Rainey, Valencia R.

Prior to co-founding Gaughan & Cundiff LLC in 2011, Chris was a partner at Franke Schultz & Mullen, a well-known Kansas City civil litigation firm.  He has been recognized as a Missouri & Kansas Rising Star three times (2009, 2010, and 2011), an award given to the top 2.5% of attorneys in Missouri and Kansas under the age of 40.

Chris attended law school at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law.  During law school, he was a member of the Missouri Environmental Law and Policy Review.  He received the C. Lawrence Leggett Excellence in Insurance Defense Prize, an award given to the graduating senior who writes the best paper in insurance defense and becomes a member of the Missouri Bar upon graduation; the JB Reynolds Student Award, given to the student with the best work in Insurance Law; and the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Insurance Law, given to the student with the highest grade in Insurance Law.  Chris received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Rockhurst University in Kansas City.