Rhett Buchmiller is an associate in the firm’s Kansas City office. His practice focuses on commercial litigation, creditors’ rights, judgment enforcement, and bankruptcy and restructuring matters.

Rhett represents financial institutions, secured and unsecured creditors, debtors, receivers, trustees, and both sellers and purchasers of distressed assets. His experience includes representing secured lenders in complex foreclosure proceedings involving significant commercial properties, including hospitality and healthcare facilities. He also assists clients with replevin actions, post-judgment collection and enforcement, and the protection and realization of collateral.

In bankruptcy matters, Rhett represents secured and unsecured creditors and other parties in interest in Chapter 11 and other insolvency proceedings. His work includes matters involving relief from the automatic stay, cash collateral, claim allowance and priority, plan treatment, asset sales, and the enforcement of creditors’ rights.

Areas of Focus

Credentials

Education

  • University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2020)
    • Fred L. Howard Prize for Excellence in the Advancement of Advocacy
    • Order of the Coif
    • Order of the Barristers
    • CALI Awards: Evidence, Secured Transactions, Advanced Advocacy and Research §2A, Contracts II §2, Legal Research & Writing §2A
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (B.A., Political Science; Psychology, 2016)

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • Missouri
  • Kansas

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Publications

  • “Second Injury Funds Nationally and in Missouri – Liability, Functionality, and Viability in Modern Times,” 84 Mo. L Rev. (2019)
  • “Request Denied: Retaliation Under Title VII for a Request for Religious Accommodation,” 85 Mo. L Rev. (2020)

Community Involvement

  • reStart, Inc., Board of Directors