Carnahan Evans Names New Shareholders
SPRINGFIELD, MO — Carnahan Evan PC is pleased to announce that Shawn P. Battagler and James E. Meadows have been named Shareholders of the firm, effective January 1, 2024.
Shawn P. Battagler focuses his practice on Corporate and Rural Electric Cooperative Law. Early in his career, his practice consisted primarily of civil litigation in the areas of personal injury, workers compensation, insurance defense, eminent domain, land rights, and contract disputes. He now acts as outside general counsel to several Rural Electric Cooperatives and regularly advises others. In this role, he aids in regulatory compliance, transactions, and litigation relating to real estate, procurement, construction, labor and employment, corporate governance, workers compensation, and administrative law. He also advises on industry specific legislative activities. Mr. Battagler was previously the managing member of Andereck Evans, LLC where he practiced from 1999 to 2022.
Mr. Battagler is a member of the Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association, the Missouri Bar Association, the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers, the Electric Cooperative Bar Association (State Liaison), and the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies.
Mr. Battagler earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law in 1999. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1996.
He is licensed to practice law in Missouri state courts and before the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
James E. Meadows is a member of the Litigation and Business Law Groups of Carnahan Evans PC. Mr. Meadows focuses his practice on contract disputes, real estate claims, construction payment and defect claims, insurance coverage actions, and employment cases. As a former law clerk for the Supreme Court of Missouri, he has handled high-profile state and federal appeals as a replacement for trial counsel as well as handling litigation from start through jury trial to a verdict himself.
Mr. Meadows has a broad range of experience in business and real estate disputes, including multimillion-dollar claims.
From 2016 through 2024, he has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® for his work in Appellate Practice and Litigation-Real Estate. In 2018, Mr. Meadows was named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers® for Appellate Practice.
Mr. Meadows earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law in 2001. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Government plus English from Drury University in 1998.
He is licensed to practice law in Missouri state courts, before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
