30 · SBJ.NET BOOK OF LISTS 2024 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 Practice Top Local Executive(s), Title(s) Headquarters Offices Year Founded Locally 1 (2) LOWTHER JOHNSON ATTORNEYS AT LAWLLC 901 St Louis St, 20th Floor, Springfield 65806 417-866-7777 • LowtherJohnson.com email@lowtherjohnson.com 20 63 15 0 5 Banking, business, commercial & corporate, civil litigation, estates & trusts, labor & employment, family, government, personal injury, real estate, workers' compensation Greggory Groves, managing member Springfield 1 1975 2 (1) NEALE & NEWMAN LLP 2144 E Republic Road, Ste F302, Springfield 65804 417-882-9090 • NNLaw.com info@nnlaw.com 19 44 13 6 3 Appeals, banking & finance, bankruptcy, business, family, education, estate planning, mergers & acquisitions, real estate & construction, workers' compensation, agriculture Daniel Wooten, managing partner Springfield 1 1903 3 (3) CARNAHAN EVANS PC 2805 S Ingram Mill Road, Springfield 65804 417-447-4400 • CarnahanEvans.com info@carnahanevans.com 18 44 10 7 8 Business & civil litigation, environmental, employee benefits, estate planning, probate, trusts, banking & finance, utility & cooperative, employment, real estate, construction, marijuana & hemp Christiaan Horton & Jay Preston, executive committee members Springfield 1 1979 4 (4) SPENCER FANE LLP 2144 E Republic Road, Ste B300, Springfield 65804 417-888-1000 • SpencerFane.com jcsmith@spencerfane.com 17 30 9 1 3 Real estate, tax credits, construction, housing, development incentives, finance, corporate, commercial litigation & dispute resolution, estates & trusts, tax, labor Jason Smith, managing partner Kansas City 22 2014 5 (5) HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP 3810 E Sunshine St, Ste 300, Springfield 65809 417-268-4000 • HuschBlackwell.com info@huschblackwell.com 16 29 7 1 2 Energy & natural resources, financial services & capital markets, food systems, health care, life sciences & education, real estate, development & construction, technology, manufacturing Bryan Wade, managing partner Kansas City & St Louis 22 1996 6 (10) ROONEY MCBRIDE & SMITH LLC 1445 E Republic Road, Ste 300, Springfield 65804 417-708-9681 • RMSAttorneys.com colleen@rmsattorneys.com 10 24 4 3 6 Business & corporate, estate planning, domestic, bankruptcy, litigation, real estate, collections, human resources & employment Scott Smith, equity/managing member; Heather Rooney McBride, equity member; Andy Scholz & Austin Williamson, members Springfield 1 2011 7 (8) KUTAK ROCK LLP 300 S John Q Hammons Parkway, Ste 800, Springfield 65806 417-720-1410 • KutakRock.com madeline.mccubbin@kutakrock.com 10 17 6 2 2 Business & corporate, public finance, litigation, real estate Larry Fields, regional managing partner Omaha, NE 19 2018 8 (9) ELLIS, ELLIS, HAMMONS & JOHNSONPC 2808 S Ingram Mill Road, A104, Springfield 65804 417-866-5091 • EEHJFirm.com tburke@eehjfirm.com 10 15 6 1 1 Labor & employment, municipalities, schools, hospitals Ransom A Ellis III, president; John D Hammons, co-vice president & Todd Johnson, co-vice president Springfield 1 1977 9 (12) TURNER, REID, DUNCAN, LOOMER & PATTONPC 1355 E Bradford Parkway, Ste A, Springfield 65804 417-883-2102 • TurnerReid.com 9 17 7 1 2 Products & premises liability, medical negligence, insurance coverage & defense, extra-contractual liability, alternative dispute resolution, construction litigation, mediations Michael Patton & Rodney Loomer, managing partners Springfield 1 1953 10 (7) DOUGLAS, HAUN & HEIDEMANN PC 901 St Louis St, Ste 1200, Springfield 65806 417-326-5261 • DHHLawFirm.com info@dhhlawfirm.com 8 22 4 2 10 Personal injury, class action, estate planning, family, real estate, business & commercial, employment, probate, criminal & traffic Patrick Douglas, president Bolivar 2 1912 11 (14) OZARKS ELDER LAW LLC 2832 S Ingram Mill Road, Ste 100, Springfield 65804 417-868-8200 • OzarksElderLaw.com office@ozarkselderlaw.com 7 24 2 0 7 Elder law, estate planning, elder abuse, Medicaid, asset protection, trust administration, probate, guardianship, business succession planning, special needs trusts Lori Rook, managing attorney/ owner Springfield 9 2002 12 (11) EVANS & DIXON LLC 4905 S National Ave, Bldg B, Springfield 65810 417-882-4700 • Evans-Dixon.com slockhart@evans-dixon.com 6 15 3 2 8 Workers' compensation, business & commercial law, civil litigation, corporate services, real estate & construction, mediation, employment, trucking, title insurance, estate planning Shari Lockhart & Brad Tuck, members St Louis 8 2001 13 (15) PARMELE LAW FIRM PC 1545 E Bradford Parkway, Springfield 65804 417-889-2570 • ParmeleLawFirm.com info@danielparmelelaw.com 5 81 3 18 13 Social Security disability, veterans affairs, mass tort Daniel Parmele, president & Jordan Jackson, COO/CFO Springfield 17 2001 14 (13) APPLEBY HEALY ATTORNEYS AT LAWPC 119 N Second St, Ozark 65721 417-581-2411 • ApplebyHealy.com info@applebyhealy.com 5 18 2 0 9 Estate planning, probate & trust administration & litigation, employment law, mergers & acquisitions, real estate, litigation of civil & criminal matters, appeals David Healy, president Ozark 1 1924 15 (18) TWIBELL PIERSON 901 St Louis St, Ste 1600, Springfield 65806 417-862-1741 • TwibellPierson.com branden@twibellpierson.com 5 8 3 0 2 Criminal law & defense, DWI/DUI, expungements & civil rights violations Scott Pierson, Branden Twibell & Bert Twibell, partners Springfield 1 1975 16 PRATT & GRISHAM LLC 3432 S Culpepper Court, Ste A, Springfield 65804 417-883-8200 • PGLawyers.net info@pglawyers.net 4 13 2 0 5 Family, adoptions, guardianships Shannon Grisham & John Pratt, managing partners Springfield 1 1978 17 (16) HYDE, LOVE & OVERBY LLP 1121 S Glenstone Ave, Springfield 65804 417-831-4046 4 12 4 0 3 Medical malpractice, insurance defense, workers' compensation, mediation Shared by partners Springfield 1 1976 18 TAYLOR, STAFFORD, CLITHERO & HARRISLLP 3315 E Ridgeview St, Ste 1000, Springfield 65804 417-887-2020 • TaylorStafford.com 4 9 2 0 3 General, civil & appellate, litigation, insurance defense, business litigation, medical malpractice, workers' compensation Nathan Taylor & Warren Harris, partners Springfield 1 1974 As of May 8, 2023. Ranked by number of local attorneys, then by total local staff. Local is defined as a 50-mile radius of Springfield. The previous year's rankings are in parentheses. Springfield Business Journal relies on the individual businesses to be truthful and accurate in their representation of the information listed. To be considered for future lists, email lists@sbj.net. Researched by Karen Bliss Karen Bliss © Copyright 2024 SBJ. All rights reserved. This material may not be republished, rebroadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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