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  • Jill Presley of Presley & Presley selected for Women’s Justice Award by Missouri Lawyers Weekly

    Kansas City, Mo.—April 8, 2020— Presley & Presley , LLC is pleased to announce that the firm’s co-founder and partner, Jill Presley, was recently selected for a Women’s Justice Award from Missouri Lawyers Weekly in the Litigation category. The Women’s Justice Awards, launched in 1999, recognize women across the state of Missouri who have demonstrated leadership, integrity, service, sacrifice and ...
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  • Primary & Secondary Brain Damage After Motorcycle Accidents

    Even motorcycle riders who are doing everything right can be involved in accidents and suffer severe injuries. The size difference between motorcycles and passenger vehicles, not to mention a motorcycle’s relative lack of protective features, means riders are much more at risk of injury. In fact, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) found that accidents almost always ...
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  • Kirk Presley selected for Missouri Lawyers Weekly 2020 Influential Lawyers award

    Kirk Presley, founding member of the Presley & Presley law firm, was chosen for the Missouri Lawyers Weekly Influential Lawyers award for fighting to uphold the constitutional rights of a teen severely injured by a police officer’s taser in the high profile case Masters v. Runnels . The Missouri Lawyers Awards recognize lawyers who made an impact in the year, including the winners of the top ...
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  • Super Lawyers Recognizes Kirk Presley for 2019 List

    Kirk Presley , founding member of the Presley & Presley law firm, has once again been selected for inclusion to the 2019 Super Lawyers ® list . Presley has been recognized by Super Lawyers ® consecutively since 2005! About Super Lawyers ® Super Lawyers ® rates attorneys in more than 70 practice areas, using independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Selections are made on an ...
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  • 2019's Least Consumer-Friendly Insurance Companies

    Whether your property was damaged or you were injured in a car accident , when things go wrong, you likely turn to your insurance company. No matter who you pursue a policy with, your insurer is required to act in good faith and handle all your claims fairly. When insurers prioritize profit instead of policyholders and ignore, deny, or reduce your claim(s), they may be acting in bad faith . While ...
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  • Kirk Presley elected to Missouri’s 16th Circuit Judicial Commission

    Kansas City, Mo.—November 19, 2019— Kirk Presley , founding member of the Presley & Presley law firm, has been elected to the 16 th Circuit Judicial Commission on November 12, and sworn in on November 19, 2019. The commission is responsible for interviewing all applicants for judicial vacancies and recommending a panel of three to the Missouri governor for a final selection. The commission is ...
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  • Presley & Presley Law Firm Named One of the Nation’s Best in U.S. News Survey

    Kansas City, Mo.—November 1, 2019— Presley & Presley once again has earned selection as one of the nation’s best law firms in the annual survey published by U.S. News & World Report and The Best Lawyers in America. The firm is ranked as a regional Tier 1 practice in the area Plaintiffs Personal Injury Litigation. Rankings for Best Law Firms are compiled for major metropolitan areas across the ...
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  • Presley & Presley attorney Matthew McCoy honored as a 2019 Missouri Lawyers Weekly Up & Coming Lawyer

    September 9, 2019 – Presley & Presley, LLC , is pleased to announce that Mathew McCoy has been selected as a 2019 Missouri Lawyer Weekly’s Up & Coming lawyer. The annual Up & Coming awards celebrate outstanding legal professionals who are 40 or younger or who are within their first 10 years of practice. Honorees have demonstrated professional accomplishment, skill and leadership beyond their years ...
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  • Kirk Presley awarded Kansas City Business Journal’s 2019 Best of the Bar

    September 9, 2019 – Presley & Presley is pleased to announce that Kirk Presley has once again been recognized in the 2019 Kansas City Business Journal’s Best of the Bar. The Best of the Bar acknowledges the work of exceptional area lawyers and provides the business community with a definitive guide of whom to seek for the highest quality legal advice. Honorees are chosen by an independent panel of ...
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  • Kirk Presley Named to 2020 Edition of Best Lawyers in America©

    Kansas City, Mo.—August 19, 2019— Presley & Presley, LLC is pleased to announce that founding partner, Kirk Presley , has once again been named among the best in the nation in the 2020 edition of the prestigious legal publication The Best Lawyers in America©. Kirk earned honors in the following categories: Aviation Law Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiff’s Personal Liability Litigation – ...
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  • Associate Profile: Matt McCoy

    What do you enjoy most about being an attorney and working at Presley & Presley? Being an attorney allows you to be challenged and to encounter new and interesting scenarios almost every day. Each client’s case brings its own challenges; providing some level of peace and finality to each client is rewarding. Working at Presley & Presley magnifies everything above. A significant portion of our work ...
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  • Presley & Presley’s Matt McCoy named to National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 Under 40

    Kansas City, Mo. – February 6, 2019 – Matt McCoy, attorney with Presley & Presley, was recently chosen for National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 Under 40. The National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 under 40 is a professional organization composed of the top trial lawyers from each state or region under the age of 40. Membership into the National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 under 40 is by invitation only to a select ...
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  • Presley Wins $3.5M for Family of Man Killed in Power Plant Explosion

    Attorney Kirk Presley helped recover $3.5 million for the family of a 54-year-old man who died in a power plant explosion near Weston, Mo. Presley acted as lead counsel for the plaintiffs, who won nearly $12.21 million in combined verdicts. The very technical case largely came down to a debate about whether the blame for the explosion lay with a poorly made valve or the managing of the Iatan, Mo. ...
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  • Presley & Presley Wins $6.5M Verdict in Police Brutality Case

    Presley & Presley LLC has secured a more than $6.5 million verdict for Bryce Masters, whose life nearly ended when a police stop escalated dangerously out of control. Despite the legal difficulty of such cases, a jury in federal court in Kansas City didn’t hesitate to side with Masters. After the weeklong trial, jurors took a matter of hours to return the hefty verdict. “Unfortunately, because of ...
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  • Meet Attorney Sean Brown of Presley & Presley, LLC

    Associate Profile: Sean Brown What do you enjoy most about being an attorney and working at Presley & Presley? I would say the best part is being able to help people whose lives were changed by physical injuries or the wrongful death of a loved one. You meet people who are at a real low point and try to help them recover and get back on their feet. I like that I get to learn from the best working ...
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