Missouri Personal Injury Lawyers

Personal Injury Law

701 Market Street, Sutie1000, St. Louis, MO 63101

Attorney Brittney Watkins is an associate at SWMW Law. She joined the firm in 2024, focusing her practice on helping individuals and families affected by mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases. Before joining the firm, Brittney worked as an attorney at a St. Louis firm where she represented mesothelioma victims and their families. She also served as a staff attorney for a local organization where she represented families who lost loved ones to fatal state violence, individuals in jail and prison in civil jail and prison condition litigation, and individuals with municipal traffic offenses. Additionally, she provided community political education and helped families impacted by fatal state violence to organize, draft, and implement policies. She also served as law clerk for the Hon. Judge Danya Dayson, Deputy Presiding Judge, at the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. In working with Brittney, clients can expect a genuine, empathetic partner to help them navigate the legal landscape and secure them the justice they deserve. “In my work as an attorney, I use a client-centered lawyering approach and I don’t just listen to my clients, but I collaborate with them on a journey for their justice,” she said. “They’re often facing some of the most devastating and tumultuous periods of their lives, and to be a great attorney who can truly help them, it takes not only razor-sharp legal instinct and knowledge, but also takes someone who will see them as a person, acknowledge their struggles with empathy, and communicate with them every step of the way.” Outside of her work with the firm, Brittney has proven herself to be a leader in the legal community. While in law school, her Washington University School of Law Student Note was published in the Journal of Law and Policy in 2019. That note has been used nationally in law school curricula and was a required text for the National Sports Law Institute’s 30th anniversary conference. She also instructed the Fatal State Violence Liberation Lab for the 2022 Law for Black Lives Lawyering for Liberation Conference. Brittney’s leadership in the legal community is mirrored by her leadership in the community. She serves as a board member for Community Organization to Engage, Uplift & Restore (C.O.E.U.R), a nonprofit that utilizes a holistic approach to provide needed services to youth, families, and individuals in the St. Louis area. Its mission is to enhance and expand opportunities for healthy living, social awareness, urban economic community development, and educational achievement.

Personal Injury Law

712 Broadway, Suite 100, Kansas City, MO 64105

Cooper Mach was born and raised in the Kansas City area, where he is proud to put his local connections and expertise to work. Cooper attended Kansas State University where he graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in Mass Communications and a Leadership minor. When ESPN didn’t call offering him a SportsCenter anchor job after graduation, he attended Law School at the University of Kansas, where he served as both a staff editor and a staff articles editor on the Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy. Cooper was also the student representative to the ABA for the law school and was the president of the 3-to-1 Mentorship Program. Cooper has jumped right into practice establishing himself in the courtroom. He has already played a role on trial teams and has helped his clients in recovering large settlements. He prides himself on being a zealous advocate who helps his client’s connect with a jury and maximize their recoveries. Outside of his practice, Cooper loves being active with his wife, Kaitlin, and their Bernedoodle puppy, Walter. Outside of the office, Cooper is the unofficial copy editor and photographer of Kaitlin’s lifestyle blog katieannemach.com

Personal Injury Law

4717 Grand Ave suite 820, Kansas City, MO 64112, USA

David Mayer is the managing partner of Monsees & Mayer, P.C. Davids practice concentrates on the safety of children and the elderly. David has represented numerous children who have been sexually abused by ministers, day care employees, family members and teachers; handicapped children who have been neglected or abused, injury to the elderly from negligent nursing homes, injuries at swimming facilities and insurance coverage issues. For these efforts, David has been admitted to the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, has received the top AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell, recognized as one of the top 10 lawyers in Missouri by AIPIA, selected a Top 100 Trial Lawyer by the American Trial Lawyers Association and the American Society of Legal Advocates, and the Nations Top 1% of lawyers by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. David volunteers his time for legal aid programs throughout Missouri and Kansas and serves on the Board of various not-for-profit charity organizations.

Personal Injury Law

801 W. 47th St., Suite 107, Kansas City, MO 64112

Personal Injury Law

1100 Main St, Kansas City, MO 64105

During his career, Grant L. Davis has represented people harmed by negligent or intentional acts. He feels a calling to fight for his client’s rights and obtain justice. Grant chose plaintiffs law because it allowed him to fight for those who had been harmed by wrongdoers. He found people were often coming to him in their darkest hour, and being able to help his clients gave meaning to his practice of law. Grant is best known for his track record of winning large jury verdicts. Over time his record of obtaining significant jury verdicts has caused defendants to propose larger settlement offers for his clients before trial. Grant met Scott S. Bethune and Thomas C. Jones while in law school. The three formed a solid friendship and worked together for many years before establishing DBJ in 2001. If Grant isn’t busy in the courtroom, you can find him with his family or giving back to the community.

Personal Injury Law

680 Craig Rd suite 104, St. Louis, MO 63141, USA

Greg Klote is a founding partner of Halvorsen Klote Davis, a leading St. Louis personal injury law firm representing clients across Missouri and Illinois. For his entire career, Greg has fought for individuals and families who have been injured through no fault of their own. He has secured multiple seven-figure settlements in cases involving car accidents, trucking accidents, motorcycle crashes, pedestrian accidents, nursing home abuse, and wrongful death claims. Greg is recognized as a trusted advocate and is an active member of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, the American Bar Association, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, and The National Trial Lawyers Association. His clients value his client-first approach, where every case is handled with compassion, personal attention, and aggressive legal representation. Outside the courtroom, Greg is deeply rooted in the St. Louis community, volunteering as a youth sports coach, serving on a school board advisory committee, and contributing his financial expertise as part of the finance committee of a local non-profit organization. Greg and his wife, whom he met at the University of Missouri, live in the St. Louis Metro area with their children. He enjoys playing golf, smoking meats, traveling, and cheering on the Missouri Tigers and Kansas City Chiefs.

Personal Injury Law

200 N Broadway suit 720, St. Louis, MO 63102, USA

Gregory joined Morgan & Morgan in 2022. Gregory graduated from the University of Dayton School of Law in May 2010 and was recognized for Pro Bono Commitment to the Community. He is currently licensed to practice in Missouri and Kansas. Gregory is a lifelong St. Louis resident and is currently serving a four year term on the Richmond Heights, Missouri City Council. Prior to joining Morgan & Morgan, Gregory worked in insurance defense before following his true passion to focus his practice on fighting on behalf of those who has been injured. Gregory lives in Richmond Heights with his wife, and four children. In his free time Gregory enjoys coaching his children’s soccer and softball teams, spending time with his family, golfing, and traveling.

Personal Injury Law

110 E Lockwood Ave, St Louis, MO 63119

Personal Injury Law

510 Walnut, Suite 100, Kansas City, MO 64106

James Roswold has been in practice since 1990. While still in law school, he obtained early litigation experience as a member of the Iowa Legal Clinic. During law school, he gained additional litigation experience clerking for a sole practitioner whose practice included personal injury. James is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management in Minneapolis, MN, graduating magna cum laude, and University of Iowa Law School in Iowa City, IA, receiving his law degree and graduating with distinction, and he is admitted to practice law in both State and Federal Courts in Missouri. James started his legal career working for a defense litigation firm, where he handled personal injury, insurance, FELA, and asbestos cases. In a short time working for a defense firm, he gained an insight into "the other side's" preparation of a civil case, something that would become highly useful in his practice just three years later when he joined a law firm in Kansas City, MO and began his career of representing victims of injury accidents and medical negligence. There he was involved in all types of civil litigation, aggressively pursuing personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, consumer fraud, charitable fundraising, property insurance and workers' compensation cases on behalf of injured victims. Two years later, he helped start a law firm in Kansas City, MO representing personal injury victims where he became a partner in 1999. Fourteen years later, James decided he could best serve his clients by opening his own office for the practice of law in cases dealing with injured victims of personal injury, medical negligence, wrongful death, workers compensation, nursing home negligence, premises liability, product liability, and accident cases. James welcomes all calls about any personal injury accident, work injury, nursing home injury, wrongful death, or injury from a doctor or hospital in the State of Missouri. He promises to give you a straightforward honest answer about every question you might ask.

Personal Injury Law

1015 Locust St, St. Louis, MO 63101, USA

During law school, Jon focused his studies on human rights and workers' rights. This course of study ultimately led him to his career as a litigator working on behalf of union members and other working Americans facing severe injury and death due to unsafe products and workplace conditions. Jon has represented pipefitters, steamfitters, machinists, boilermakers, electricians, laborers, plasterers, tile setters, painters, drywallers, auto mechanics, longshoremen, ceramics workers, factory workers, U.S. Navy machinist's mates, U.S. Navy boiler technicians, U.S. Navy electrician's mates, and U.S. Navy enginemen who were wrongfully exposed to asbestos and asbestos-containing products. Additionally, Jon has prosecuted claims involving asbestos-containing cosmetic talc and industrial talc, as well as para-occupational take home, environmental, and neighborhood asbestos exposures. Over the course of his career, Jon has helped clients suffering from mesothelioma recover more than $100 million from asbestos defendants. Jon travels throughout the country representing individuals diagnosed with mesothelioma and their families, with recent clients residing in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Jon is licensed to practice law in California, Illinois, Minnesota, Washington, and Wisconsin and has represented victims of asbestos exposure since 2002. Jon is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Personal Injury Law

14801 E. 42nd Street South, Ste 100, Independence, MO 64055

Mr. Backer is an attorney with extensive experience with cases in both state and federal courts throughout Kansas and Missouri. He attended the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law where he earned his Juris Doctorate degree. Mr. Mr. Backer’s areas of practice include personal injury, mesothelioma & asbestos, motor vehicle accidents, wrongful death, discrimination, nursing home abuse, expungements, premises liability, mediation & arbitration, workers’ compensation, employment law, telephone law (TCPA)/ROBO & spam call abuse, sexual abuse, litigation and appeals, as well as bad faith insurance claims. Mr. Backer belongs to many professional associations including The Million Dollar Advocates Forum, The Missouri Bar, the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, The Kansas Bar, the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association and the Eastern Jackson County Bar Association.

Personal Injury Law

221 W Lexington Ave, Suite 400, Independence, MO 64050

Kenneth B. McClain is a nationally known personal injury trial lawyer. He has tried many high-profile cases and won numerous multi-million dollar verdicts. Mr. McClain’s total amount of awarded verdicts and negotiated settlements since 1986 exceed $1 billion. Mr. McClain has pioneered litigation against asbestos suppliers, the tobacco industry and artificial butter flavoring manufacturers and suppliers in the microwave popcorn industry. He earned his B.A. from Graceland College before attending The University of Michigan Law School, where he earned his J.D. He is a member of the Missouri State Bar.

Personal Injury Law

2600 Grand Blvd., Suite 550, Kansas City, MO 64108

Lynn R. Johnson is an experienced trial lawyer and Senior Partner at Shamberg, Johnson & Bergman, Chtd. At the firm, he represents clients in complex serious personal injury and wrongful death litigation. Lynn joined the firm as an associate in 1970 and became a partner in 1974. In his practice, he is driven by his passion for helping ordinary people, as well as his desire to establish responsibility for the conduct of others. Lynn believes that anyone who is negligent or causes harm—whether it’s an individual person, a healthcare provider, or even a product manufacturer—must be held responsible. To that end, Lynn believes that the firm’s successes not only help individual people but also help prevent others from having the same thing happen to them. As a trial attorney, Lynn has devoted his career to representing the injured and fighting for everyone’s right to safe products, safe health care, and safe lives. His goal is to make the world a safer, better place for other people. Raised on a family farm in western Kansas, Lynn learned early on the importance of individual responsibility. His formal education, which began in a one-room country schoolhouse in Kanona, Kansas, includes an undergraduate degree from Kansas State University, obtained in 1967, and a Juris Doctor degree, obtained with honors from Washburn University School of Law in 1970. Currently, Lynn is a lifetime member of both universities’ respective alumni associations and, in the past, has served as President of the Washburn Law School Association. Lynn has been nationally recognized for his work as a trial attorney and has been named among the best trial lawyers in the United States. Currently, he is AV Preeminent® Rated by Martindale-Hubbell® and has been since 1976. The AV® Rating is the organization’s highest possible peer-review rating, indicating a notable level of legal skill and strong commitment to ethical practice. In addition to earning this prestigious honor, Lynn has been recognized by his peers and numerous legal organizations alike for his experience, skill, and results. Lynn frequently shares his vast legal knowledge by presenting at various trial attorney continuing education events across the country. He is married to Jacqueline Lovelace Johnson, who has served for many years as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the second largest respirators research institute in the U.S. Together, Lynn and Jackie have one son, William Randolph (Randy) Johnson Lovelace.

Personal Injury Law

16024 Manchester Rd, Suite 102, Ellisville, MO 63011

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Personal Injury Law

12444 Powerscourt Dr suite 150, St. Louis, MO 63131, USA

Tom Wilmowski is widely considered one of Missouri and Southern Illinois’s leading personal injury lawyers. Tom prides himself on using his inside knowledge of the insurance industry to obtain maximum value — and often more — for his clients. Tom brings nearly a decade of experience representing insurance carriers and some of the nation’s largest trucking companies. His in-depth understanding of their tactics and strategies, coupled with his Class A Commercial Driver’s License obtained in 2010, allows him to effectively advocate for his clients, ensuring they receive the compensation they deserve. Tom firmly believes that each claim is unique and demands its own strategic plan. Unlike many personal injury attorneys who delegate claims to non-attorney staff, Tom is personally involved from the initial intake through settlement, post-trial motions, and appeals. This hands-on approach ensures that his clients receive the attention and care they deserve. Tom was born and raised in the Chicago suburb of Homewood, where he graduated from Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School. He graduated with honors from Mizzou with degrees in Journalism and Political Science. He also received his J.D. from the University of Missouri School of Law. Throughout his career, from law school clerking during summers to the present, Tom has been on both sides of injury law — both in defense and helping clients get the results and insurance settlements they deserve. He and his wife, Allyson, reside in St. Louis County with their two daughters, Tabitha and Beatrice, and their Old English Sheepdog, Martha.

Personal Injury Law

1600 Genessee St, Kansas City, MO 64102, USA

Class / Mass Tort Litigation

Personal Injury Law

500 N Broadway, STE 1605, Saint Louis, MO 63102-2158

Personal Injury Law

1100 Main St, STE. 2930, Kansas City, MO 64105

During his career, Grant L. Davis has represented people harmed by negligent or intentional acts. He feels a calling to fight for his client’s rights and obtain justice. Grant chose plaintiffs law because it allowed him to fight for those who had been harmed by wrongdoers. He found people were often coming to him in their darkest hour, and being able to help his clients gave meaning to his practice of law. Grant is best known for his track record of winning large jury verdicts. Over time his record of obtaining significant jury verdicts has caused defendants to propose larger settlement offers for his clients before trial. Grant met Scott S. Bethune and Thomas C. Jones while in law school. The three formed a solid friendship and worked together for many years before establishing DBJ in 2001. If Grant isn’t busy in the courtroom, you can find him with his family or giving back to the community.