Daniel B. Boatright
Office Managing Shareholder | Co-Chair, Hospitality Industry Group
Offices
Kansas City
1201 Walnut StreetSuite 1450Kansas City, MO 64106
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Indianapolis
111 Monument CircleSuite 702Indianapolis, IN 46204
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Professional & Community Affiliations
Member
Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee
American Bar Association
Co-Chair
Committee on Model Civil Jury Instructions for the 8th Circuit
Recognition
Named, Lawyer of the Year
Labor Law - Management, Kansas City
The Best Lawyers in America©
2019, 2022, 2025
Named, The Best Lawyers in America®
2013-2025
Ranked, Labor & Employment
Chambers USA
2012-2024
Named, Top 10 Most Influential Labor & Employment Lawyers in Kansas City
Business Today
2023
Named, Super Lawyer
Kansas and Missouri
Super Lawyers
News, Analysis & Press
What employers need to know now that the 80/20 tip credit rule has been overturned
Nation’s Restaurant News
September 4, 2024
More Than 240 Littler Attorneys Recognized in 2025 Editions of Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch® in America
August 15, 2024
Littler Ranked in 2024 Chambers USA Guide
June 6, 2024
Littler Recognized in 2023 Chambers USA Guide
June 6, 2023
Littler Ranked in Chambers USA Guide 2022
June 1, 2022
The 80/20 tipped wages rule may be coming back: here’s what that means for operators
Nation's Restaurant News
June 25, 2021
DOL Proposal to Resurrect 80/20 Rule for Tipped Employees Fails to Alleviate Longstanding Industry Concerns
Insight
June 23, 2021
Littler Ranked in Chambers USA Guide 2021
May 27, 2021
DOL Proposes to Delay and Revise Portions of Final Rule on Handling Tips and Eliminating the 80/20 Rule
Insight
March 25, 2021
Department of Labor Issues Two Tip-Related Opinion Letters in Final Days of Outgoing Administration
ASAP
January 19, 2021
Best Lawyers in America© 2020 Edition Honors More Than 200 Littler Lawyers; 14 Named Lawyer of the Year
August 15, 2019
Littler Ranked in 2019 Chambers USA Guide
April 25, 2019
Littler Elects Five New Members to Board of Directors
January 30, 2019
Littler Ranked in 2018 Chambers USA Guide
May 15, 2018
Can You Get Sued for Not Paying Four Days of $10 Minimum Wage in KC?
Kansas City Business Journal
August 30, 2017
KC Vote on Minimum Wage Increase Could be Meaningful or Meaningless
The Kansas City Star
August 3, 2017
The Best Lawyers in America© Honors More Than 180 Littler Lawyers in Its 2017 Edition
August 16, 2016
More workers will be eligible for overtime pay, but employers are still figuring out who they are
Kansas City Star
May 19, 2016
Local Labor Attorneys: Don't Procrastinate Complying with New Salary Rules
Kansas City Business Journal
May 18, 2016
Newsmaker: Littler Mendelson’s Boatright Builds Firm’s Profile
Kansas City Business Journal
December 4, 2015
Chambers USA Recognizes Littler and Its Attorneys
May 20, 2015
Littler Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers in America® 2014 Edition
August 15, 2013
Best Lawyers in America® Names 164 Littler Attorneys to 2013 Edition
September 7, 2012
Final Amended FLSA Regulations Make Significant Changes to Tip Credit Processes and Proposed Fluctuating Work Week Rules
Insight
April 11, 2011
Wage and Hour Laws - A State-by-State Survey
2007-2009 Cumulative Supplement
BNA Books
2007
Dangers May Be Lurking in Standard Severance Agreements
Benefits & Compensation Digest, Vol. 43, No. 7
July 2006
Loan Officer Lawsuits for Overtime Pay
Missouri Independent Bankers Association Newsletter
January 2004
Supreme Court Holds 'No Harm, No Foul' in its First FMLA Case
Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee Newsletter
American Bar Association (ABA)
Fall 2002
Employers Beware: Three New Pitfalls in the Digital Workplace
Employment Relations Today, Vol. 28, No. 2
Summer 2001
The Offer of Judgment Revisited
The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association
April 1997
Speaking Engagements
Post 80/20/30 Landscape? What is Next for the Hospitality Industry?
September 12, 2024
Retail and Hospitality Roundtable
Littler Executive Employer Conference, Phoenix, AZ
May 8, 2024
Hospitality & Retail Roundtable
Littler Executive Employer Conference, Phoenix, AZ
May 10, 2023
2022 Kansas City Regional Employer Conference
Kansas City, MO
July 28, 2022
Hospitality Industry Roundtable
Littler Executive Employer Conference
May 4, 2022
The Next Normal: Strategies and Best Practices for Returning to Work in Kansas and Missouri
May 27, 2020
Return to Work in Missouri – What Employers Need to Know to Manage the Next Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic
May 12, 2020
Pay Equity: Past, Present and Future
Kansas City Employer Conference
June 26, 2018
Today Jeopardy, Tomorrow the Law: Exploring Artificial Intelligence and What It Means for Lawyers, Clients and a Changing Profession
Missouri Bar/Missouri Judicial Conference Annual Meeting, Kansas City MO
September 2017
Mediating and Resolving Class and Collective Claims
Employment Rights and Responsibilities Mid-Winter Meeting, American Bar Association, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
March 2017
Key Developments Affecting Your Business in 2016 and Beyond
Association of Corporate Counsel, Mid-America Kansas City, MO
August 2016
FLSA Seminar
Ajilon Professional Staffing, Overland Park, KS
July 19, 2016
Working on Overtime: Preparing for DOL’s Changes to the FLSA Overtime Regulations
Kansas City, MO
June 2016
Employment Law Update
Overland Park, KS
May 22, 2014
Recent Missouri Supreme Court Case Resurrects Untimely Discrimination Claims Unless Employers Jump Through Procedural Hoops Before A Lawsuit is Filed
October 3, 2013
What Do They Know, Anyway? Judicial Deference to Administrative Agency Briefs, Interpretations and Opinions
Employment Rights and Responsibilities Mid-Winter Meeting – American Bar Association, Miami Beach, FL
March 2013
The Employee From Hell
Kansas City, MO
October 9, 2012
The Recent Supreme Court Class Action Decision: We Know What It Says, But What Does It Mean?
Employment Rights and Responsibilities Mid-Winter Meeting – American Bar Association, Las Vegas, NV
March 2012
2011 Regulatory and Legislative Outlook
Society for Human Resource Management, Missouri Chapter
March 2011
Settle This!
Employment Rights and Responsibilities Mid-Winter Meeting – American Bar Association, Coronado, CA
March 2010
The Federal Tip Credit Under Fire: How Do You Properly Pay Tipped Employees?
2010 Hospitality Law Conference, Houston, TX
February 2010
EEO Claims by Contractors and Foreign Workers
Employment Rights and Responsibilities Mid-Winter Meeting - American Bar Association, Key West, FL
March 2009
Grabbing a Jury and Keeping 'Em
Employment Rights and Responsibilities Mid-Winter Meeting - American Bar Association, Dana Point, CA
April 2008
Privacy Practices: What Does My Knee Surgery Have To Do With My Lawsuit?
Employment Rights and Responsibilities Mid-Winter Meeting - American Bar Association, Dana Point, CA
April 2008
Missouri Wage & Hour Update
6th Annual Labor & Employment Symposium - Missouri Bar, Columbia, MO
October 2007
Hot Topics in Hiring & Firing
City Attorneys Association of Kansas, Overland Park, KS
October 2007
Are Your Interview Techniques Impartial or Biased?
April 2006
You Can Use ADR for That?
Employment Rights and Responsibilities Mid-Winter Meeting - American Bar Association, Puerto Vallarta, MX
March 2006
Should I Stay or Should I Go?: The Role of Courts in Private ADR Agreements
Employment Rights and Responsibilities Mid-Winter Meeting - American Bar Association, Key Biscane, FL
March 2005
The New White Collar Exemption Regulations: Yes They're New, But Are They Improved?
County Counselors Association of Kansas, Overland Park, KS
November 2004
The Promises and Pitfalls of Employment Practices Liability Insurance
November 2004
Can We Talk? Alternatives to Litigation: The Art of Negotiation
Employment Rights and Responsibilities Mid-Winter Meeting - American Bar Association, Palm Springs, CA
March 2004
Department of Labor Proposed Regulations: FLSA Update
County Counselors Association of Kansas, Overland Park, KS
November 2003
Managing Today's Architectural Workforce: What Every Principal Needs to Know About HR
American Institute of Architects, KC Chapter, Kansas City, MO
July 2003
Proposed Changes to FLSA 'White Collar' Exemptions
Human Resource Management Association of Greater Kansas City, Lenexa, KS
April 2003
Is Anyone Litigating Anymore?
Employment Rights and Responsibilities Mid-Winter Meeting - American Bar Association, San Juan, PR
March 2003
State and Federal Time Off Issues
Lorman Education Services, Overland Park, KS
November 2002
Cutting-Edge Human Resources Issues - WARN Act
University of Missouri-Kansas City CLE, Kansas City, MO
May 2002
Time Off in Kansas: Federal and State Disability Laws
Lorman Education Services, Overland Park, KS
July 2001
Employment Laws You Need to Know About
Wyandotte County Bar Association, Kansas City, KS
June 2001
Selecting and Terminating Employees in Kansas
National Business Institute, Overland Park, KS
April 2001
The Arbitration Alternative
April 2001
Arbitration and Mediation of Employment Cases
Annual Employment Law Institute - Kansas Bar Association, Wichita, KS
September 1997
Workplace Defamation
Media and the Law Seminar - University of Missouri-Kansas City CLE, Kansas City, MO
April 1997
Protecting Your Practice Against Malpractice Claims, Discipline and Litigation
Kansas Bar Association, Overland Park, KS
June 1996
Heartland Workshop, Civil Rights - How It Affects the Workplace
University of Missouri-Kansas City CLE, Kansas City, MO
May 1996
OSHA Compliance Update - Procedural Defenses
National Business Institute, Kansas City, MO
February 1996
Labor and Employment Law Update: Attendance Records
University of Missouri-Kansas City CLE, Kansas City, MO
June 1995
Update on the Americans with Disabilities Act
Kansas Hospital Association, Overland Park, KS
April 1995
A Primer on Recently Enacted and Proposed Legislation Affecting the Operation of a Business
Corporation Law Institute - Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Overland Park, KS
March 1995
Violence in the Workplace
ADP, Kansas City, MO
February 1995
Strategies for Commercial Property Owners in Missouri: Complying With the Americans with Disabilities Act
National Business Institute, Kansas City, MO
July 1993
Education
- J.D., University of Missouri, Kansas City, 1991With Distinction
- B.A., Kansas State University, 1986cum laude
Courts
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court, District of Kansas