In the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, 19 MVP Law attorneys were recognized as Best Lawyers® and 5 MVP Law attorneys were named to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year”
Cliff Stubbs was named the Best Lawyers® 2026 Workers’ Compensation (Employers) “Lawyer of the Year” in Kansas City. Cliff focuses his practice on representing self-insured employers, third-party administrators, and insurance carriers in the defense of workers’ compensation claims in Kansas and Missouri. He is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell and is a Fellow in the College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers.
Ryan Denk was named the Best Lawyers® 2026 Municipal Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Kansas City. Ryan’s practice focuses on labor, planning and zoning, employment, and real estate law. His successes include lead negotiation in collective bargaining agreements with several public employer bargaining units, as well as defense of public employers in charges of prohibited labor practices.
Larry Greenbaum was named the Best Lawyers® 2026 Banking and Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Kansas City. Larry represents clients in a wide variety of subject areas, including contract negotiation and disputes, creditors’ rights and bankruptcy, real estate, construction contracts and litigation, banking law and litigation and personal injury matters. Larry represents creditors including banks and other financial institutions and businesses in loan transactions, foreclosures, workouts, and all types of bankruptcy proceedings.. Larry is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
Best Lawyers
Best Lawyers uses a peer review methodology to recognize lawyers for professional excellence in their practice area and geographical location. The below MVP Law attorneys are recognized in the 2026 Edition of Best Lawyers in America.
Kansas City, KS, St. Louis, MO, Springfield, 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
- Greg Cook – Insurance Law, Litigation – Insurance
- Ryan Denk – Employment Law – Management, Municipal Law
- John Emerson – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Jodi Fox – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Gregory Goheen – Antitrust Law, Commercial Litigation, Education Law, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor & Employment, Litigation – Municipal, Municipal Law
- Fred Greenbaum – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Lawrence Greenbaum – Administrative/Regulatory Law, Banking & Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Professional Malpractice Law-Defendants
- Joseph Hemberger – Business Organizations (Including LLCs and Partnerships), Real Estate Law
- John Jurcyk – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Josh Mareschal – Insurance Law, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- David Menghini – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
- Lara Plaisance – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Cliff Stubbs – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Tom 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 2026 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 & Tulsa, OK
- Danielle Farha – Commercial Litigation
- Joy Broyles– Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Frank Matande – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Nick Moorad – Workers’ Compensation – EMployers
- AJ Sheehan – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
Congratulations to all recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2026.
