Best Law Firms in Missouri for Litigation - Insurance
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.
The firm has grown to eight lawyers – all practicing exclusively in the fields of personal injury, wrongful death and commercial litigation. Since 1984, the firm has achieved results for its clients in over 500 cases. These cases have involved claims against auto makers, construction and farm equipment manufacturers, gasoline and propane companies, chemical suppliers, drug manufacturers, trucking companies, railroads, property owners and drivers whose negligence have caused serious injuries or death.
During that time, the firm has obtained over 50 jury verdicts in its clients' favor. In those trials involving wrongful death and/or serious injury claims, the firm has obtained 26 jury verdicts of $1 million or more and six of those jury verdicts exceeded $10 million. The firm's largest jury verdict ($37.5 million) was obtained in a commercial fraud case. The firm was also privileged to be one of the firms to represent the State of Missouri in its claims against the Tobacco Manufacturers.
Results in every case depend on the facts, circumstances and legal merits of the case. The firm’s prior results should not create any expectation that similar results will be reached in future cases, because the facts, circumstances and legal merits of every case are different. The Strong Law Firm, P.C., does not guarantee that it can obtain the same results as reported herein in future cases. This information is provided so you will know more about the firm’s litigation experience in choosing the attorney you want to represent you or your loved one.