Thirty-four Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice attorneys are recognized in the 2024 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers and Rising Stars publication.
Notably, Baker Sterchi Member Clay Crawford is featured on the Top 10 Attorney List, the Top 50 Kansas City Attorney List and the Top 100 Attorney List. Baker Sterchi Member John Mahon is also highlighted on the Top 50 St. Louis Attorney List.
The Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers and Rising Stars publication recognizes lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process involves multiple phases, including independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Super Lawyers honors no more than 5% of attorneys in each state, while Rising Stars recognizes the top 2.5% of attorneys who are 40 years old or younger or have been practicing for 10 years or less.
The recognized attorneys include:
Kansas City, MO
- Jonathan E. Benevides – Civil Litigation: Defense
- Kevin D. Brooks – Insurance Coverage
- John W. Cowden – Aviation and Aerospace
- William (Clay) Crawford – Insurance Coverage
- Scott D. Hofer – Civil Litigation: Defense
- James R. Jarrow – Civil Litigation: Defense
- James S. Kreamer – Construction Litigation
- Jacqueline M. Longfellow – Civil Litigation: Defense
- James P. Maloney – Insurance Coverage
- Michael C. McMullen – Personal Injury – Products Liability: Defense
- Hal D. Meltzer – Civil Litigation: Defense
- Thomas E. Rice – Civil Litigation: Defense
- Kyle N. Roehler – Personal Injury General: Defense
- James T. Seigfreid – Personal Injury – Products Liability: Defense
- Heather F. Shore – Construction Litigation
- Thomas N. Sterchi – Personal Injury – Products Liability: Defense
- Kara T. Stubbs – Personal Injury – Products Liability: Defense
- Megan R. Stumph-Turner – Real Estate
- Philip V. Sumner – Personal Injury General: Defense
- John A. Watt – Construction Litigation
- Paul L. Wickens – Civil Litigation: Defense
- Douglas P. Hill – Civil Litigation: Defense (Rising Stars)
- Megan Sterchi Lammert – Personal Injury General: Defense (Rising Stars)
- Gregorio V. Silva – Personal Injury – Products Liability: Defense (Rising Stars)
St. Louis, MO
- Joshua Davis – Insurance Coverage
- Nathan D. Leming – Personal Injury Medical Malpractice: Defense
- John F. Mahon – Personal Injury Medical Malpractice: Defense
- Jennifer L. Maloney – Personal Injury General: Defense
- John R. McLeod – Transportation/Maritime
- Joseph R. Swift – Transportation/Maritime
- Paul N. Venker – Personal Injury Medical Malpractice: Defense
- Richard I. Woolf – Civil Litigation: Defense
- Rebecca Guntli – Civil Litigation: Defense (Rising Stars)
- Rachel Schafer – Personal Injury Medical Malpractice: Defense (Rising Stars)