Best Law Firms in Kansas City, MO for Aviation Law

Presley & Presley Trial Lawyers is a plaintiff's trial firm based in Kansas City, Missouri, handling catastrophic injury, wrongful death, and insurance bad faith cases across the country. Founded by Kirk and Jill Presley, the firm takes on the complex, high-stakes cases that require experienced trial lawyers, and much of our work comes to us from referring attorneys.

Our practice includes aviation (airplane and helicopter crashes), semi-truck crashes, carbon monoxide poisoning, burn injuries, traumatic brain injuries, and spinal cord injuries, as well as cases involving power plant explosions and other industrial incidents. The firm also maintains an extensive insurance bad faith practice, holding carriers accountable when they fail to settle within policy limits. Our results include a $16.3 million bad faith jury verdict against Allstate on a $25,000 policy, an $11 million bad faith jury verdict against American Family on a $50,000 policy, $10 million of which was punitive damages, a $30 million carbon monoxide poisoning judgment, an $11.65 million combined jury verdict arising from a power plant explosion, and a $5 million jury verdict in a semi-truck crash caused by a distracted driver.

Presley & Presley Trial Lawyers is named to the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers Best Law Firms in the United States. Kirk Presley has been named Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the Year" in Kansas City four times, in Litigation – Insurance and Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs, and Jill Presley twice in Aviation Law.