Heather Schlozman

Dugan Schlozman, LLC.

Heather Schlozman Business Law

Dugan Schlozman, LLC.

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Heather graduated cum laude from Duke University in 1989, where she majored in Comparative Literature and Spanish with an eye towards being a professor of Spanish literature. After graduation, she went to work for Lynne Cheney and the National Endowment for Humanities, as a Program Specialist in the Elementary and Secondary Education Program. A few years into that position, Heather realized the academic life was not for her and, in 1991, she entered law school at Washington University in St. Louis. Heather graduated in the top 20 percent of the class of 1994 and served as an editor of the Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law. While in law school, Heather fell in love with the world of civil rights and was particularly interested in the new developments in employment law reflected in the 1991 amendments to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

After graduating, Heather worked in private practice and was fortunate enough to clerk for the Honorable Clyde J. Kuehn, who was then on the Illinois Court of Appeals. After moving to Kansas City to be near family, Heather spent 9 years working in the General Counsel’s office of the Social Security Administration, where she represented management in EEO and MSPB claims filed by employees and handled some disability work. In 2008, she and Mark Dugan scratched out an agreement at the Kosher Subway, co-founding Dugan Schlozman LLC to represent employees in civil rights matters.

Since then, Heather has proudly represented both private sector and federal employees in all manner of claims and at all stages of litigation. Heather is a board member for the Kansas City Workers Justice Center and regularly staffs volunteer law clinics to assist indigent clients with wage theft claims. Heather is a passionate advocate for women’s rights and regularly presents on employment matters at the Women’s Employment Network. She was recently appointed to a board position with the Association of Women Lawyers. Heather is also active in the disability world and serves as a volunteer legal advocate for the American Diabetes Association. She is proud to have received a “Superlawyer” designation for 2016. In her free time, Heather can be found cheering her kids on at their various sporting events, participating in running races around town, and enjoying the outdoors with her rescue dogs.