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About Fairfield Law Office

An Experienced Lawyer You Can Trust

John Fairfield received his Juris Doctor degree and entered law practice in 1982. He began his practice with the small suburban law firm of Moore & Cady in Platte City, Missouri. He has experience in real estate, business law, municipal, probate, litigation, estate planning, domestic relations, and criminal law.

John later practiced law with Collins, Fairfield, Fowler, & Harlan. He also served as the municipal judge for the city of Platte Woods, Missouri for eight years. In 2003, he was elected to the Kansas City, Missouri City Council wherein he served as Vice Chair of the Planning, Zoning, and Economic Development Committee.

After John's service on the City Council, he joined the Polsinelli law firm in 2007, where he primarily focused on real estate development and worked with state and local governments with respect to incentives and zoning. He left the Polsinelli firm at the end of 2010 to go into solo practice.

Over 30 Years of Legal Career

His professional legal career, civic involvement, and pre-law employment have provided him the opportunity to hone his skills as a negotiator and consensus builder, which is necessary to resolve issues and achieve success when working with government officials and staff.

He understands how to balance project goals and the cost of achieving them to not lose track of his clients' ultimate goals.

Professional and Civic Organizations

  • Downtown Council, Co-Chair of Infrastructure Committee
  • KC Downtowners, President, 2013 to 2014
  • Northland Regional Chamber of Commerce, Chair, 1994
  • Citizens Association Board of Directors (non-partisan political club, which screens and endorses Kansas City Mayoral and Council candidates)
  • Forward Kansas City (non-partisan Northland political club, which screens and endorses Kansas City Mayoral and Council candidates), President for 10 years
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
  • Platte County Bar Association, President, 1998
  • Missouri Bar Association
  • No names (non-profit club that visits nursing home residents)
  • John chaired the task force that created Synergy Girls, a group home for abused adolescent girls, in 1990
  • Member, KCI Rotary
  • Member, St. Therese church
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