My office has a reputation of handling difficult cases involving motor vehicles, pedestrians, commercial trucks, motorcycles, and trains.  I have been involved in multiple cases involving settlements and verdicts for over a million dollars, the highest being a train accident verdict for $10.1 million.  My office is highly organized and efficient.  However, my greatest pride is the way that we treat our clients.  Everyone is treated with patience and care.  My goal is that when we get a new client, we get a new friend for life.

95% of my practice is devoted to injury cases; 5% is devoted to federal criminal cases.  I was chosen by the federal judges to be the trial attorney for the 1st death penalty case in Kansas in 50 years.

I am agressive and willing to give my clients their day in court, but I also recognize that most clients want their cases resolved so that they can go on with their lives.  I have been formally trained as a mediator.  If your case cannot be negotiated to a satisfactory resolution, I frequently request mediation or arbitration.  Very seldom will a case be litigated all the way to trial, and those are usually cases that the defense believes they can win.  I won the three cases that I tried in 2005, but they were difficult and could have been verdicts for the defense.

I am a big believer in teamwork, not only with my staff but also with other law firms.  If I get a case in which another law firm has more expertise, I will join forces for a better result for my client.  For instance, I had a little girl who got crushed by a garage door.  I found a lawyer in Minnesota who had such a case and had spent nine months of her life doing nothing but going through every document produced by the garage door manufacturer.  I was thrilled and fortunate to have her on my team.  She had as much knowledge about garage doors as anyone in the country.  The cases settled prior to even filing a lawsuit.

Wichita Kansas Personal Injury Lawyer