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Daniel K. Wooten 
Springfield, Missouri
Partner
phone (417) 882-9090
fax (417) 882-2529
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Daniel K. Wooten received his undergraduate degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Arkansas in 1993. He graduated cum laude from Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1996 and associated with the firm upon graduation. Mr. Wooten has been a partner since 2002. While in law school, Mr. Wooten was a member of Washington and Lee's National Appellate Advocacy Team and was a quarter finalist at the National Appellate Advocacy regional competition in 1995. He served as a clerk for the Honorable Gerald O'Neal Clemmons, Chief Judge of Virginia's Twenty-Seventh Judicial Circuit from 1995 to 1996.

Mr. Wooten has been involved in a number of community activities including the Rotary Club of Springfield, Southeast.  Mr. Wooten was a member of Leadership Springfield Class XVII and is a former member of the Board for Leadership Springfield. In 2003, Mr. Wooten was selected as one of the Springfield Business Journal's 40 Under 40.  Mr. Wooten currently serves on the Board of the Springfield Regional Arts Council and is a former President and current Board member of Springfield's Best.

Mr. Wooten is a current member and former secretary of the Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association and a member of the Missouri Bar, the Arkansas Bar, the American Bar Association, as well as the Labor and Employment Division of the American Bar Association. Mr. Wooten is admitted to practice in state courts in Missouri, the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, the United States Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, as well as all state courts in Arkansas. His practice emphasises in employment law and probate and trust litigation. He is the chair of the Employment Law Division of Neale & Newman, L.L.P., and lectures widely on the topic of employment law.

Areas of Practice:
60% Employment Law & Education Law including Litigation
15% General Civil Litigation
25% Probate and Trust Litigation
Litigation Percentage:
50% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Missouri, 1996
Arkansas, 1997
U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 1996
U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 2000
Education:
Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude


University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Fayetteville, Arkansas
B.A.
Major:  Music


Representative Cases:
Kirby v. Grand Crowne, 229 S.W. 3d 253 (MO Ct. App. 2007)
Harris V. Surrey Vacation Resorts, Inc., et. al., 2008 WL2906737 (W.D. MO 2008)
Representative Clients:
Grand Crowne Resorts
Ozarks Technical Community College
Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce
Alternative Opportunities, Inc.
Baptist Bible College
Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association, 1997 - Present
Member


American Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section, 1997 - Present
Member


Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association
Member


Past Employment Positions:
Miller and Sanford, Summer Associate, 1995


Pro Bono Activities:
Cub Scouts of America - Den Leader
Fraternities/Sororities:
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Deeply Intertwined With Our Community

Located in Springfield, Missouri, Neale & Newman, L.L.P. has over a century of legal service representing clients in the Ozarks, Southwest Missouri and nationally, including the cities of Springfield, Joplin, Carthage, Branson, Marshfield, Lebanon, Bolivar, Monett, Neosho, Kansas City, St. Louis and Jefferson City. In Arkansas, the firm represents clients from cities such as Fayetteville, Rogers, Springdale and Bentonville.