In the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, 21 MVP Law attorneys were recognized as Best Lawyers® and 10 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 MVP Law attorneys were recognized as “Lawyer of the Year”. David Menghini was named the Best Lawyers® 2024 Workers’ Compensation (Employers) “Lawyer of the Year” and Larry Greenbaum was recognized as the Best Lawyers® 2024 Banking and Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year”. Congratulations to David and Larry!
Best Lawyers
Kansas City, KS, St. Louis, MO & West Des Moines, IA
- Samantha Benjamin-House – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Byron Bowles – Insurance Law, Litigation – Insurance, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Products Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Katie Clifford – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Gregory Cook – Litigation – Insurance
- Ryan Denk – Employment Law – Management
- Chuck Dunlay – Litigation – Labor and Employment
- John Emerson – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Jodi Fox – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Fred Greenbaum – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Lawrence Greenbaum – Administrative/Regulatory Law, Banking & Finance Law, Professional Malpractice Law-Defendants, 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
- Joseph Hemberger – Business Organizations (Including LLCs and Partnerships), Real Estate 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
- Karl Wenger – 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
- Danielle Farha – Commercial Litigation
- Joy Fears – Commercial Litigation
- Alan Fogleman – Insurance Law, Product Liability Litigation, Defendants
- Gabriel Greenbaum – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Construction Law, Real Estate Law
- Frank Matande – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Kristina Mulvany – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Kendra Oakes – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Martha Ravenhill – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Daniel Schmitz – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
Congratulations to all recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2024.