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The POWER List: Personal Injury Law 2023
This latest edition of THE POWER LIST highlights the most powerful personal injury attorneys in Missouri.
The POWER List 2023: Nelson G. Wolff
Nelson Wolff specializes in helping railroad workers recover from the often grim injuries they suffer on the job.
The POWER List 2023: Wm. Dirk Vandever
Dirk Vandever, who in 1987 became the youngest president of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, has made an art of winning big verdicts in small venues.
The POWER List 2023: John G. Simon
Firm founder John Simon has more than 150 million-dollar cases to his name.
The POWER List 2023: Don Schlapprizzi
Don Schlapprizzi founded the law firm that bears his name (and that now includes his children, Craig and Antoinette) in 1981.
The POWER List 2023: Gary C. Robb and Anita Porte Robb
Gary and Anita Robb are among the most powerful husband-and-wife legal teams in Missouri, with a national reputation in aircraft-crash litigation.
The POWER List 2023: Kirk R. Presley
In 2018 alone, Kirk Presley won a $6.55 million verdict for a young man who was injured when an Independence police officer shot him with a Taser and an $11 million verdict in a man’s suit against his insurer for its failure to properly settled a bus crash involving multiple claimants.
The POWER List 2023: James G. Onder
Jim Onder played key roles in a series of lawsuits alleging that talcum powder had caused ovarian cancer, sometimes fatally.
The POWER List 2023: James D. O’Leary
Jim O’Leary has helped lead the way in a nationwide practice focused on the dangers of window blind cords, with wins that include a $15.5 million settlement for an injured 3-year-old in Oklahoma and a $25 million jury verdict for the fatal strangulation of a child in Utah.
The POWER List 2023: Phyllis Norman-Komoroski
Phyllis Norman is a veteran of the litigation firm Langdon & Emison, where her cases included a $23 million jury verdict for a California woman injured in a Ford Explorer rollover.
The POWER List 2023: Gretchen Myers
Gretchen Myers was the first woman to serve as president of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and the national advisory board of the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America.
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