About Larry Rute

Associates in Dispute Resolution is managed by Larry R. Rute and Patrick R. Nichols and was formed to provide a fair, confidential and timely forum for dispute resolution in Kansas, Missouri and throughout the Midwest.
Associates in Dispute Resolution LLC, is a multi-disciplinary regional leader in the field of dispute resolution services. It is our role to find creative solutions to resolve difficult problems at a reasonable cost. We also offer dispute resolution training and consulting. We maintain a team of attorneys, former judges, business executives and corporate counsel whose sole focus is to settle your dispute. We maintain offices in Topeka and Lawrence, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri.

Larry is partner and co-founder of Associates in Dispute Resolution. Prior to founding ADR he served for many years as General Counsel and Litigation Director for Kansas Legal Services, Inc., and Special Counsel and Legislative Liaison for the Midland Group. He also served as Coordinator of Mediation Services for Midland Mediation and Settlement Services. Larry has mediated and arbitrated hundreds of contract, employment, personal injury and family law disputes. He was instrumental in establishing and administrating the Kansas Human Rights Commission’s Volunteer Mediation Program, the EEOC’s Voluntary Mediation Program and the Supreme Court’s “Access to Justice” mediation program. As a trial attorney, he successfully litigated several class action civil rights matters in both state and federal court, including the establishment of due process rights for individuals facing mental health commitment and conditions-of-confinement matters for individuals in state and local institutions.