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.
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Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year”
![Byron A. Bowles, Jr.](https://mvplaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Byron-Bowles-e1580324997770-edited.jpg)
![Clifford K. Stubbs](https://mvplaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Clifford-Stubbs-e1563982195553-edited-scaled.jpg)
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.