests is the cornerstone of our litigation practice. The attorneys at Cooling & Herbers are experienced in defending a wide array of products liability, strict liability, and negligence claims. We have successfully defended wrongful deaths, personal injuries and property damage claims arising from minor incidents to major aircraft accidents. As claims have diversified into such things as lenders’ liability, advertising liability, and sexual harassment claims, our practice has developed to include them as well. We aggressively protect the interests of the insurers and their insureds in a cost-effective way.

Property Law

• Premises Liability
• Construction Litigation
• Easement
• Land Use and Zoning
  Cooling and Herbers through attorney James Glover has developed a strong concentration in all aspects of municipal finance and state and local tax incentive development projects. He has successfully counseled municipalities and developers in complex municipal law transactions, to include real estate development transactions, redevelopment projects, tax abatement and tax increment issues as well as land use and zoning. During Mr. Glover’s three terms on the City Counsel for the City of Kansas City, Missouri, he sponsored and oversaw numerous large projects, including most notably, the Midtown Development Project, which received accolades for its innovative financing and successful implementation.
• Property Damage
  The attorneys at Cooling & Herbers are experienced in defending a wide range of products liability, strict liability, and negligence claims. We have successfully defended wrongful deaths, personal injuries and property damage arising from major aircraft accidents to slip and falls.

Immigration Law

• Citizenship and Naturalization

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Our attorneys have been advising clients in state and federal courts on a wide spectrum of business disputes and personal injury claims for over thirty years. Learn More

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Tax Law
  Our group of aviation attorneys includes FAA licensed pilots and over 100 years of combined experience in aviation law. We also have attorneys with Masters of Laws degrees in taxation who provide our clients with comprehensive federal and state tax planning for their aviation transactions. We are members of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, the Lawyer Pilots Bar Association, the Aviation Insurance Association, the National Transportation Safety Board Bar Association and National Business Aviation Association. Our aviation attorneys frequently contribute articles to aviation industry magazines and journals and are featured speakers at aviation fora, conventions and other programs around the world. In addition, we have attorneys who have served on the National Business Aviation Association Board of Directors; the Aviation, Space and Transportation Law committee of the American Bar Association; and the Experimental Aircraft Association Legal Advisory Council as well as attorneys who have served as President of the Aviation Insurance Association, FAA regional counsel, member of the Board of Editors of The Journal of Air Law and Commerce, and an experimental test pilot.