Valerie L. Moore
Location: Lenexa, Kansas
Email: Email Me
Phone: (913) 317-8999
Fax: (913) 327-8492
-Valerie L. Moore. has more than 20 years working in the field of family law, helping families care for themselves, their children, and their elders with a wide range of legal services.
Areas of Practice
- Divorce (including high asset divorces)
- Child Custody and Parenting Time (initial determination and modifications)
- Paternity
- Child Support
- Mediation
- Guardianship/Conservatorship
- Adoption (stepparent, agency, same-sex couples)
- LGBTQ family-law related matters (planning, adoptions, dissolution)
- Grandparent Rights Actions
- Other Family Law related matters
Classes/Seminars
- Depositions, Kansas Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section, 2008 –
- Non-Traditional Families, Kansas Bar Association, 2007 –
- Relocation Cases, Kansas Bar Association, 2006 –
- A View from the Bench, Kansas Bar Association, 2008 –
- A GAL, Case Manager, Mediator walk into a room…, Kansas Bar Association, 2011 –
- Divorce 101: Property Division, Johnson County Bar Association, 2011 –
- Role of GAL’s, Kansas Bar Association, 2012 –
- GAL 101, Kansas Bar Association, 2012 –
- Child Support, Johnson County Bar Association, 2013 –
- Motions, Johnson County Family Law American Inn of Court, 2013 –
- Ethics and Technologies, Johnson County Bar Association, 2014 –
- Same-Sex and Probate Issues, Johnson County Bar Association, 2014 –
- Legislative/Case Law Update, Kansas Bar Association, 2014 –
- Ethics, Johnson County Family Law American Inn of Court, 2015 –
- Ethics, NBI, 2015 –
- Ethics, Johnson County Family Law American Inn of Court, 2016 –
- Same-Sex Parents in Kansas, Kansas Bar Association, April 2021
Distinguished Cases
- Matter of M.F. by and through K.L., 312 Kan. 322, 324, 475 P.3d 642 (2020)
- In re W.L. 312 Kan. 382 (2020) Read More Here
- Frazier v. Goudschaal 296 Kan. 730, 732, 295 p.3d 542 (2013) Read More Here
Published Works
- Navigating Same-Sex Parentage Cases, Kansas Bar Association Journal article
- The Role of Guardian Ad Litem in Family Law Matters, ABA web article
- How to Choose Your Cases, ABA Web article
Bar Admissions
- Kansas, 2000
- U.S. District Court District of Kansas, 2000
Education
- Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas
- J.D. – 2000
- Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
- B.S. – 1997
- Major: Political Science
Past Employment Positions
- The Law Offices of Valerie L. Moore, LLC, managing partner, 2006-2020
- Goodenow & Moore, LLC, Managing Partner, 2002 – 2006
- Kansas Legal Services, Staff Attorney, 2000 – 2002
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Fellow, 2016 – Present
- Johnson County Family Law American Inn of Court, President 2019-2020
- Johnson County Family Law American Inn of Court, President-Elect 2017-2019
- Johnson County Family Law American Inn of Court, Secretary 2013-2017
- Johnson County Bar Association, Family Law Section President, 2012 – 2019
- Johnson County Bar Association, Member, 2000 – Present
- Johnson County Bar Association, Member of the Guardian Ad Litem Bench Bar Committee
- Kansas Bar Association, Family Law Section President, 2010 – 2011
- Kansas Bar Association, Family Law Section President-Elect, 2009 – 2010
- Kansas Bar Association, Family Law CLE Coordinator, 2008 – 2009
- American Bar Association – Family Law Section, Committee Member
- Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association, Vice Chair of Family Law Division, 2008 – 2009