Personal injury lawyers in Kansas City.
Personal injury attorneys serving Kansas City, Missouri.
Top-rated personal injury lawyers in Kansas City.
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Juan Asconape
AttorneyJuan Asconape is a veteran trial attorney at TopDog Law Personal Injury Lawyers, joining following the firm's November 2025 acquisition of Keller Swan Injury Attorneys. With over 15 years of experience in plaintiff's personal injury litigation, he has successfully resolved more than 2,500 cases and secured approximately $70 million in compensation for his clients. A native Spanish speaker, Juan spent his childhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and further enriched his linguistic skills through studies in Europe, becoming proficient in Italian and French. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in English from Indiana University in 2001 and his Juris Doctor from Santa Clara University School of Law in 2006. Prior to joining Keller Swan in February 2025, he practiced for many years at Schwed, Adams, & McGinley, P.A. in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.
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Destiny Barbosa
AttorneyDestiny Rae Barbosa is a trial attorney at TopDog Law Personal Injury Lawyers (working through Keller Swan Injury Attorneys, part of TopDog Law SE, PLLC), based in Jupiter, Florida. She focuses on personal injury and property damage cases resulting from negligence and wrongdoing, including catastrophic injury cases. She earned her J.D. from Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville, graduating early in two years with Cum Laude honors and a certificate in Civil Litigation. Earlier in her career, she clerked for Judge Waddell Wallace III in Duval County's Repeat Felony Offender Court, served as a Certified Legal Intern with the State Attorney's Office, and practiced at Romano Law Group and Keller Melchiorre & Walsh, PLLC. She lectures on Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and evidence preservation in personal injury cases.
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Sean Berberian
General CounselSean Berberian is the General Counsel of TopDog Law and TopDog Technologies, based in Phoenix, Arizona. He has practiced law for over 25 years across business litigation and transactional law, with extensive experience in business transactions, regulatory matters in highly regulated industries, and commercial litigation. Previously, he served as General Counsel and Senior Vice President at a public company where he led the company's 2018 IPO, was a founding partner at White Berberian PLC, and was a litigation partner at the national firm now known as Stinson LLP, where he handled cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Emily Bergmann
Associate AttorneyEmily Bergmann is an Associate Attorney at The Bruning Law Firm, focusing on personal injury. Before joining the firm, Bergmann interned at an insurance defense firm during law school and worked in a Veterans Clinic, where she received a Certificate of Excellence for Outstanding Work and Achievement. Following graduation, she practiced at an insurance defense firm specializing in medical malpractice. She earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri School of Law. She earned her undergraduate degree in Chemistry with minors in Political Science and Psychology from Southeast Missouri State University, graduating Cum Laude. She is admitted to the Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri bars and is a member of the Women Lawyers' Association of Greater St. Louis. She published Parental Leave in the United States: Why the United States Should Follow France in Implementing Mandatory Paid Paternal Leave in the Child and Family Law Journal (2021).
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Stephen Bishop
AttorneyStephen L. Bishop is an attorney at Brown & Crouppen Law Firm in Kansas City, Missouri. He represents individuals and their families in complex personal injury cases. Before joining Brown & Crouppen in 2021, Bishop handled personal injury, wrongful death, products liability, and employment retaliation and discrimination cases. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Kansas School of Law, where he participated in both an In-House Moot Court Competition and an In-House Mock Trial. He is licensed to practice in Missouri and Kansas. He has been licensed in Missouri since 2019 and was selected to Super Lawyers Rising Stars from 2022-2025. Bishop has volunteered with KCMBA's Ask-A-Lawyer telethon and with the Jackson County Family Court as counsel for parents who need representation.
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Carlie Bollinger
Associate AttorneyCarlie Bollinger is an Associate Attorney at The Bruning Law Firm. From Southeast Missouri, she has experience on both plaintiff and defense sides. Early in her career, Bollinger represented employers and insurance carriers. She later shifted her focus to plaintiff work to advocate for injured workers and their families. She is a double graduate of the University of Missouri, earning degrees in Journalism and Law. She is admitted to the Missouri Bar.
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Jamie Boyer
PartnerJamie Boyer is a Partner at The Bruning Law Firm and a seasoned trial attorney with 18 years of experience. She has first-chair experience in federal, state, and appellate courts across the country, including Missouri, Illinois, New York, Nevada, South Dakota, and New Mexico. Boyer has handled trials ranging from one day to eight weeks, representing individuals, family companies, trade organizations, nonprofits, and international corporations. Her cases involve personal injury, products liability, and wrongful death matters. She earned her Juris Doctor cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law in 2003 and her Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude from DePauw University in 2000. She is admitted to the Missouri and Illinois bars and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Missouri, Northern District of Illinois, Central District of Illinois, and Southern District of Illinois. She has been recognized as Top Litigator Under 40 by Benchmark Litigation (2017), received the Women's Justice Award from Missouri Lawyers Weekly (2017), and was named Rising Star by Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers (2009-2017). She serves on multiple boards including the Soulard School Board, St. Louis City Affordable Housing Commission, and is a past president of the Women Lawyers' Association of Greater St. Louis.
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Jim Brady
AttorneyJim (James Edward) Brady is a Kansas City personal injury attorney with Kansas City Accident Injury Attorneys. A Kansas City native, former U.S. Marine, and father of two, he brings 10 years of trial advocacy to his practice, regularly representing clients injured in car accidents, truck accidents, defective products, and premises liability cases throughout Missouri and Kansas. In his first trial, he secured a $750,000 verdict against Pettis County, MO, in a wrongful death case involving a woman who drowned when her car left a county bridge that lacked guardrails.
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Kristine Bridges
AttorneyKristine H. Bridges is an attorney at Brown & Crouppen Law Firm. Her practice focuses on both personal injury and product liability cases. Before joining Brown & Crouppen in 2021, Bridges handled civil litigation, FELA litigation, and insurance defense cases. She earned her Juris Doctor from Saint Louis University School of Law and her Bachelor of Arts in Legal Studies from Webster University. She is licensed to practice in Missouri and Illinois. In addition to her work at Brown & Crouppen, Bridges does pro bono work for the Crime Victim Center in St. Louis, assisting abused women in obtaining orders of protection.
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Nathan Brown
AttorneyNathan Brown is a personal injury attorney at Brown & Crouppen Law Firm in St. Louis, Missouri. He represents clients in motor vehicle accidents, commercial trucking collisions, premises liability, and wrongful death cases. Brown earned his Juris Doctorate cum laude from Saint Louis University School of Law in 2025. He earned his B.A. in Political Science and B.A. in History (with a minor in Psychology) from the University of Missouri Columbia in 2022. He is admitted to the Missouri Bar and is a member of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, American Association for Justice, and Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.
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Ron Brown
Founding PartnerRon Brown (1943-2022) was a founding partner of Brown & Crouppen Law Firm, established in 1979. He dedicated his career to personal injury law, prioritizing client service and advocating against large corporations and insurance companies. Brown was instrumental in pursuing cases involving unsafe pharmaceuticals, notably winning cases against manufacturers of drugs like Fen-Phen, Rezulin, and Baycol. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri Columbia School of Law in 1967. He was a member of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, The Missouri Bar, Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (Board of Governors), and American Association for Justice. He was recognized by the National Trial Lawyers as Top 100 Trial Lawyers and by Missouri Lawyers Media Readers Poll as Best Managing Partner.
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Anthony Bruning
FounderAnthony 'Tony' Bruning Sr. is the founder of The Bruning Law Firm, a personal injury practice serving the Midwest since 1985. He brings over 45 years of experience representing injured clients. He now serves in an of-counsel role mentoring the next generation of trial attorneys at the firm. Bruning specializes in complex cases including fires, explosions, product liability, medical malpractice, and trucking accidents. He is a nationally certified fire and explosions investigator who speaks regularly at national symposiums. Notable achievements include a $50 million verdict in 1999 against a smoke detector manufacturer related to the deaths of two children, and a landmark Klein v. General Electric case exposing coffee maker defects that led to 7 million units being recalled. He earned his Juris Doctor from Saint Louis University School of Law. He is admitted to the Missouri Bar. He received the National Association of Fire Investigators Man of the Year award in 1989.
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Ryan Bruning
FounderRyan L. Bruning is a Co-Founder and Co-CEO of The Bruning Law Firm. He co-founded the firm with his brother AJ Bruning and father Tony Bruning Sr., focusing on personal injury law across the Midwest. Bruning grew up watching his father advocate for injured clients, which inspired his legal career. He earned his Juris Doctor from Saint Louis University School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Missouri. He is admitted to the Missouri and Illinois bars. He has been recognized as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer by the National Trial Lawyers Association and as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers.
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A.J. Bruning
FounderAnthony 'A.J.' Bruning Jr. is a Co-Founder and Co-CEO of The Bruning Law Firm. For more than two decades, he has dedicated his career to representing individuals and families injured by negligence, workplace accidents, and unsafe products, with his practice focusing on workers' compensation, personal injury, and catastrophic injury claims. After law school, Bruning Jr. worked at the Circuit Attorney's Office in the City of St. Louis, where he honed his trial skills while representing victims of crime and tried over 50 cases. In 2011, he received the Circuit Attorney Trial Star award for winning every jury trial he tried that year. The Bruning Law Firm was founded in 2016 by Anthony 'Tony' Bruning Sr. and his two sons, A.J. and Ryan L. Bruning. With Tony Bruning Sr. now serving in an of-counsel role, A.J. and Ryan lead the firm as Co-CEOs. A.J. earned his Juris Doctor from Saint Louis University School of Law. He is admitted to the Missouri Bar.
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Brendan Buckley
AttorneyBrendan Buckley is an attorney at Edelman & Thompson Law Firm in Kansas City. He has over two decades of experience at the firm and has been instrumental in securing numerous multi-million dollar verdicts as part of the trial team. His practice focuses on tractor-trailer collisions, automobile accidents, products liability, wrongful death cases, and uninsured/underinsured motorist claims. Buckley earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri in 1998 and his undergraduate degree from Rockhurst College in 1995. After law school, he clerked for Missouri state court Judge Jay A. Daugherty before joining Edelman & Thompson in 2000. He is admitted to the Missouri and Kansas state and federal courts. He is a member of the Missouri Trial Lawyers Association and the Kansas City Bar Association. Buckley has been selected to Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers annually from 2012 through 2024.
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Jim Cantalin
PartnerJim Cantalin is a Partner at Brown & Crouppen Law Firm in St. Louis, Missouri. He has over 30 years of experience litigating personal injury matters and joined the firm in 2013. Cantalin previously served as a partner at a major St. Louis defense firm representing insurance companies before transitioning to plaintiff representation. He earned his Juris Doctor cum laude from Saint Louis University School of Law, where he served on the Moot Court Team and the Saint Louis University Law Journal. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Saint Louis University. He is admitted to the Missouri and Illinois bars. He is a Past President of The Lawyers Association and a former Board of Governor for the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. He is also a member of The Missouri Bar, Missouri Association of Trial Lawyers, and National Trial Lawyers.
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Brent Cantor
AttorneyBrent Cantor is an attorney at Brown & Crouppen Law Firm in St. Louis, Missouri, where he has practiced since 2008. He focuses exclusively on workers' compensation claims. Before joining Brown & Crouppen, Cantor served as a St. Louis County Counselor, municipal court prosecuting attorney, Assistant Attorney General, and litigator with the Department of Social Services. He earned his Juris Doctor from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 1991 and his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a Business minor from Bradley University in 1989. He is licensed to practice in Missouri and is a member of The Missouri Bar, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, The Lawyers Association of St. Louis, and serves as President of the Missouri Bar's Lawyer Assistance Committee. He received the Missouri Bar's James T. Britt Memorial Award for advancing relief and recovery for attorneys in Missouri. His notable achievements include a settlement of over a million dollars including future medical care for a severely injured worker.
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Kevin Chaffee
AttorneyKevin Chaffee is an attorney at Injury Law Associates in Kansas City. He specializes in personal injury cases including nursing home neglect, motor vehicle accidents, trucking claims, medical malpractice, premises liability, and dog bite matters. Early in his practice, Chaffee trained under former defense attorneys who transitioned to plaintiff representation, giving him insight into insurance company strategies. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Kansas School of Law. He is admitted to the Missouri Bar. He has been recognized as a SuperLawyers Rising Star since 2014 and completed the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association's Ross T. Roberts Trial Academy. He serves on the KCMBA's Torts Committee.
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Nicholas Clevenger
Associate AttorneyNicholas S. Clevenger is an Associate Attorney at Peterson & Associates, P.C. in Kansas City, Missouri. He specializes in mass tort litigation, including pharmaceutical and medical device claims, with experience in birth control products, surgical mesh implants, orthopedic devices, and product liability cases. Clevenger earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law in 2004 and his Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with a minor in Business Administration from Central Missouri State University in 2001. He is admitted to the Missouri Bar and multiple federal courts including the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, District of Kansas, and Central District of Illinois. He is a member of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Missouri Association for Trial Attorneys, and American Association for Justice. He has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star (2012-2019) and Super Lawyer (2021-2023).
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Brett Coppage
AttorneyBrett Coppage is an attorney at Edelman & Thompson Law Firm in Kansas City. His practice areas include work injury, personal injury, car/truck accidents, animal attacks, wrongful death, and slip-and-fall cases. Coppage joined Edelman & Thompson in 2013. Before joining the firm, he served as judicial law clerk to Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Jay A. Daugherty and spent five years as a business litigation attorney at a Kansas City defense firm. He earned his Juris Doctor cum laude from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law in 2007, where he was a Law Review member and Urban Lawyer articles editor and board member. He received the 2007 UMKC West Publishing Award for Most Outstanding Contribution to Scholarly Writing. He earned his undergraduate degree from Truman State University in 2004. He is admitted to the Missouri and Kansas bars and is a member of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Ross T. Roberts Trial Academy, Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, and American Association for Justice.
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Jacob Cross
AttorneyJacob Cross is a Litigation Attorney at TopDog Law Personal Injury Lawyers, focusing on personal injury matters including car accidents, medical malpractice, and wrongful death claims. He has contributed to legal teams that have secured significant compensation for clients. Prior to joining TopDog Law, he served as an Attorney at Keller Swan Injury Attorneys, an attorney at Banks & Jones, and at The Haynes Firm, where he assisted victims of various accidents. He earned his J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law in Knoxville.
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Terry Crouppen
Founding PartnerTerry Crouppen is the Founding Partner of Brown & Crouppen Law Firm in St. Louis, Missouri. He established the firm in 1979 with partner Ron Brown. Before founding Brown & Crouppen, Crouppen served as a public defender in the 22nd Judicial Court. He practices across a wide range of personal injury matters. Crouppen earned his Juris Doctor from Washington University School of Law in 1971 and his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Missouri in 1967. He is admitted to the Missouri Bar and is a member of the American Bar Association, Missouri Association of Trial Lawyers, and American Association for Justice.
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Andy Crouppen
Managing PartnerAndy Crouppen is the Managing Partner of Brown & Crouppen Law Firm in St. Louis, Missouri. He followed his father Terry Crouppen and co-founder Ron Brown into personal injury law. Crouppen focuses on motor vehicle accidents, slip and fall accidents, nursing home abuse and neglect, and a wide range of other personal injury and wrongful death cases. He earned his Juris Doctor from New York Law School in 1999 and his Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1994. He is admitted to the Missouri Bar, Minnesota State Bar Association, and Kentucky Bar Association. He serves on the Board of Governors of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, and is a member of the American Bar Association, American Association for Justice, Hispanic Bar Association, and Women Lawyers' Association of Greater St. Louis.
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Tom Davis
AttorneyTom Davis is an experienced personal injury attorney at Brown & Crouppen Law Firm who joined the firm in 2008. He focuses on advocating for injured individuals against insurance companies and specializes in auto accidents, personal injury, product liability, medical malpractice, and wrongful death cases. Davis has secured numerous significant verdicts and settlements, including a $618,000 jury verdict in 2012 and multiple settlements ranging from $1 million to $7.5 million in recent years. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1993 and his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from William Jewell College in 1990. He also studied at St. Peters College, Oxford University from 1988 to 1989. He is licensed to practice in Kansas and Missouri. He is a member of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and Kansas Trial Lawyers Association. He has been named to the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Lawyers every year since 2012.