The POWER List: Brian D. Malkmus

Malkmus Law Firm, Springfield

Brian Malkmus leads a small but mighty medical law firm in Springfield that has racked up several of the state’s top defense victories for doctors, nurses and health care organizations.

In 2020, one of his cases was among the top defense wins of the year, as tracked by Missouri Lawyers Media. In Caplinger v. Rahman, he prevailed on behalf of a doctor who used a bone-growth product during surgery on a patient, leading to complications.

Two years prior, in Hargis v. Morse, he won in Boone County on behalf of a doctor alleged to have negligently caused nerve injuries to a child during a difficult delivery. In 2017, he took part in four trials in three counties, all ending in defense verdicts.

A native of Little Rock, Malkmus earned his law degree in 1993 from the University of Arkansas. He worked for several firms and was a partner at Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin (a predecessor to today’s Husch Blackwell) before founding the Malkmus Law Firm.

Malkmus is a Fellow with the American College of Trial Lawyers. Missouri Lawyers Media honored him as a Law Firm Leader at the annual Missouri Lawyers Awards in 2019.