Vicki joined Sandberg Phoenix in 2024 and is a member of the Business practice group. She is an experienced securities law, business and transactional attorney who uses her journalism background to explain complicated legal and business issues in an understandable, straight- forward way.
Since 1989, Vicki has acted as lead lawyer in a wide variety of corporate matters, including securities law compliance and offerings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, joint ventures and other business law matters. Her skills and experience make her uniquely qualified to provide efficient and effective legal guidance and results-oriented advice to clients of all sizes, including public and private companies and nonprofits. She has experience with companies in a variety of industry sectors, including technology, healthcare, clinical research and communications, among others. Vicki is value-driven and known by clients and other lawyers for outstanding client service and responsiveness.
In addition, Vicki has a deep background advising senior management, boards and committees on fiduciary duty issues, SEC reporting requirements, proxy statement and activist proxy matters, Section 16 securities ownership reports and insider trading matters. She also represents companies in franchise matters, distribution and supply contracts, research and development agreements and consulting agreements.
Vicki also serves as outside general counsel to several companies and has conducted numerous seminars and trainings on securities law and business law matters.
Outside of the office, Vicki enjoys spending time on home improvement and other projects with her husband, Doug, who is also a lawyer and now retired, being a mom to her college-age sons and walking her fox red Labrador.
Cosmosphere Foundation, past member of Board of Directors and past Secretary
Women United, United Way of Greater Kansas City, past Advisory Board member
Business Council, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, past member
Metropolitan Community College Foundation, past member of Board of Directors
Kansas City Tomorrow Alumni Association, former member of Board of Directors and past President
Metro Lutheran Ministry, past member of Board of Directors and past President
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Kansas City Chapter of National Association of Corporate Directors
Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals- Kansas City Chapter- Current member and past Advisory Board member, past President and past Program Chairperson
The Foundation of The Lawyers Association of Kansas City, past President and has served other positions within the organization
The Missouri Bar Member
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Member
Kansas Bar Association Member
LICENSURE(S) AND ADMISSION(S)
Kansas
Missouri
EDUCATION
University of Nebraska, J.D., Order of the Coif, 1989
University of Nebraska, J.D., with distinction, 1989
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, B.J., Phi Beta Kappa, 1985
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, B.J., with high distinction, 1985
2012-2024
Best Lawyers in America
Best Lawyer
Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions.
2020
Best Lawyers
Listed in Best Lawyers’ 2020 edition of Lawyer of the Year for Mergers and Acquisitions Law in Kansas City, MO
Martindale-Hubbell
AV Rating
Preeminent Peer Review Rating has been used to recognize lawyers for their legal ability and ethical standards for over 100 years.
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