About Talia Ravis

Practice Areas:
Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Pension/Retirement benefits, Employee Benefits

Admitted:

• 2004: Florida
• 2005: Kansas
• 2006: Missouri
• 2006: Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana, Western District of Missouri, District of Kansas
• 2008: Eastern District of Missouri

Education:

• Undergraduate College: 1999, University of Kansas, B.A. Psychology, with honors
• Law School: 2004, University of Miami, Cum Laude

Member:

• Missouri Bar Association
• Kansas Bar Association
• Johnson County Bar Association
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
• National Employment Lawyers Association
• Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
• Earl E. OConnor Inns Of Court
• American Association of Justice

Presentations:

• "Fighting for Employee Benefits"
  Association of Women Lawyers of Kansas City, Annual Convention, November 2011
• The Nuts and Bolts of COBRA
  American Association of Justice, Annual Convention, July 2011
• ERISA: Subrogation and Handling Appeals at the Administrative Level
  Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, Annual Convention, June 2011
• Understanding the Role of Medicare and ERISA
  National Business Institute Seminar, August 2008
• "Handling an ERISA Appeal"
  Kansas Bar Association, December 2007

Publications:

• Ravis on the Impact of MetLife v. Glenn on Permissible Discovery in ERISA Litigation
  2009 Emerging Issues 4503 | www.lexis.com
• Liens, Assignments, Subrogation and other Traps for the Claimants Lawyer, Revisited 2008
  Missouri Trial Attorney Publication, October 2008.
• Understanding Disability Insurance
  New Appelmans Insurance Law Practice Guide, 2007