Louis C. Accurso, born Kansas City, Missouri, October 23, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Missouri; 2006, Kansas; also admitted to practice before U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth and Eleventh Circuits. Preparatory education, University of Missouri-Kansas City (B.A., 1978); legal education, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law (J.D., 1981). Honor Society: Phi Kappa Phi. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Jackson County, Missouri, 1981-1985. Recipient, Lon O. Hocker Memorial Trial Lawyer Award, 1990. Listed in: Best of the Bar, Kansas City Business Journal, 2002; Outstanding Lawyers of America. Speaker, numerous seminars on personal injury, products liability and insurance issues. Contributing Author: Missouri Prosecutors Trial Casebook (1984 and 1985 Editions). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Torts Law Committee, 1981-1985); The Missouri Bar; American Bar Association; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (Board of Governors); American Association for Justice (Founder, Gas, Fire and Explosion Litigation Group; Chairman, 1986-). E−Mail: Louis C. Accurso
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Christopher L. Accurso, born Kansas City, Missouri, November 15, 1988; admitted to bar, 2014, Missouri. Preparatory education, University of Missouri-Kansas City (B.A., 2011); legal education, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law (J.D., 2014). Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Jackson County, Missouri, 2014-2018. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys. E−Mail: Christopher L. Accurso
Frederick G. Branson, born Sedalia, Missouri, October 15, 1982; admitted to bar, 2009, Missouri; 2020, Kansas. Preparatory education, Missouri State University (B.S., Computer Information Systems, 2006); legal education, Valparaiso University School of Law (J.D., 2009). Associate, Andrew J. Gelbach Law Firm, 2009-2019. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys; American Association for Justice; Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys. E−Mail: Frederick G. Branson
Clayton E. Gillette, born St. Charles, Missouri, July 15, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Missouri; 2014, Kansas; also admitted to practice before U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh, Eighth and Tenth Circuits; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri. Preparatory education, Rockhurst University (B.A., Psychology, magna cum laude, 2000); legal education, Saint Louis University School of Law (J.D., Valedictorian, 2005). Law Clerk to Hon. William Ray Price, Jr., Missouri Supreme Court, 2005-2006. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Kansas Bar Association; Young Friends of the Missouri Botanical Garden; Rockhurst University Alumni Association. E−Mail: Clayton E. Gillette
Burton S. Haigh, born Chicago, Illinois, October 10, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Missouri; 2008, Kansas. Preparatory education, University of Kansas (B.A., Political Science, 1993); legal education, University of Tulsa College of Law (J.D., 1997). Assistant Public Defender, Missouri Public Defender System, 1997-2007. Recipient, Lon O. Hocker Memorial Trial Lawyer Award, 2007. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys; American Association for Justice. E−Mail: Burton S. Haigh
Matthew R. Larsen, born Kansas City, Missouri, February 8, 1979; admitted to bar, 2019, Missouri; also admitted to practice before U.S. District Courts, Western District of Missouri and District of Kansas. Preparatory education, Park University (B.A., Public Administration, 2007); legal education, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law (J.D., 2014). Graduate, Ross T. Roberts Trial Academy, 2019. Reference Librarian & Archivist of McMartin Trial Documents, Leon E. Bloch Law Library, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, 2016-2017. Law Librarian, Polsinelli, P.C., 2017-2019. Recipient: Polsinelli Excellence Award, 2019. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; American Bar Association; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys; American Association for Justice. E−Mail: Matthew R. Larsen
Andrew H. McCue, born Gallatin, Tennessee, February 6, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, Missouri; 2012, Kansas; also admitted to practice before U.S. District Courts, Western District of Missouri and District of Kansas. Preparatory education, Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1981); legal education, Washington University School of Law (J.D., 1986). Named in: Super Lawyers®, Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers® Magazine, 2010-2012. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Kansas Bar Association; American Bar Association; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys; American Association for Justice; National Employment Lawyers Association (Kansas City Chapter). E−Mail: Andrew H. McCue