Total Credits: 1.0 MCLE, 1.0 Ethics, 1.0 Elimination of Bias, 0.0 Kansas Credit-General, 0.0 Kansas Ethics
Diversity is a gift that all those who live in the United States should cherish. Sadly, because of discrimination and the failure to diversify, some believe that our economy has suffered trillions in economic losses. Those who attend this session will learn how the failure to diversify and discrimination has hindered our economy in reaching its full potential. Indeed, eliminating discrimination in the banking industry alone would add trillions to the economy.
Speaker: Lawrence J. Altman, Attorney at Law, Overland Park, KS
Moderator: LaTonya J. Marshall, LaTonya J. Marshall, Attorney at Law, Sedalia
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Lawrence J. Altman is an adjunct professor at Avila University in Kansas City, Missouri. Until he retired in January of 2016, Mr. Altman was the Special Education Lead Attorney and Compliance Officer for Kansas City Public Schools and the Title IX Coordinator for the Kansas City School District. Prior to that position, he was a practicing attorney in St. Louis County for 34 years. In addition to membership in the Missouri Bar, he is a member of the Kansas City Bar Association and the National School Board Association’s Counsel of School Attorneys. What’s more, he is a distinguished member of the American Law Society. In April of 2019, Mr. Altman was recognized as a Pinnacle Top Professor of 2019 for his work as Adjunct Professor with Avila University. Also, on February 6, 2023, Mr. Altman has been appointed as a member of the Advisory Board of Project Innovation for Mental Health Enhancement (PRIME) a project funded by the United States Department of Education. In addition, on May 24, 2024, Avila University, located in Kansas City, Missouri, awarded Mr. Altman its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Ambassador Award for 2024. What’s more, on June 24, 2025, Mr. Altman was informed by the Missouri Bar Foundation that he was awarded the W. Oliver Rasch Award for the article he wrote and published in the Journal of the Missouri Bar entitled, “US Supreme Court’s June 23, 2023 ruling concludes Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 is constitutional”.
