Top Best Wrongful Death Lawyers | 475 Available

Richard J. Davies is a founding member of the Seattle law firm of Kraft Davies, PLLC. Practicing in federal and state courts since 1995, Rick has assisted his clients and their families in collecting millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts in complex personal injury cases in order to help them begin putting their lives back together after devastating injuries. His work has allowed injured persons the ability to transition into new careers after career-ending injuries, provided dignity after a loss, and allowed them to provide for their families when they cannot work due to the negligence of another. He has a track record for winning difficult personal injury cases against the denials of large corporations, fishing companies, insurance companies, and government agencies. Rick has been honored multiple times by Washington Law & Politics magazine as a "Super Lawyer" in the Washington legal community.. Rick limits his practice to serious personal injury and wrongful death claims for seamen, fishermen, tug boat workers, ferry workers, cruise ship passengers, maritime workers, construction workers, iron workers, victims of defective products, automobile and trucking collision victims, persons injured by the negligence of store employees, and victims of crimes.

Attorney Stephen R. Schultz is a founding partner of Schultz & Myers Personal Injury Lawyers, a prominent personal injury law firm in St. Louis, Missouri. He practices all types of personal injury law, including cases involving motor vehicle accidents, dog bites, and wrongful death.. Stephen is a proud native of St. Louis. He attended Christian Brothers (CBC) High School and Missouri State University. He earned his J.D. from Washington University School of Law, where he excelled in Trial Advocacy, Negotiation, and Civil Justice Clinics.Shortly after college, Stephen was severely hurt in a car accident. That’s when he decided to dedicate his career to assisting injured victims and their families get the legal justice they deserve after debilitating accidents. Ever since he founded Schultz & Myers Personal Injury Lawyers, he’s been helping people recover compensation to get back on their feet. He and his firm have won over $50 million on behalf of their clients.. Stephen has been honored and recognized for his dedication to his clients and the legal profession. He’s been named a Best Lawyer in St. Louis by St. Louis Magazine, a Top 100 Trial Lawyer by the National Trial Lawyers Association, and was inducted into the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He received an AV-Preeminent Rating by Martindale-Hubbell: an honor bestowed upon less than 10% of lawyers in the nation.. Stephen helps attorneys throughout the country with cases involving wrongful death, complex commercial truck accidents, and dram shop laws. He has an extensive understanding of laws governing commercial trucks and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, and focuses much of his practice on tractor-trailer accident cases.. Contact the St. Louis personal injury lawyers at Schultz & Myers Personal Injury Lawyers if you need help after an accident or injury. Attorney Stephen R. Schultz and his legal team are standing by 24/7 to take your call.

I have successfully obtained hundreds of settlements and judgements throughout my career, including multiple cases exceeding $1,000, recoveries for trucking accident victims and their families. I was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, where my father served as a St. Louis County Circuit Judge for 35 years. I continue to live in St. Louis with my wife and three children.

Jim is a founding member of O’Leary, Shelton, Corrigan, Peterson, Dalton, & Quillin, LLC.. Jim earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1990. Jim worked in sales for three years before returning to law school in 1993 at St. Louis University School of Law, where he graduated cum laude in 1996. Jim is licensed to practice in Missouri, Illinois and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.. Jim concentrates his practice in products liability, catastrophic injuries, pharmaceutical litigation, and wrongful death claims, including window covering strangulation claims, forklift accidents, workplace injuries, tire explosions and separations, truck and car crashes, under ride collisions, manufacturing equipment defects, skid loader accidents, bobcat accidents, gas tank explosions, car defects and construction equipment cases.. Jim is widely recognized as a national advocate and authority window blind strangulation and safety.  Jim has handled over 70 catastrophic injuries and deaths involving strangulation on window covering cords throughout the United States.  Jim has handled product liability and wrongful death cases throughout the country including Missouri, Maine, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Utah, Wisconsin, California, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, Connecticut, Arizona, Colorado, Virginia, Montana, New Jersey, Washington, Tennessee, Oregon, and South Dakota. Since focusing his practice on helping those suffered significant injures or death in 2003, Jim has participated in verdicts and settlements in excess of $135,000,000. Some highlights are listed below.. In 2004, Jim successfully resolved a wrongful death claim in Indiana for $3,000,000 for a widow and her four children against a major retailer resulting from the operation of a forklift on a defective loading dock.  In 2005, Jim completed the trial of Kohlfeld v. Rock Hill Mechanical Corp., involving a construction site accident and helped obtain a $9,000,000 verdict, which is the largest personal injury verdict in the history of Jefferson County, Missouri.. In 2006, Jim resolved the lawsuit of a young boy for $4,100,000 against a major automobile manufacturer for a defective seat which failed during a collision causing the boy to suffer catastrophic brain damage.  Also in 2006, Jim participated in the $4,000,000 resolution of the wrongful death claim a woman resulting from the failure of an under ride bar of a truck and trailer operated by a large food manufacturer.  In 2007, Jim resolved the wrongful death claim of an operator of a large dump truck when he was killed after the left front tire on his steer axle of his dump truck failed. The tire had been in use less than one week. At the time of the collision, the dump truck was empty. This matter settled for a confidential amount.  In 2009, Jim resolved a forklift accident death case for a total of $2,650,000.. In February, 2010, Jim tried to verdict the trial of David Willett v. Harsco Corporation d/b/a Patent Construction Systems, involving a construction site accident and obtained $1,100,000 unanimous verdict in St. Clair County, Illinois Circuit Court on a no offer case.  This verdict was one of the largest verdicts in an injury case in St. Clair County, Illinois over the past ten years.  In August, 2010, Jim completed the resolution of the Kramer v. Bax Engineering, et al. lawsuit, for a total settlement of $8,300,000 which is believed to be the largest personal injury settlement in St. Charles County Circuit Court history.  In September, 2010, Jim was the lead attorney in a $22,500,000 resolution of the claims of a mother and her newborn son, both of whom suffered catastrophic brain damage, resulting from an automobile collision in rural Missouri. This is believed to be the largest reported settlement in St. Louis County history.  Jim was then hired by the insurance company that paid the $22,500,000 to obtain indemnification from the medical providers for the injuries sustained by the mother and newborn son.  Jim tried the matter with co-counsel to verdict.. In 2011, Jim resolved death claims involving consumer products in the States of Connecticut, Illinois, Arkansas and California for over $6,500,000.  Jim also resolved a third party criminal act case for a confidential amount involving the shooting of a customer on the parking lot of a large retailer in Western Missouri.  In 2012, Jim resolved a claim involving a brain injured child in the State of Washington for $5,300,000 and resolved a claim for a brain injured child in Missouri for $3,500,000. Jim also resolved a claim for a burn victim from a consumer product for $2,900,000.. In 2013, Jim has successfully resolved injury and death claims involving consumer products including claims in Missouri, California, Arizona, Virginia and Ohio in excess of $6,000,000.   In 2014, Jim successfully resolved a sexual assault case for confidential amount and successfully resolved injury and death claims involving consumer products including claims in Missouri, Montana, California, Arizona, Virginia and Ohio in excess of $6,000,000.. In 2015, Jim successfully resolved a consumer product case involving the brain injury of a 3 year old child for $4,750,000.  Jim resolved over $4,000,000 in wrongful death claims in Georgia, California and Montana.  In 2016, Jim successfully resolved a wrongful death, third party criminal assault case at an in Missouri for $2,000,000.  Further, Jim resolved three consumer product cases against major manufacturers for over $5,500,.  Jim resolved claims of several individuals which occurred while operating a defective consumer product for total amounts in excess o f $20,000,000.. In 2017, Jim resolved a claim against a confidential defendant for the wrongful death of twin boys who drowned while attending a birthday party at a recreational facility for $5,000,.  Further, Jim resolved the claims of a young child who suffered traumatic brain injuries confining her to wheelchair for the rest of her life despite significant legal issues for a confidential amount in excess of $2,000,000.  Jim also resolved the claims of a husband and wife for significant injuries suffered during a collision resulting in the loss of skin and amputation of a leg for a confidential amount.. Jim is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, of which less than 1% of practicing lawyers in the United States would qualify. Jim is a member of AIEG, the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, the Missouri Bar Association, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, and the St. Louis County Bar Association, where he served six years on the Executive Committee.  Jim was born and raised in St. Louis. Jim is the son of a retired St. Louis County, Missouri Circuit Court Judge. Jim currently lives in St. Louis with his wife and six children.

Mr. Kalkhoff, a partner with Pitman, Kalkhoff, Sicula & Dentice since 2002, brings extensive trial experience as a trial attorney when representing victims of personal injury. Throughout his legal career, Mr. Kalkhoff has obtained many jury verdicts and favorable settlements for his clients throughout Wisconsin.Attorney Kalkhoff received his law degree Cum Laude from Marquette University where he received academic honors for his legal writing and trial advocacy.Due to his legal excellence, Mr. Kalkhoff has also received the prestigious AV rating by his peers in the legal community, the highest rating awarded to lawyers for their ability and ethics. He is admitted to practice in the state of Wisconsin, the Eastern and Western Federal District Courts of Wisconsin and the Seventh Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals. He is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, the American Association for Justice and the Wisconsin Association for Justice.Mr. Kalkhoff has also been appointed as a supplemental court commissioner by the judges of the Milwaukee County Circuit Court.

Mathew handles personal injury claims from our El Paso office, including auto accidents, truck wrecks, work injuries, slip and fall injuries, and dog bites.. Matthew Lopez earned his law degree from Texas Tech University in 2010.  Before attending law school, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Texas Tech University in 2006, graduating Summa Cum Laude.. While in law school he served on the executive board of the Hispanic Law Student's Society and founded a national moot court team to compete annually at the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in New Orleans, Louisiana. Matthew began clerking with the firm after his second year of law school. After taking the bar exam, he immediately joined the firm and began representing personal injury clients from our Odessa office.

Since 1985 George T. Bochanis Law Offices represented thousands of people in their Las Vegas personal injury and workers' compensation cases. George Bochanis has received the highest rating for legal ability and ethics from Martindale Hubbell national attorney rating service for the past 15 consecutive years.. Mr. Bochanis has extensive experience in handling automobile, truck, motorcycle and pedestrian accidents. He has won cases in front of the Nevada Supreme Court and has thereby created personal injury law on several major issues affecting plaintiffs.

In 2016, at the age of 37, Benjamin P. Cloward became the youngest lawyer in the history of the State of Nevada to be awarded the prestigious “Trial Lawyer of the Year” by the Nevada Justice Association. That same year, he became the youngest member of the Nevada, Las Vegas Chapter of ABOTA (American Board of Trial Advocates), and at the time was also the youngest person in the State of Nevada to be Board Certified as a Personal Injury Specialist. He has received many additional recognitions including being AV-Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and receiving a perfect 10.0 by . He has been featured in several magazines in Nevada for his accomplishments and hard work.. Just recently, in February of 2020, Ben obtained a $38 million dollar jury verdict, which is believed to be the largest ever negligent security for wrongful death in the State of Nevada and was the 2nd largest wrongful death verdict in the entire United States in 2020. Other verdicts Ben has obtained include a $15 million dollar jury verdict in 2016 on behalf of a family whose disabled son Harvey was allowed to choke to death on a paratransit bus. That verdict was upheld in a unanimous decision after four years of contentious appellate litigation with the final judgment ballooning to nearly $21 million dollars. The defense in that case never formally offered a single penny. After obtaining the verdict, Ben continued working on the safety issue that led to Harvey’s death and with the help of many other people got “Harvey’s Law” passed in Nevada in 2017, which required certain training for all paratransit bus drivers to ensure others were protected. In 2016, Ben also obtained a $12.9 million dollar jury verdict for a family whose life had been altered by a drunk driver that injured the mother and killed the daughter. He also obtained a $10 million dollar settlement for a client who was significantly injured from a fall which resulted in a moderate brain injury. Ben has obtained multiple soft-tissue, low visible property damage jury verdicts including a $2.98 million dollar jury verdict in 2018, a $1,075,000 verdict in 2014 and several 6 figure verdicts where Ben obtained verdicts over 180 times greater than the defense offers prior to trial. Other notable results on behalf of his clients include a $27.5 million settlement against Greyhound Lines Inc. and a $20 million dollar settlement against Jacuzzi Luxury Bath, dba Jacuzzi, Inc. and First Street for Boomers & Beyond, Inc. Also, he recently obtained an $8 million dollar jury verdict against FedEx Ground Package Inc. In addition to obtaining significant jury verdicts, Ben has also been involved in settling over thirty cases for values ranging from $1 million to $10 million as noted above. He has tried to verdict cases in both State and Federal Court in Utah and Nevada.. Ben successfully argued the Khoury v. Seastrand, 133 Nev. Adv. Op. 52 (July 28, 2016) case which was a huge victory for all injured Nevadans because it rejected the Howell-doctrine, which allows negligent people who caused harm to get a discount when they hit responsible citizens who carried personal health insurance.. Ben is a graduate of the famed Gerry Spence Trial Lawyer’s College and believes as does Gerry that “It all begins with you . . .” Ben served on the board for a nonprofit company called the Loa Fund, which focuses on providing financial assistance to those who struggle with addiction to receive help through wilderness therapy and other addiction recovery programs. Ben believes that you can never truly understand another human until you have walked a mile in their shoes and that everyone should be given the benefit of the doubt and a chance to prove themselves. Ben was raised in Salem, Utah. As a young boy Ben earned his Eagle Scout Award and after graduation from high school, he served a volunteer two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Louisiana. He still volunteers in his church and has served in various callings.. Ben attended the University of Utah and graduated in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in finance. He began law school at the University of Tulsa, College of Law. After his first year Ben transferred to the University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law, where he graduated in 2008. While in law school, Ben received the Outstanding Achievement Award for Teaching Law in the High School, the CALI Excellence for the Future Award for Property, and was on the Dean’s List. He also served as the President of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society and as a Judicial Intern for the then-State Court Presiding Judge, Gregory K. Frizzell, who is now a Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. He also participated as a Note and Comment Editor for the Journal of Land, Resources, and Environment Law, where his Comment, Why has State v. Hutchinson Been Ignored? An Analysis of Why Utah Cities Lack Authority to Exact Water, 28 J. LAND RESOURCES & ENVTL. L. 433, was selected for publication.. Ben’s interests outside of work include spending time with his wife and two beautiful daughters. He also enjoys mule deer archery hunting, bass-fishing, camping and watching the Boston Red Sox

Nathan Henry is a passionate advocate whose practice centers around the representation of injured persons, including cases involving wrongful death, nursing home neglect or abuse, auto accidents, third party jobsite injuries, medical malpracitce, serious slip and fall cases and insurance disputes. Focusing his practice on a specific area of the law ensures knowledgeable and superior counseling in these types of cases and allows time for personal interaction with clients and promptness in returning phone calls.

Nick Casper is a Managing Partner at Casper, Meadows, Schwartz & Cook, where he has worked since 2007. As a plaintiffs' attorney, Nick has been an active participant in the litigation of many of the firm’s largest cases. These cases involved wrongful death, catastrophic injury, products liability, child sexual abuse, and civil rights violations.. Most recently, Nick obtained settlements of $9 million in a premises liability case and $3.2 million in a death of a senior citizen. Nick has been lead trial counsel in five civil jury trials in both state and federal court.. He was named to the Top 100 Northern California Super Lawyers in 2020 and has been named to the Northern California Super Lawyers list every year since 2017. He was on the Northern California Super Lawyers Rising Stars list 2013-2016. He was the Board President of the Contra Costa County Bar Association in 2015 and served on the CCCBA Board of Directors from 2011-2016 and 2019.

Adam M. Carlson is a graduate of the University of San Francisco School of Law and a managing partner as Casper, Meadows, Schwartz & Cook. At the firm, he uses his experience to represent clients in wrongful death, civil rights, and personal injury cases. After graduating from college, Mr. Carlson spent several years at the Alameda County Public Defender’s Office before joining the firm. He belongs to numerous organizations, including the State Bar of California, Contra Cost Country Bar Association, the Alameda-Contra Costa County Trial Lawyers Association, and the Consumer Attorneys of California. He’s committed to providing each client with personalized attention to meet their unique needs.

Upon graduating from Cal Poly Pomona with a mechanical engineering degree I shortly thereafter obtained my law degree from Berkeley Law School. I spent nearly the next ten years of my legal career litigating and trying cases with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. Over that period of time, I handled numerous complex cases involving crimes ranging from financial and consumer fraud to conspiracy to commit murder and murder. As my interests evolved and life changed I transitioned to the practice of civil litigation. Since early 2011, I have pursued justice for victims of bad actors in environmental, products liabilty, personal injury, and various other areas of the law. Working with and helping members of the community has always been a passion of mine and I'm fortunate to be able to do so.

Jeffrey Scott, Experienced North Carolina Workers' Compensation Attorney. If you've been injured at work, we will represent you in your workers' comp case. Serving Charlotte, Raleigh, and North Carolina.. Not Your Typical Workers' Comp Lawyer. Your workplace injury affected you in a major way. Now you need experienced legal advice and representation to ensure you get the workers' comp and third party compensation you are entitled to. At The Law Offices of Jeffrey G. Scott, PLLC you will receive the maximum help you need to get the maximum benefits you deserve. I am not your typical lawyer. I grew up on a 900-acre farm in the eastern part of North Carolina, where I learned what it means to put in a full day's work for a full day's pay. I was fortunate enough to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where I was even more fortunate to play baseball. While there I was able to play alongside future major league players Scott Bankhead, Walt Weiss and B.J. Surhoff.. I believe these experiences have helped shape the lawyer I am today. I focus my practice on workers' compensation, with an additional emphasis on catastrophic personal injury claims. I am proud to say that I receive more than 50 percent of my cases as referrals from past clients and professionals, including other law firms in the region.