Gilmore Bell Announces New Shareholders

KANSAS CITY, Mo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Gilmore & Bell, P.C., a leading public finance law firm, is pleased to announce that Jason C. Schurke and Weylin T. Watson have been named Shareholders in the Kansas City office.

Jason C. Schurke is a member of the Missouri and Kansas Bar Associations. He received his B.S. degree in Economics and Minor in Spanish from Brigham Young University – Idaho, Rexburg, Idaho in 2006 and his J.D. (summa cum laude) from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law in 2014, where he served as a staff member of the UMKC Law Review and as Student Editor-in-Chief of The Urban Lawyer. He also served as a Teaching Assistant in the Legal Writing Department.

Weylin T. Watson is a member of the Missouri and Kansas Bar Associations. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Watson was General Counsel for the Missouri Housing Development Commission. He earned his B.B.A. in Entrepreneurship (magna cum laude) from Wichita State University in 1999 and a J.D. (summa cum laude) from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2008. While in law school Mr. Watson was a UMKC Law Review staff member.

About Gilmore Bell

Gilmore Bell is one of the leading public finance law firms in the United States. The firm primarily represents governmental entities and 501c3 organizations to negotiate financing alternatives including bond and lease transactions, economic development incentives and public-private partnerships. For more than 20 years, Gilmore Bell has ranked in the top 10 nationally in the number of bond counsel opinions rendered on municipal bond issues. Gilmore Bell has offices in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Utah and Illinois. For more information, visit us at www.gilmorebell.com.