Springfield Business Journal_2021-01-29

30 · SBJ.NET WINTER 2021 SERVICE AREA'S LARGEST LAW FIRMS Rank Name Address Telephone • Website Email Local Attorneys Total Local Staff Local Partners/ Principals Of Counsel Attorneys Paralegals Areas of Legal Practice Top Local Executive(s), Title(s) Headquarters Offices Year Founded, Locally 1 (1) LOWTHER JOHNSON ATTORNEYS AT LAW LLC 901 St Louis St, 20th Floor, Springfield 65806 417-866-7777 • LowtherJohnson.com email@lowtherjohnson.com 20 75 15 0 5 Banking, business, commercial & corporate, civil litigation, labor & employment, family, government, personal injury, real estate, workers' compensation Greggory Groves, managing member Springfield 1 1975 2 (5) NEALE & NEWMAN LLP 2144 E Republic Road, Ste F302, Springfield 65804 417-882-9090 • NNLaw.com scape@nnlaw.com 17 45 13 2 5 Appeals, banking & finance, bankruptcy, business, family, education, estate planning, mergers & acquisitions, real estate & construction, workers' compensation Paul White, managing partner 1 Springfield 1 1903 3 (3) SPENCER FANE LLP 2144 E Republic Road, Ste B300, Springfield 65804 417-888-1000 • SpencerFane.com rwalters@spencerfane.com 17 31 10 1 3 Real estate, tax credits, construction, housing, development incentives, financial services, corporate, commercial litigation & dispute resolution, estates & trusts, tax, labor & employment, health, government Richard Walters, managing partner Kansas City 18 2014 4 (2) HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP 901 St Louis St, Ste 1800, Springfield 65806 417-268-4000 • HuschBlackwell.com info@huschblackwell.com 16 29 9 0 2 Energy, financial services, food & agribusiness, health care, life sciences, education, real estate, development, construction, technology, manufacturing & transportation Bryan Wade, managing partner Kansas City & St Louis 18 1996 5 (4) CARNAHAN, EVANS, CANTWELL & BROWN PC 2805 S Ingram Mill Road, Springfield 65804 417-447-4400 • CECB.com cecb@cecb.com 14 38 10 2 7 Business & civil litigation, environmental, employee benefits, estate planning, probate, trusts, banking & financial, utility & cooperative, employment, real estate, construction, marijuana & hemp Christiaan Horton & Douglas Lee, executive committee members Springfield 1 1979 6 (6) DOUGLAS, HAUN & HEIDEMANN PC 901 St Louis St, Ste 1200, Springfield 65806 417-326-5261 • DHHLawFirm.com info@dhhlawfirm.com 12 28 4 2 11 Civil litigation, personal injury, class actions, estate planning, trust administration, family, real estate, probate, business, employment, banking Verna Haun, president; Patrick Douglas, vice president Bolivar 2 1912 7 BAIRD, LIGHTNER, MILLSAP PC 1901 S Ventura Ave, Ste C, Springfield 65804 417-887-0133 • BLMLawyers.com 12 21 7 2 3 Family, commercial litigation, personal injury, real estate, insurance defense, nonprofit, government, trust & estate planning, probate, employment C Ronald Baird, founding partner Springfield 1 1983 8 (7) KUTAK ROCK LLP 300 S John Q Hammons Parkway, Ste 800, Springfield 65806 417-720-1410 • KutakRock.com madeline.mccubbin@kutakrock.com 12 19 6 2 2 Intellectual property, construction, commercial litigation, bankruptcy, corporate & real estate transactions, employment law Michael Textor, partner Omaha, NE 18 2018 9 AARON SACHS & ASSOCIATES PC 3271 E Battlefield, Ste 350, Springfield 65804 417-889-1400 • AutoInjury.com 11 55 0 0 25 Personal injury & workers' compensation Aaron Sachs, president Springfield 3 1991 10 (8) TURNER, REID, DUNCAN, LOOMER & PATTON PC 1355 E Bradford Parkway, Ste A, Springfield 65804 417-883-2102 • TurnerReid.com 9 16 6 1 2 Products liability, medical malpractice, insurance defense, personal injury, corporate, legal malpractice, class action, mass tort, construction law, mediations Rodney Loomer & Michael Patton, managing partners Springfield 1 1953 11 (12) EVANS & DIXON LLC 4905 S National Ave, Bldg B, Springfield 65810 417-882-4700 • Evans-Dixon.com slockhart@evans-dixon.com 8 18 4 1 5 Workers' compensation, insurance, civil litigation, trucking litigation, construction, personal injury, business litigation, subrogation, medical malpractice Shari Lockhart & Brad Tuck, members St Louis 7 2001 12 STRONG-GARNER-BAUER PC 415 E Chestnut Expwy, Springfield 65802 417-887-4300 • StrongLaw.com slf@stronglaw.com 8 WND 6 7 10 Personal injury, product liability, wrongful death, medical malpractice, insurance bad faith Steve Garner, managing partner Springfield 1 1976 13 HYDE, LOVE & OVERBY LLP 1121 S Glenstone Ave, Springfield 65804 417-831-4046 hlo@hydeloveoverby.com 6 15 4 0 2 Medical malpractice, insurance defense, workers' compensation Shared by partners Springfield 1 1976 14 (9) OZARKS ELDER LAW 2832 S Ingram Mill Road, Ste 100, Springfield 65804 417-868-8200 • OzarksElderLaw.com office@ozarkselderlaw.com 5 13 2 0 6 Elder law, estate planning, business law, elder abuse, Medicaid, asset protection, wrongful death Lori Rook, managing attorney/owner Springfield 5 2 2002 15 DANIEL, POWELL & BREWER LLC 300 John Q Hammons Pkwy, Ste 600, Springfield 65806 417-864-4500 • DPBLaw.net 5 9 5 1 2 Civil trials & appeals, construction, insurance defense, product liability, workers' compensation, estate planning Gary Brewer & William Powell, managing partners Springfield 1 1948 16 TWIBELL PIERSON 901 St Louis St, Ste 1600, Springfield 65806 417-862-1741 • TwibellPierson.com branden@twibellpierson.com 5 8 3 2 2 Federal & state criminal law & defense Scott Pierson, Branden Twibell & Bert Twibell, partners Springfield 1 1975 17 (11) PARMELE LAW FIRM PC 1505 E Bradford Parkway, Springfield 65804 417-889-2570 • ParmeleLawFirm.com info@danielparmelelaw.com 4 74 5 17 14 Social Security, disability Jordan Jackson, chief operating officer & chief financial officer; Daniel Parmele, CEO Springfield 24 2001 18 TAYLOR, STAFFORD, CLITHERO & HARRIS LLP 3315 E Ridgeview St, Ste 1000, Springfield 65804 417-887-2020 • TaylorStafford.com 4 9 3 0 3 General, civil & appellate practice, litigation, insurance defense, business litigation, medical malpractice, workers' compensation Monte Clithero & Warren Harris, partners Springfield 1 1974 19 (13) PRATT & GRISHAM LLC 3432 S Culpepper Court, Ste A, Springfield 65804 417-883-8200 • PGLawyers.net info@pglawyers.net 4 8 2 4 5 Family, adoptions, guardianships Shannon Grisham & John Pratt, managing partners Springfield 1 1978 20 SCHMIDT, KIRBY & SULLIVAN PC 2838 S Ingram Mill Road, Springfield 65804 417-882-2828 • SKSLawFirm.com email@skslawfirm.com 3 7 3 0 3 Estate planning, probate, elder law, civil & trial practice, commercial insurance, personal injury, workers' compensation John Schmidt, president Springfield 1 1989 As of May 4, 2020. Ranked by number of local attorneys, then by total local staff. Local is defined as a 50-mile radius of Springfield. The Springfield Business Journal relies on individual businesses to be truthful and accurate in their representation of the information listed. The previous year's rankings are in parenthesis. To be considered for future lists, email lists@sbj.net. WND: Would not disclose. 1 Daniel Wooten became the new managing partner on Jan 1, 2021. 2 Ozarks Elder Law opened a location in Lebanon on Nov. 1, 2020, and in Branson on Dec. 1, 2020, bringing the total number of locations to seven. Researched by Karen Bliss © Copyright 2021 SBJ. All rights reserved. This material may not be republished, rebroadcast, rewritten or redistributed.