Kirk Presley
Personal Injury (Litigation)
Kansas City, Missouri
Personal Introduction
With 40 years of legal experience in and out of the courtroom, Kansas City personal injury attorney Kirk Presley serves clients facing the most complex and significant plaintiff’s personal injury and wrongful death cases involving transportation related crashes with an emphasis on auto, commercial trucking and aviation accidents, premises and professional liability, and the insurance bad faith issues that often arise in these cases.
Practice Composition
Litigation
Education
Practice Summary
The firm of Presley & Presley LLC limits its practice to the most severe and disabling personal injury claims as well as wrongful death recoveries. With over 40 years of practice in a variety of jurisdictions throughout the United States, Presley & Presley has the experience and resources to effectuate landmark recoveries across a variety of complex claims. Practice areas include commercial and general helicopter and airplane crashes, commercial trucking collisions, premises liability including power plant explosions, chemical tank ruptures and carbon monoxide poisonings. Kirk Presley is a recognized leader on the subject of insurance bad faith and holds the two largest jury verdicts in the State of Missouri, both of which involved punitive damage awards of $10 million against the offending insurance carriers.
Response Time
1 day
Awards
Best Lawyers in America
Drury University's Distinguished Alumni Award for Community Service
Kansas City Business Journal- Best of the Bar Award
Pat Kelly Service Award
Superlawyer
Affiliations
American Association for Justice
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Bacchus Foundation
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
LEAP Foundation
Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
National Fire Protection Association
Trial Lawyers Care
UMKC Law Foundation
Young Benefactors of the Missouri Repertory Theater
Personal Interests & Charitable Work
While volunteering with Trial Lawyers Care, Kirk represented five clients with claims before the Victim’s Compensation Fund following the 9/11 attacks including one recovery in excess of $4,000,000. He has been a long-time supporter of the Lawyers Encouraging Academic Performance (the LEAP Foundation) including being selected as the King of that Foundation's annual Mardi Gras fundraiser.
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