Community Involvement
Community involvement is key to Siro Smith Dickson’s firm philosophy and is an important component of the firm’s long solid track record of providing the finest in quality professional services to our clients. The following are examples of the many ways our firm has supported the Kansas City community over the past 40 years.
Rik Siro
CENTER FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION
- Board of Directors: 2009-present
- Executive Committee Member: 2011-present
- Board President: 2014-2018
BIG BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS OF GREATER KANSAS CITY Big Brother: 1987-1993
- Board of Directors: 1993-2000
- Program Vice-President: 1996-97
- Board President-Elect: 1998
- Board President: 1999
- Member/Advisory Board: Current
MATTIE RHODES COUNSELING AND ART CENTER
- Chair of Art of the Mask Fundraising Event: 1993, 1994
- Board of Directors: 1996-2003 Board President: 2002-2003
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Missouri Bar Association, member California Bar Association, member (inactive) American Association for Justice, member Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, member Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, Board of Governors (1998 – 2005) National Employment Lawyers Association, member (National & Kansas City Chapter)
Eric Smith
KANSAS CITY FREE HEALTH CLINIC
- Pro Bono employment law counsel
- Prior Board Member
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, member Kansas Bar Association, member American Bar Association, member District of Columbia Bar Association, member (inactive) Missouri Bar, member National Employment Lawyers Association, member
Athena Dickson
KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN BAR ASSOCIATION (KCMBA)
- Immediate Past President (2020)
- YLS Section President (2013)
- Student Law Academy (SLA) volunteer
- Well-Being Committee Member
- Recipient of KCMBA’s “Finest Hour Award” (2020)
THE MISSOURI BAR
- Board of Governors- District 12
- Lawyers Living Well Special Committee- Chair
- Appointments Committee Co-Chair
- Annual Meeting Planning Committee
ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN LAWYERS OF GREATER KANSAS CITY (AWL)
- Past President (2014)
- Foundation Board Member
- Denise Hennings Connections- Coordinator
LAWYERS ENCOURAGING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (LEAP)
JACKSON COUNTY LAW LIBRARY (JCLL)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Missouri Bar Association, member
- Kansas Bar Association, member
- Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, member
- National Employment Lawyers Association-Kansas City Chapter, member
- Jackson County Bar Association, member
