Eric B. Metz

Phone: 316-630-8100, Ext. 215

Eric Metz assists clients in all matters relating to employment relations, including both preventive consultation and helping employers with federal, state and local employment law compliance, as well as implementing and drafting personnel policies, employee handbooks, severance and release agreements, and noncompetition agreements. He also handles litigation before state and federal courts and administrative agencies, including claims relating to disability, age, sex, race and religion discrimination, harassment, wrongful discharge matters, wage and hour issues, and noncompetition contract litigation.

Primary Areas of Practice

Mr. Metz also has over 30 years of experience in a variety of litigation matters, including a wide variety of business disputes, contract disputes, and oil and gas matters. In addition, he is experienced in education law, having represented a private university as its primary counsel for over 20 years. Mr. Metz has experience in media law matters, having represented television and radio stations in media-related issues. Mr. Metz has received the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory’s highest “AV” rating for lawyers, reflecting exemplary professional expertise, and has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of labor and employment law. He has been selected for inclusion in “Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers.” In addition, he is designated by Chambers USA as one of “Kansas’ leading lawyers for labor and employment.”

Admitted to practice

Kansas, 1980
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
U.S. District Court, District of Kansas
U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri
U. S. Supreme Court

Education

University of Kansas School of Law (J.D., 1980)
- Order of the Coif
- Phi Kappa Phi
Friends University (B.A., with highest honors, 1977)

Honors, Affiliations and Professional Memberships

Designated by Chambers USA as one of “Kansas’ leading lawyers for labor and employment”
Selected by peers for the Best Lawyers in America in the field of labor and employment law
Selected for inclusion in Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers
Kansas Association of Defense Counsel
Defense Research Institute
National Association of College and University Attorneys
American Bar Association
Kansas Bar Association
Wichita Bar Association

Articles / Seminars / Publications

Helping Clients Find the Best Employees and Protect Themselves in the Process: Background Checks and Noncompetition Agreements
Employment Policy and Employment Legal Changes Under the Obama Administration
Current Developments in Employment Law
Addressing Your Company’s Exposure to Employment Related Lawsuits
Kansas Employment Law: Hiring and Firing So You Won’t Get Sued (or Lose if You Do)