Betsy Lynch
Betsy Lynch is a proactive problem solver for small businesses. She represents small businesses in contract and vendor disputes, loan negotiations, bankruptcy, and also helps protect assets using estate & succession planning tools. She received her Bachelors degree in Business and Finance from Westminster College in 2002 and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2005. While clerking for the Honorable Robert L. Trout, an Associate Circuit Judge in Jackson County, she gained experience with landlord-tenant matters, collection suits, small claims matters, county ordinance violations, and civil trials. She left the clerkship in 2007 to practice bankruptcy law at a small law firm in Kansas City. In 2011, she, like many of her clients, opened her own business where she practiced in the areas of business law, bankruptcy, and estate planning, representing small business owners in all areas of asset protection for over twelve years. She joined Chinnery Evans & Nail, PC in 2023 in an effort to provide more comprehensive services to her small business clients.
Betsy is a legal contributor on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” for her knowledge on bankruptcy-related matters. She was also featured as a contributor on “Planet Money” and the podcast “Case Closed.” Betsy has been named Best of the Bar by the Kansas City Business Journal 6 times. She was named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers magazine 8 times. In the Spring of 2014 she was honored as a Rising Star of Philanthropy by the Independent magazine and NonProfit Connect for her volunteer service in the Kansas City community. Betsy was appointed to the City of Kansas City's Fairness in City Contracts board, where she served for 5 years. She is one of the first nine women appointed to a city board or commission through the Women's Foundation Appointments Project, which works in conjunction with the Mayor's office to improve the number of quality women appointed to city board positions. She is a Spring 2015 graduate of the Citizens Academy for the Federal Bureau of Investigations and a 2013 graduate of the Show Me Series for Excellence in Public Service. Currently Betsy serves the Kansas City, Missouri community as a Commissioner on the City Planning Commission and volunteers as a leader with her children’s Scout troops.
Betsy sits as the Legal Advisor on the Executive Committee to the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation. She spent nine (9) years on the Board of Directors for Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph with three (3) years as Chairman of the Board. She previously served on the Council for the Young Lawyers Section of the Missouri Bar Association (3 years) and the Boards of Directors for the Kansas City Bankruptcy Bar Association (3 years) as well as the Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City (8 years). She also served on the Board of Directors for the Junior League of Kansas City, Missouri (3 years) and provides volunteer legal services for Military Matters and the Volunteer Attorney Project, all while volunteering for a number of other organizations that help improve the Kansas City community.
Betsy is married to Jake Lynch, and they live in Kansas City, Missouri with their three children. Betsy enjoys traveling to National Parks throughout the country, being the Den Mother for her kids Scout Troops, coaching youth sports teams, and taking her kids hiking.
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