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JOHN G. GROMOWSKY
1100 Main Street, Suite 2800
Kansas City, Missouri 64105
Telephone: (816) 842-1130 Facsimile: (816) 472-6009
Website: www.kc-criminal-law.com
Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
LEGAL EMPLOYMENT:
March 2005 – THE GROMOWSKY LAW FIRM, LLC, Kansas City, Missouri
Present Member
Criminal defense attorney vigorously representing clients in state and federal courts. Practice
includes crimes such as murder, assault, drug distribution, drug possession, fraud, stealing, and
white collar offenses.
March 2002 – HORN, AYLWARD & BANDY, LLC, Kansas City, Missouri
March 2005 Associate
Performed all aspects of civil litigation, including client and witness interviews, drafting of
pleadings, depositions, propounding and responding to discovery, interaction and communication
with other counsel, and trial preparation; researched, drafted, and argued motions; practice
concentrated in the area of medical malpractice defense but with case experience in other fields,
including personal injury cases for a large convenience store chain, trucking accidents, and
subrogation claims.
June 1999 – JACKSON COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Kansas City, Missouri
March 2002 Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Community Justice Unit Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Anti-Drug Unit
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Warrant Desk
Conducted numerous jury and bench trials; managed a case load continuously in excess of forty
active cases; negotiated plea agreements; researched, drafted, and argued motions; interviewed
and prepared victims and witnesses for hearings and trials; served as Jackson County Drug Task
Force Prosecutor; served as community prosecutor for Kansas City Police Department’s Central
Patrol Division.
June 1998 – CIRCUIT COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI, Kansas City, Missouri
June 1999 Judicial Law Clerk, The Honorable John R. O’Malley
Researched legal issues raised in motion practice; prepared proposed orders; recommended
judgments and rulings; communicated with attorneys and pro se parties; as law clerk to presiding
judge, worked closely with associate and circuit judges, local senior judges, and visiting judges;
maintained courthouse schedule; equalized dockets of the various divisions.
June 1997 – COOK COUNTY STATE’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Chicago, Illinois
June 1998 Law Clerk, Special Prosecutions Bureau Arson Task Force
Law Clerk, Special Prosecutions Bureau Gang Prosecutions Unit
Practiced law as a student under Illinois Supreme Court Rule 711; conducted bench trials, including
aggravated arson cases and a gang related murder; argued motions; assisted trial preparation,
including victim and witness interviews and evidence preparation; researched legal issues; wrote
section of appellate brief regarding use of prior convictions at trial.
May 1996 – DEPAUL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW, Chicago, Illinois
May 1998 Research Assistant and Administrative Assistant, Professor John F. Decker Researched Fourth Amendment search and seizure law in the context of arson investigation; wrote
and edited chapter in arson prosecution manual; edited law review article on the emergency
exception to the Fourth Amendment search and seizure clause; administered the college of law’s
extern program, placing law students with government and public agencies.
LEGAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
August 1995 – DEPAUL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW, Chicago, Illinois
June 1998 Juris Doctorate Degree; G.P.A. 3.384 (Top 20%)
September 2000 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY INSTITUTE "Lethal Weapon: DUI Homicide Workshop"
June 2001 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND K.C. POLICE DEPARTMENT "Regional Homicide Seminar: Comprehensive Instruction in Homicide Investigation"
May 2005 THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL
"Clarence Darrow Death Penalty Defense College"
MEMBERSHIPS:
Missouri Bar Association
Kansas Bar Association
Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (KCMBA)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Special Counsel, Jackson County, Missouri, Ethics Commission (2008-present)
Chairman, KCMBA Criminal Law Committee (2008)
Co-Chairman, KCMBA Criminal Law Committee (2007)
Finalist for the KCMBA Thomas J. Conway Award (2003)
Appointed to the Kansas City Crime Commission’s Metropolitan Community Service Board (2001-2002)
Appointed to the Kansas City, Missouri, Community Police Steering Committee (2001-2002)
Appointed by U.S. District Court to represent death penalty defendant at trial (U.S. v. Steven Sandstrom)
Appointed by U.S. Appellate Court to represent death penalty defendant on appeal (U.S. v. Lisa Montgomery)