Gary C. Robb and Anita Porte Robb, founding partners of Robb & Robb, have built an unsurpassed record in aviation law since establishing the firm in 1984. The Kansas City-based attorneys have obtained over $1 billion in verdicts and recoveries, including the two highest jury verdicts in U.S. history for helicopter crash trials at $350 million and $116 million.
The firm secured the largest pre-trial cash settlement for any single wrongful death case in U.S. history at $100 million in Nevada in 2024, and the largest pre-trial cash settlement for any single personal injury case at $100 million in Colorado in 2018. The firm successfully represented the Bryant family in the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash.
Gary Robb, a board-certified civil trial lawyer since 1994, served as president of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and chair of the Aviation Section of the American Association for Justice. He authored “Helicopter Crash Litigation,” with the third edition published in 2023. Anita Robb has served on the faculty of the Missouri Judicial College.
Shook, Hardy & Bacon’s Discovery Strategies practice, co-chaired by Jennifer Stevenson and Patrick Oot, leverages more than 30 years of experience serving clients in the health, science and technology sectors.
Lewis Rice has provided sophisticated legal counsel to local, regional and national businesses since its founding in 1909 in downtown St. Louis by Joseph Lewis and Charles Rice.
Spencer Fane, led by firm chair and managing partner Patrick J. Whalen, has achieved AmLaw 200 status through a decade of steady and intentional growth.
While Stinson has embraced innovation as part of its practice management strategies, the firm’s services are still largely driven by what clients are asking for, says Brendan S. McInerney, director of strategy and innovation.
Baty Otto Scheer is a litigation-focused law firm representing clients across the country in corporate, employment, transportation, construction, retail, professional services, governmental liability, products liability, insurance coverage and real estate matters.
Husch Blackwell’s culture is rooted in innovation. From hiring its first two data scientists in 2020 to exploring efficiencies with artificial intelligence, the firm continues to innovate and automate to streamline delivery of client services, says Blake Rooney, chief information officer.
Michael Ketchmark, president of Ketchmark & McCreight, founded the Kansas City-based firm in 1995 with a mission to represent regular people against massive corporations and giant law firms in personal injury and complex business litigation cases.
Kennyhertz Perry distinguishes itself through a modern, adaptive approach to legal practice management that prioritizes client value, efficiency, and responsiveness.
Polsinelli is an Am Law 100 firm with more than 1,200 attorneys in over 25 offices nationwide, focusing on health care, real estate, finance, technology, private equity and life sciences.
Dentons operates as the world’s largest law firm, with more than 8,000 people across 160 locations in 80 countries, advising many of the world’s 200 largest companies on complex legal matters.
Founded more than forty years ago and headquartered in the greater Kansas City area, Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader has established a nationwide footprint as a leader in many types of high stakes cases, including personal injury, medical malpractice, class action, products liability, insurance and appellate litigation.
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice, founded in 1982, operates as a civil defense litigation and trial law firm with offices in Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Washington and Oregon.
McDowell, Rice, Smith & Buchanan, founded in 1947, is a full-service law firm recognized for its expertise in litigation, banking and financial services, bankruptcy, construction law, corporate transactions, family law, real estate, tax law, estate planning and intellectual property.
Fisher Law operates as a boutique family law firm serving the Kansas City metropolitan area under the leadership of owner and founding partner Nicole Fisher.
Cannezzaro Marvel is a boutique trial and litigation law firm founded on August 1, 2022, and dedicated to representing clients in personal injury and wrongful death cases.
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