In the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, 16 MVP Law attorneys were recognized as Best Lawyers® and 5 MVP Law attorneys were named to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. Best Lawyers uses a peer review methodology to recognize lawyers for professional excellence in their practice area and geographical location.

Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year”


This year, two Kansas City attorneys were recognized as “Lawyer of the Year”. Cliff Stubbs was named the Best Lawyers® 2022 Workers’ Compensation (Employers) “Lawyer of the Year” and Byron Bowles was recognized as the Best Lawyers® 2022 Litigation – Insurance “Lawyer of the Year”
Best Lawyers
Kansas City, KS & West Des Moines, IA
- Samantha Benjamin-House – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Byron Bowles – Insurance Law, Litigation – Insurance, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Katie Clifford – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Ryan Denk – Employment Law – Management
- Jodi Fox – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Fred Greenbaum – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Lawrence Greenbaum – Administrative/Regulatory Law, Commercial Litigation
- Gregory Goheen – Antitrust Law, Commercial Litigation, Education Law, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor & Employment, Litigation – Municipal, Municipal Law
- George Halper – Banking & Finance Law
- John Jurcyk – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Eric Lanham – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- David Menghini – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
- Lara Plaisance – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Cliff Stubbs – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Thomas Walsh – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- James Wolf – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
Best Lawyers introduced the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in the 2021 edition. This category still follows their purely peer review methodology and recognizes attorneys for professional excellence in private practice. The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch typically includes recipients who have been in practice for 5-9 years.
Kansas City, KS & St. Louis, MO
- Aaron Elking – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Alan Fogleman – Insurance Law
- Kristina Mulvany – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Kendra Oakes – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Daniel Schmitz – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
Congratulations to all recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2022.