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Dennis E. Egan, Popham Law Firm

Staff Report//July 9, 2025//

Dennis E. Egan

Dennis E. Egan, Popham Law Firm

Staff Report//July 9, 2025//

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Trial lawyer, Kansas City

Dennis E. Egan is a trial lawyer at Popham Law Firm in Kansas City, specializing in plaintiffs’ employment law for 49 years since 1976. He has tried 158 cases, including 123 jury trials, beginning his employment law focus with the highly publicized Christine Craft v. Metromedia trial in 1983.

Egan joined the National Employment Lawyers Association in 1992 and served on its national board for the maximum 12-year term from 1998 to 2010. He founded NELA-KC in 1993, serving as president until 2007. In 2007, he argued a pivotal U.S. Supreme Court case, winning a 9-0 decision endorsing admissibility of “me, too” witnesses in single-plaintiff trials. He has co-chaired NELA’s bi-annual Trial Boot Camp since 2014.


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