Thirty-three Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice attorneys are recognized in the 2023 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers and Rising Stars publication. The Super Lawyers publication recognizes lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Super Lawyers recognizes no more than five percent of attorneys in each state. Rising Stars are top up-and-coming attorneys in a state who are 40 years old or younger, or who have been practicing for ten years or less, with only two and a half percent of attorneys recognized in each state.
The recognized attorneys include:
Kansas City, MO
- Kevin D. Brooks – Insurance Coverage
- John W. Cowden – Aviation and Aerospace
- William (Clay) Crawford – Insurance Coverage
- Scott D. Hofer – Civil Litigation: Defense
- James R. Jarrow – Civil Litigation: Defense
- James S. Kreamer – Construction Litigation
- Jacqueline M. Longfellow – Employment Litigation: Defense
- James P. Maloney – Insurance Coverage
- Michael C. McMullen – Products Liability: Defense
- Hal D. Meltzer – Civil Litigation: Defense
- Thomas E. Rice – Civil Litigation: Defense
- Kyle N. Roehler – Personal Injury General: Defense
- James T. Seigfreid – Products Liability: Defense
- Thomas N. Sterchi – Products Liability: Defense
- Kara T. Stubbs – Products Liability: Defense
- Megan R. Stumph-Turner – Real Estate
- Philip V. Sumner – Personal Injury General: Defense
- Paul L. Wickens – Civil Litigation: Defense
- Jonathan E. Benevides – Civil Litigation: Defense (Rising Stars)
- Torey Darin – Insurance Coverage (Rising Stars)
- Kehl Friesen – Civil Litigation: Defense (Rising Stars)
- Megan Sterchi Lammert – Personal Injury General: Defense (Rising Stars)
- Lauren McCluskey – Civil Litigation: Defense (Rising Stars)
- Elizabeth (Betsy) Miller – Products Liability: Defense (Rising Stars)
- Gregorio V. Silva – Personal Injury General: Defense (Rising Stars)
St. Louis, MO
- Joshua Davis – Transportation
- John F. Mahon – Personal Injury Medical Malpractice: Defense
- Terrence J. O’Toole – Personal Injury Medical Malpractice: Defense
- Joseph R. Swift – Transportation
- Paul N. Venker – Personal Injury Medical Malpractice: Defense
- Richard I. Woolf – Civil Litigation: Defense
- Rebecca Guntli – Insurance Coverage (Rising Stars)
- Laura Thompson – Insurance Coverage (Rising Stars)