Jason Kotlyarov has lived in the Kansas City area for the majority of his life and obtained all three of his degrees right here at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He is a huge Royals and Chiefs, as well as an involved member with several charitable organizations and projects throughout the Kansas City community. His philosophy is that Kansas City has given him everything and that he can never give enough back.

He received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the UMKC Bloch School of Business in 2010, and proceeded to attend UMKC's School of Law where he graduated with his J.D. a semester early and attained his LL.M. (law masters) in taxation. Jason chose to focus primarily on employee benefits/ ERISA law and has been representing multiemployer (Taft-Hartley) plans. The other areas of focus of his practice are cybersecurity and litigation.